Guide: R1S / R1T Wind Noise FIX!

[tate16t]

Thanks for sharing.

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[ChefT]

Thank you for the detailed post, OP. I have a ‘22 R1S. SC replaced the driver triangle mirror amongst other trim pieces, but it felt like wind noise was coming in especially strong crosswinds. Followed your guide and installed the Door Frame Fix. Cabin appears to be noticeable quieter! Waiting on the Trim Lok to do the Outer Door Seal Fix, then plan to do the Windshield Fix with the uxcell. Many thanks again for the comprehensive guide!

 

[Tango001]

Thanks for the post! I did pre and post measurements with my Apple Watch like you did and I did the front doors and front and rear windows and am getting ~1-2 dB quieter from 55-70 and 3 dB quieter at 75. I still have a decent amount of wind noise and suspect it’s coming from the windshield. I ordered the parts from your update and am going to do the rear doors, windshield, and roof and will post results later this week.

 

[Tango001]

I did the strips up the sides of the windshield and subjectively that did make a difference. I didn’t have a chance the go to the road I took my other measurements on before leaving for a road trip but it seems to have made a couple of db difference. I bought the T strips for the windshield and roof but didn’t put them on because I didn’t like how they looked, not factory enough. I tried to put some of the 8mm round cord seal along the windshield which fills that space really well but won’t stay in place, so I was thinking about using a little bit of adhesive or seeing if I can find 10mm instead. Anybody have adhesive recommendations for something that will hold it but isn’t really really permanent so I could pull the cord out and clean up the adhesive if I wanted to?

 

[ne0phyte]

I did the strips up the sides of the windshield and subjectively that did make a difference. I didn’t have a chance the go to the road I took my other measurements on before leaving for a road trip but it seems to have made a couple of db difference. I bought the T strips for the windshield and roof but didn’t put them on because I didn’t like how they looked, not factory enough. I tried to put some of the 8mm round cord seal along the windshield which fills that space really well but won’t stay in place, so I was thinking about using a little bit of adhesive or seeing if I can find 10mm instead. Anybody have adhesive recommendations for something that will hold it but isn’t really really permanent so I could pull the cord out and clean up the adhesive if I wanted to?

I try to avoid adhesive as there's likely going to be a residue if you remove it. I would try a larger round seal like the 10mm you are suggesting.

uxcell on amazon is nice. they literally make 3mm to 18mm round seals so you can try different sizes that work for you. here's the 10mm link

https://a.co/d/05MyiyOU


Overall, from reading this thread, it seems like there is a lot of variance in the windshield and door gaps. 8mm for me on the windshield is super snug and for you it's not tight enough to keep in place. another poster said the 0.25 inch trimlok was too tight to put inside the window, where the 0.25inch fits somewhat loosely in mine. Hopefully Gen2 cars improve the tolerances and eliminates the need for this tinkering.

 

[tate16t]

I applied many of the fixes in this thread and have reduced wind noise however, I still have wind noise in the roof area toward the front. Has anybody found a solution?

 

[DuoRivian]

I have applied the fixes around the inner door and the windows and had slight improvement. Seems like some more wind buffeting near the A pillars which I don’t understand. Submitted a ticket and will let Rivian check it out as I am at 78db at 50-60mph

 

[akc5247]

I have sealed basically everywhere based on this and Hamdan's thread. I'm still looking for adding something for the wheel wells and the air condition rattle sound that someone mentioned they added dynamat on another thread. [Ref: https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/...impressions-reviews.29725/page-24#post-570823]

Questions to anyone who may know
- how do you access the wheel wells on R1S? Anyone added any dynamat or equivalent in there?
- how to access the air conditioner rattle location? Is that the area near the air filter?

I have also thought about adding dynamat under the hood to see if that would help, but before I venture that far, if anyone has done that, would appreciate some Insight.

any other insulation / sound proofing techniques welcome...

 

[akc5247]

Here are some pictures. I have basically now no noise unless going above 75mph consistently. Even at that, it is primarily road noise from wheels. I have added dynamat under both front door mats (driver and passenger front side only) - forgot to take a picture of.

