After a fairly disastrous windscreen replacement recently (which is a whole other thread…) am experiencing loud wind noise at anything over about 60mph. It was actually changed twice, as the first time there was even worse wind noise from about 35mph up - so they had another go, and it’s better, but am still getting a loud rushing wind noise at higher speeds - and yes, this is above and beyond the normal wind noise in a soft top with the roof up! Sounds similar to when a side window is not quite fully up.
Before I go back to them for a 3rd attempt, just wondering if anyone could shed any light on what’s likely to be causing this noise?
eg could it be the rubber seal around the edge, which wasn’t glued back in place, just pressed in, as far as i can tell, and has been put back in such a way that it extends further down on one side than the other?
or, there was originally a rubber/foam(?) gasket between window and frame - this was just scraped out and replaced with the black glue they use - should it have had a new gasket fitted in addition to the glue?
or just that the glue isn’t forming a perfect seal?
Any suggestions most welcome - never had this problem before on any car, so no idea what the possibilities are.
Hmm. Just a memory, and it may not be the problem with yours.
Years ago I had a similar problem on my newly purchased but old bargain basement Cavalier, the first car I ever owned where the screen was glued in. It leaked buckets as well as howling at speed.
So I got my local fitter to have a look at it and his diagnosis was that the car had been driven too soon after the screen had been changed, and the flex in the body was enough to have lifted it slightly out of position, enough to break the seal before it was properly cured. He simply ran the piano wire cutter around it, cleaned off the old black stuff, put in some more on the frame and hardener on the glass and said “Don’t use it for a day, don’t wash it for a couple of days.” That also had a rubber surround, but it was mainly cosmetic so you could not see the edge of the glass, and made it quieter at speed by smoothing the air flow. Less than half an hour it took him, mostly cleaning. It was perfect for the next thirteen years.
Good to know it should in theory be easy to fix! The company are coming to have another go, so I guess I just have to hope they take some care this time…
As for why it isn’t sealing right, I definitely didn’t drive it for over a day after, and STILL haven’t washed it, so has to be the way it was fitted.