Wind buffeting
Discussion
I know this has come up before in other topics, but I’ve always driven with the window open when having fun, but have not been doing so in the Alpine because of the buffeting. I mentioned in another thread that I didn’t think it actually needed much and looking at the supra solution was thinking how this could be achieved on the Alpine. I found a bit of rubber moulding which I thought may do the job, see picture.
It’s very “Heath Robinson” but was just to see if it worked. It does. No buffeting up to c50mph with window fully open and if half open it will go up to (and I assume beyond 😉) any speed you could possibly do on a UK road. If you crack the passenger window an inch it’s even better.
Ideal design would be to increase the width to cover the whole of the metal frame it’s stuck to and shape the top and bottom properly. I don’t suppose anyone likes to play with 3D printing?
Excuse the dust on the car, we have a shed load of fir trees around here and the pollen comes off in clouds, everything is yellow 10 minutes after it’s washed this time of year.
It’s very “Heath Robinson” but was just to see if it worked. It does. No buffeting up to c50mph with window fully open and if half open it will go up to (and I assume beyond 😉) any speed you could possibly do on a UK road. If you crack the passenger window an inch it’s even better.
Ideal design would be to increase the width to cover the whole of the metal frame it’s stuck to and shape the top and bottom properly. I don’t suppose anyone likes to play with 3D printing?
Excuse the dust on the car, we have a shed load of fir trees around here and the pollen comes off in clouds, everything is yellow 10 minutes after it’s washed this time of year.
Meonstoke said:
I agree, looks good.
Looking forward to hear if the final result really works.
Well the good news is that it works to alleviate any drumming at all with the window 1/3 to 1/2 up at all speeds. Looking forward to hear if the final result really works.
The bad news is that is is barely making any difference (if at all) with the window all the way down, whereas the piece if rubber did. I'm wondering whether it needs to be bigger at the bottom or whether the air is going underneath it and back up into the window. I'm going to have a play by attaching some different profiles/extension to it and see if we can't make a difference. If I can get something that works it's easy to knock up a new one with a different profile/shape.
Unfortunately I've got a lot on currently so not having much chance to try things out. I will report back when I can.
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