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      10-09-2020, 09:29 AM   #116
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Originally Posted by GOLFFRR View Post
the whistling was my biggest fear. I read a lot of issues on that. I had our service guys put on the OEM ones and I guess BMW added to the design from what we were told and so far no noise at all. I dont get down to the dealership very often bc its about 2 hours from my house but on the drive home 70mph I didn't hear anything so maybe I got lucky orrrrr Im deaf lol could be that, I am pretty old
That's good. The whistle on the Thule's is minor. You hear it about 45+ MPH but with music playing etc it's barely noticiable. Supposedly there's a "hack" where you add 3M tape to the bottom of the rack which will eliminate the whistle.

Also depending on your age, you may not hear the frequency. There's a neat website out there that plays frequencies and depending on where you stop hearing them it will guess your age. Ran it through my office and it was very accurate.
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