For the windshield, I added both uxcell rubber seal AND the double adhesive tape on top of it.

I also added little dynamat patch right near the air conditioner compressor and it feels (to me, at least) the noise has already reduced significantly. I forgot to take pictures of that, but it is right next to the air filter area.

The other area I added dynamat is under the front hood. It maybe overkill though.

Road noise reduction via wheel wells is definitely still something I would like to do. I'm looking into how to remove liners in the wheel wells. Never did that before, so will try to go slow when I do it. And yes, will share pictures If I do it.

One other area I covered was the area in the dash where the leather connects to the plastic speaker shaped area. I used uxcell 4mm seal there as well. I will get a picture this afternoon and add it.

Products used are the same as mentioned by OP and Hamdan in the other thread but pasting here for ease of use



https://a.co/d/07X9wlu2 (66 ft)

https://a.co/d/00Sxvupr (get 2x if doing all arou d the top sunroof)

https://a.co/d/0eUcg5F8
- 4mm x 10m for under and sides of the third row windows.
- 6mm x 8m (maybe 2x) for all other windows, windshield etc etc


https://a.co/d/0bzxjQRx - not a must, and feel free to get smaller coverage area variant if you don't plan on going overboard with this.

 

[Beer Traveler]

You are the man!

 

[tate16t]

Here are some pictures. I have basically now no noise unless going above 75mph consistently. Even at that, it is primarily road noise from wheels. I have added dynamat under both front door mats (driver and passenger front side only) - forgot to take a picture of.

For the windshield, I added both uxcell rubber seal AND the double adhesive tape on top of it.

I also added little dynamat patch right near the air conditioner compressor and it feels (to me, at least) the noise has already reduced significantly. I forgot to take pictures of that, but it is right next to the air filter area.

The other area I added dynamat is under the front hood. It maybe overkill though.

Road noise reduction via wheel wells is definitely still something I would like to do. I'm looking into how to remove liners in the wheel wells. Never did that before, so will try to go slow when I do it. And yes, will share pictures If I do it.

Thanks for sharing. Can you please share which uxcell rubber seal was used in the photo above?

Thanks

 

[akc5247]

Thanks for sharing. Can you please share which uxcell rubber seal was used in the photo above?

Thanks

I updated my post to add the links as well. Let me know if that helps.

 

[Tango001]

Here are some pictures. I have basically now no noise unless going above 75mph consistently. Even at that, it is primarily road noise from wheels. I have added dynamat under both front door mats (driver and passenger front side only) - forgot to take a picture of.

For the windshield, I added both uxcell rubber seal AND the double adhesive tape on top of it.

I also added little dynamat patch right near the air conditioner compressor and it feels (to me, at least) the noise has already reduced significantly. I forgot to take pictures of that, but it is right next to the air filter area.

The other area I added dynamat is under the front hood. It maybe overkill though.

Road noise reduction via wheel wells is definitely still something I would like to do. I'm looking into how to remove liners in the wheel wells. Never did that before, so will try to go slow when I do it. And yes, will share pictures If I do it.

One other area I covered was the area in the dash where the leather connects to the plastic speaker shaped area. I used uxcell 4mm seal there as well. I will get a picture this afternoon and add it.

Products used are the same as mentioned by OP and Hamdan in the other thread but pasting here for ease of use



https://a.co/d/07X9wlu2 (66 ft)

https://a.co/d/00Sxvupr (get 2x if doing all arou d the top sunroof)

https://a.co/d/0eUcg5F8
- 4mm x 10m for under and sides of the third row windows.
- 6mm x 8m (maybe 2x) for all other windows, windshield etc etc


https://a.co/d/0bzxjQRx - not a must, and feel free to get smaller coverage area variant if you don't plan on going overboard with this.

Did you do dynamat under the carpet in the front or just under the floor mats? I was wondering how big of a deal pulling up the carpet is.

 

[rkalbiar]

Any idea on which one(s) gave you the most bang for the buck?

 

[akc5247]

Did you do dynamat under the carpet in the front or just under the floor mats? I was wondering how big of a deal pulling up the carpet is.

Just under the floor mats and tbh (not surprising) I don't think it made big difference.

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