unixfool
Well-Known Member
I'm tempted to buy a decibel meter and visit a dealer or two, pretending I'm looking for a new Wrangler to measure the NVH of a soft top. I test drove a soft top the same day I bought my hard top. The soft top was definitely more quiet than my soft top TJ but wasn't as loud as I expected when compared to my hard top JLU.
At 200 miles, I got a CEL on my JLU. The dealer had it a few days to replace the cooling unit, but they rented me a hard top JK (with AT tires). It was louder than my JLU, and that's pretty much a back-to-back comparison. When I picked up my JLU after repair, I immediately noticed that the JLU managed the wind noise a lot better. Again, that was a back-to-back comparison.
But I want some objectivity, so a decibel meter will give me that. A measurement will factor out subjective hearing.
At 200 miles, I got a CEL on my JLU. The dealer had it a few days to replace the cooling unit, but they rented me a hard top JK (with AT tires). It was louder than my JLU, and that's pretty much a back-to-back comparison. When I picked up my JLU after repair, I immediately noticed that the JLU managed the wind noise a lot better. Again, that was a back-to-back comparison.
But I want some objectivity, so a decibel meter will give me that. A measurement will factor out subjective hearing.
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