Hi All, before I splash out my money on roof rails, do they make noises in the wind? Years ago a friend had a car with roof bars and it was almost unbearable because of the noise they made. Jon Freelander 2 Metropolis. 2014

Standard style roof rails there is no noticeable increase in wind noise. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

I have (aerodynamic) Whispbars and find that there is no noise.

I only fit them when I need to carry long loads, I feel leaving any bars on permanently only cause extra drag.

https://www.roofbox.co.uk/roof-bars/roof-bars-prorack.php

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic33829.html FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

Thank you guys. Food for thought. Jon Freelander 2 Metropolis. 2014

I too have Whispbars and have no noise. I leave mine on all the time.

However when I put a bike rack up there (metal tubes) there's an end piece missing from the front of the rack and that sounds like someone blowing down a very bad wind instrument  FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - so many issues
2019 DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental
Now greatly regret selling the Outlander. MPG of the FL2 is atrocious and so are the fuel bills. Fun though 😎
Couldn’t afford the fuel bills so back to an older Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Significantly better than I remembered it to be…

"that sounds like someone blowing down a very bad wind instrument"

You can get some stuff from the chemist to cure that.

J