Hi DennisM, Thanks for the photo & measurements. Looking at this and info from AnD3rew, it looks like I will be able to easily modify the bracket and lower the overallView attachment 7832799
This gives you and idea of the top of the bar above the "floor" of the roof gutter.
According to the Ineos brochure, the height of the vehicle ( presuming the top of the roof strips) is 2036mm and 2150mm if fitted with roof bars. I don't have a flat garage floor surface .. I don't have a garage! ...so I can't verify this.
The answer to all three points is Yes!I have the Ineos supplied roof bars (which look to be the reconn type). I find they make a whistling sound above 60mph.
I wondered if others had found the same?
Mine came with a lot of sections of rubber strip, which I assume can go in the slots. I wondered if this was supposed to be installed to reduce noise like on the Vortex bars. I’ve written to Rhino to ask…
Great, thank you!The answer to all three points is Yes!
(when driving at speed, the air flowing over the slots in the top of the bar and its underside, is akin to one making a noise by blowing over the top of a beer bottle.) Install the rubber strips , (referred to as a Vortex Generator strip by Rhino Rack), in the slot in the top of the bar and also in the slot on the underside. Some soapy water greatly assists in seating the strip. I ended up buying extra rubber strips to fill in all 4 slots for both bars. There's a very slight wind rush now but no annoying whistle.
The Rhino Rack part number is VA-VGS8 ... the box contains 8 x 400mm strips (sufficient for two surfaces...i.e 1 box per roof bar to complete the remaining two sides).
Hi ECrider,Hello,
I have the Rhino roof bars as fitted by Ineos. Very happy with them. I am trying to fit some Lazer working lights to the rear roof bar 'T' track and I an struggling to find suitable M8 x 25mm (or slightly longer) T bolts of a decent base size to attach the lights to. I can find something suitable in Oz https://roofrack.com.au/product/rola-rwsla28-m8x28mm-t-bolts-nuts/ but struggling in the UK. The base needs to be of a certain size say 20x30mm otherwise quite a lot of play.
Anyone sourced something similar?
Thanks
At the moment it’s 10deg.F and my Rhino Rack is covered in ice & snow. But I will order some of these strips to plug the slots until my light and fairing installations.The answer to all three points is Yes!
(when driving at speed, the air flowing over the slots in the top of the bar and its underside, is akin to one making a noise by blowing over the top of a beer bottle.) Install the rubber strips , (referred to as a Vortex Generator strip by Rhino Rack), in the slot in the top of the bar and also in the slot on the underside. Some soapy water greatly assists in seating the strip. I ended up buying extra rubber strips to fill in all 4 slots for both bars. There's a very slight wind rush now but no annoying whistle.
The Rhino Rack part number is VA-VGS8 ... the box contains 8 x 400mm strips (sufficient for two surfaces...i.e 1 box per roof bar to complete the remaining two sides).
What are they?Just realized these were on the back seat floor of my Gren. They must come with the full length Rhino Rack.
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Supplied with the roof rack to fill the upper/lower slots, in the leading edge extrusion, to mitigate wind noise.What are they?
Hi Tom109, The factory rack for my new 2020 Defender had similar if not identical looking rubber inserts for the channels. In my case, they went on top of the cross bars in the slots along the top. Thule made the rack, although it is branded a Defender Rack. When my dealer cut and installed the rubber strips, they only cut them long enough for the exposed length of the cross bar when he should have cut them at least 1/4" or more longer and tucked the extra under the perimeter frame of the rack. The rack made excessive wind noise as the very ends of the cross bars the channel opens up and does not securely hold the rubber strips, causing them to flap and vibrate in the wind.Just realized these were on the back seat floor of my Gren. They must come with the full length Rhino Rack.
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Hi there. I eventually found these on amazon and they work well for my lights.Hi ECrider,
Have you had any luck?
I've found these but I cannot find any dimensions to see whether they will work or not;
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Ok, I installed these this morning, and you know what? The rack has a constant wind noise/whistle. I’ll drive around today and remove them tonight to see what tomorrow is like.Just realized these were on the back seat floor of my Gren. They must come with the full length Rhino Rack.
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Hi Tom109, That's interesting as the rubber strips are supposed to suppress wind noise by covering the channel. I am not sure of the Rhino Rack construction, however the factory rack for the New Defender is made by Thule and they have the exact same rubber channel covers. When my dealer installed the rubber channel strips on the factory Thule rack he ended up cutting the rubber strips short by 1/4" on each end. He was supposed to leave them 1/4" longer than the cross bar and tuck the excess under the main perimeter frame. By not doing so, the very ends of the rubber strips vibrated in the wind and created excessive wind noise. On the Thule cross bars the last full inch of the channel at the ends of each of the cross bars has no support for the rubber strips and since they are shaped like an airplane wing they want to rise up once you start driving with the air flow over them and that leaves them vibrating and creating noise. My solution since the strips were cut 1/4" short at either end was to simply tightly wrap 2 zip ties around the cross bars at each end of the cross bars thereby stopping the strips from lifting up and vibrating. Excessive sound and wind noise completely disappeared. DaBullOk, I installed these this morning, and you know what? The rack has a constant wind noise/whistle. I’ll drive around today and remove them tonight to see what tomorrow is like.
I have been attempting to find dimensions for the cross bars as I am working on a custom application.Hello,
I have the Rhino roof bars as fitted by Ineos. Very happy with them. I am trying to fit some Lazer working lights to the rear roof bar 'T' track and I an struggling to find suitable M8 x 25mm (or slightly longer) T bolts of a decent base size to attach the lights to. I can find something suitable in Oz https://roofrack.com.au/product/rola-rwsla28-m8x28mm-t-bolts-nuts/ but struggling in the UK. The base needs to be of a certain size say 20x30mm otherwise quite a lot of play.
Anyone sourced something similar?
Thanks
Hi TomOk, I installed these this morning, and you know what? The rack has a constant wind noise/whistle. I’ll drive around today and remove them tonight to see what tomorrow is like.
Buy a roll of this and see if that works.So I was wondering where you used your rubber inserts...did you try the cross-wise channels on the underside of the rack?
Does anybody know why these strips only come at a length of 40 cm, and not longer (e.g. full length of bar)?Supplied with the roof rack to fill the upper/lower slots, in the leading edge extrusion, to mitigate wind noise.
VORTEX GENERATING STRIP (8 PACK)