Wind Noise

[Peter M. Zimmermann]

OK, guys and gals, the 1958 coupe in my garage is running well, but... No, I'm not here to tell you how to fix/reduce wind noise, I'm here to ask what you've done that might have worked. I have replaced door seals that were in pretty bad shape, and that made a, maybe, 20% improvement.

That said, at about 50 mph the car becomes very loud, by 70 it's close to deafening. I don't know how old the windshield and back window seals are, but I think they might be original. The rear quarter window seals are also quite old, but our search engine reveals that I don't want to do those!

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Please tell me what you did that made minor, or major, improvements with the wind noise in your 356. Thank you for reading!

[David Jones]

An aftermarket vent window wind deflector made the biggest difference to my 59 coupe. Of course that is only effective for the open window wind buffeting.

[C J Murray]

Convertibles are quieter.

[Mike Wilson]

One way to check to see if you have good door seals is to close them on a sheet of paper and see if there are any areas where it is very loose. Also, maybe have a passenger see if they can isolate where the noise is coming from.

Mike

[Doug McDonnell]

Mike As you know you need to close the door trapping $100 bills when checking for fitment of the seals. Check for air entry around windshield seal by passenger using lit match maybe? viewtopic.php?t=13961 Personally I vote for a new windshield seal to solve your problem. They cause a LOT of wind noise in a 2000 BMW 740i when bad. And you might want to check on the seals at the door bottoms used on T6 cars if all else fails. BTW Beautiful A Coupe!!

[Norm Miller]

I just turn my hearing aids to the mute position.
Sounds like a new car!

[Doug McDonnell]

Most excellent idea Norm.

[Don Gale]

O.P. I love your A in black. That's my 1st choice for re-painting my 58 coupe. I recall when swapping the sunroof clip that there were sound deadening packs stuffed in the C-pillars. I never got beyond finishing once the new roof was welded on and got the windows back in. It has lots of weird noise coming from the C-pillars, especially in the rain. I do have the optional factory external unobtanium wind deflectors. I will be collaborating with a fellow registry member later this Spring to fabricate replicas and will offer them to those interested. No price point yet.

[Don Gale]

I just turn my hearing aids to the mute position.
Sounds like a new car!

Ha! and the knob on the left side of the radio works well to get rid of ticking valves and knocking rods

[Jack Kwiat]

Hood seal, perhaps?
I think that's where my wind noise is coming from.

[Mike Wilson]

Doug: can you send me your leak checker?

Mike

[Ashley James]

IMO wind noise comes from vent window seals and not so much door seals.

[Doug McDonnell]

But Ashley He doesn't have vent windows

[Ashley James]

But Ashley He doesn't have vent windows

Apologies for being dumber than usual.

[Jim Clement]

I have a similar T1 car, and it is also noisy .. it has been ever since I owned it.
I have installed sound deadening (like fat max) , then over top of that, I put the regular sound deadening, still noisey.
It would be interesting to have a sound meter in a car, and move it around to see where the noise was coming from.
on the highway, it is difficult to talk to the passenger, although possible with a bit of a lean into the centre ..
I keep thinking for a longer drive i would get a pair of noise canceling headphones... not sure that sounds all that safe though..