Eliminate interior wind sound

[DanPromote]

I noticed that during speeds above 120kmh wind sound starts to creep in. Is there a way to eliminate those sounds or is it natural?

 

[iCe]

i have the same problem too.,then i realize it comes from the sidemirror

 

[Lee36328]

To eliminate interior wind sound, try to avoid curry or beans before you drive.

 

[Doc]

haha that should also eliminate the interior odour problems.

 

[E28driver]

or buy a new, more modern car.

 

[ichiwan2]

Weld or seal all doors and any little holes ... Slight disadvantage are that you may only be conscious for a few hours as the carbon dioxide increases, and the fact that you will only be able to get out through the window (if it still works), and rain getting in when you are not in the car (unless u get a gadget that winds up ur window at the press of a button.

 

[ichiwan2]

If still not satisfied, suck out all the air from inside the car :nyehehe: - if I remember correctly, sound does not travel in vacuum. (Pls correct me if I am wrong, been many years since I studied physics)

 

[elwine30]

danpromote,

the m40 e36 has problems with build quality of the rubber seals. therefore, the wind intrusion is quite bad. i would recommend you change the inner window rubber seal and the door seal.

Or i heard that you can put wax into the rubber seal to rejunavate them.

 

[elwine30]

forgot, the m43 e36 also have wind noise.Yes, it's from the wing mirror. Have you change yours to M3 type ?

 

[jumpman]

Originally posted by Lee36328@Mar 7 2006, 04:05 PM
To eliminate interior wind sound, try to avoid curry or beans before you drive.

LOL!!

 

[flash]

Could not totally eliminate the wind noise in my ex-Babe so got myself an E34, bliss at last.

 

[DanPromote]

Originally posted by elwine30@Mar 7 2006, 06:22 PM
danpromote,

the m40 e36 has problems with build quality of the rubber seals. therefore, the wind intrusion is quite bad. i would recommend you change the inner window rubber seal and the door seal.

Or i heard that you can put wax into the rubber seal to rejunavate them.

Thanks will see if the wax thingy works.

e28 driver, I've sat in quite a lot of new cars and still there is noise during high speed. Maybe it's impossible to totally eliminate them?

 

[Lee36328]

Waxing up the ears might help also.

But seriously, DanPromote, you'd be quite familiar w Desmond's soundproofing solutions. It's helped w my car tremendously.

To TOTALLY eliminate sound? Impossible, it would seem. Check Ichiwan2's physics approach above.

Put it this way. Took a friend's brand new e60 for a drive recently. Very quiet, but when you bring up the speed, you start to hear the wind also... Sound is relative. The more quiet the car, the more your ear will pick up the tiniest whisper.

Check out this thread below. If brand new e60 can have door squeaks, what more wind noise for older models?

e60 door squeak