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I love the look of the cargo crossbars, don't mind the negligible range hit, but the dang whistle sound is about to make me take them off for good. It's so high pitched at anything over 30 mph. Anyone figure out a good solve to this yet?
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I love the look of the cargo crossbars, don't mind the negligible range hit, but the dang whistle sound is about to make me take them off for good. It's so high pitched at anything over 30 mph. Anyone figure out a good solve to this yet?
I too posted this. I’m ordering a few rubber/ plastic strips to insert in the grooves. Let you know which fit and it it works.
 

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I love the look of the cargo crossbars, don't mind the negligible range hit, but the dang whistle sound is about to make me take them off for good. It's so high pitched at anything over 30 mph. Anyone figure out a good solve to this yet?
If the little crossbar levers are sticking out too far they will whistle.
If you remove the rubber from the crossbar there are two adjustment allens
With the end of the crossbar facing you the right adjustment seems to set the play (clockwise tightens the play if crossbar feels sloppy when latched to the crossbar mount, counterclockwise to loosen if your latch does not want to do the second click when pushing in on the crossbar lever.
After adjusting the play to remove slop the crossbar lever may be sticking out too far.
Turn the left allen with the latch closed and lever down but not attached to the roof and you should be able to adjust the lever so that it is not sticking out too far from the crossbar which should keep it out of the wind and stop the whistle.
 
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So many people complaining about various noises from their trucks.

There are some obvious solutions out there - AC DC, Van Halen, Def Leppard!
If only the stereo was better. Mine isn’t, and it causes even more rattles.
 

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Same thing happened on my past Audis, was told 'This is expected and you aren't intended to drive around with them on with nothing on the cross bars'. Take them off easiest and best solution.
 

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Same thing happened on my past Audis, was told 'This is expected and you aren't intended to drive around with them on with nothing on the cross bars'. Take them off easiest and best solution.
Yep, wind noise is the universal constant with any rack. It's always there whether you notice it or not.

I do not notice any noise from my crossbars when on the bed but the prominent AT tire noise probably masks it anyway. Haven't put them on the roof yet.
 

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I love the look of the cargo crossbars, don't mind the negligible range hit, but the dang whistle sound is about to make me take them off for good. It's so high pitched at anything over 30 mph. Anyone figure out a good solve to this yet?

Here is the solution... cheap and quick and looks good

 
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Here is the solution... cheap and quick and looks good

Love this. Too bad I can't find it in stock anywhere. But if that's where the whistle is coming from I can figure something else out.
 

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I found them on https://www.rerack.com for $10 per strip

Yakima JetStream Bottom Bar Infill, 70"WAR-2412

Never ordered from the site before, but apparently the order is on its way. The load bars are all I have of my Rivian so far, but better to be prepared!
 
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I found them on https://www.rerack.com for $10 per strip

Yakima JetStream Bottom Bar Infill, 70"WAR-2412

Never ordered from the site before, but apparently the order is on its way. The load bars are all I have of my Rivian so far, but better to be prepared!

Can you link it? That site is insanely bad. Can't find it.
 

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I found them on https://www.rerack.com for $10 per strip

Yakima JetStream Bottom Bar Infill, 70"WAR-2412

Never ordered from the site before, but apparently the order is on its way. The load bars are all I have of my Rivian so far, but better to be prepared!
I did the same. Rivian should be here this coming week but I ordered the strips from ReRack and it says out for delivery today. So I think it was a legit site.
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