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      01-20-2019, 11:07 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by Jrunr View Post
Maybe the aerodynamics of the F15 and G05 are quite significant and this is why they said a solution will be available in a couple of months. I know Thule won’t let a product like that out on the market that whistles loudly at speed. I guess we will have to wait and see what they come up with...
I don’t see Thule coming out with a new bar design for just one vehicle... I moved that bar around, front to back and man did it whistle in all locations. Maybe new footings to change the height of the bar?

Only way I could stop the whistling was to wrap the bar itself (just the section between the footings) in microfiber cloth. I even tried leaving just a one foot section of the center of the bar exposed. Even that one foot section whistled. I spent way too much time testing - only to find it was the bar itself that was the source of the whistle.

We’ll see...
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