csspar
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So after installing a Gobi rack + soft shell RTT, driving on the highway at 65 is loud. I knew it would be, and I can deal with it when I'm alone, but trying to listen to a podcast or have a conversation is pretty awful. Also, loud prolonged noise is way more fatiguing than you'd expect!
I'm planning some extended trips that will involve hours per day of highway driving and I know the noise would get old quick, so I whipped up some headliners for the top.
These are pieces cut from an old memory foam mattress topper with Noico 315 mil sound deadening foam stuck to them. My fantastic wife then upholstered them with felt and a vinyl top piece. I only had enough foam for the first 4 sections of the soft top, and the last section only got the Noico foam stuck to an outdoor rug. No mattress topper.
They're secured (poorly) with adhesive velcro strips. They look saggy and kind of ugly in the photos because the adhesive has been peeling away from the soft top. I'm trying to figure out a better solution. When they're stuck on properly, the average person would hardly notice they weren't stock. They look much better in person, and honestly all said and done they look way better than I expected.
Now, the thing that actually matters! I was absolutely shocked by how well these work. I was expecting to get in the Jeep and say ehhh yeah maybe it's better, I don't know. But no, these things have taken the noise level inside the Jeep down almost to pre-roof rack and tent levels. Of course you can still hear the wind noise, but it's significantly muffled. I can now have a conversation at 65mph without raising my voice at all. The thing that really stood out to me was that I can now hear all kinds of previously unnoticed noises and rattles from the stuff inside the Jeep!
Anyway, I absolutely recommend this if you have a soft top + roof rack. I'm happy to post more pictures and dimensions if anyone wants to try this out for themselves.
And if you have any suggestions for securing these a little better than velcro, I'm all ears!
I'm planning some extended trips that will involve hours per day of highway driving and I know the noise would get old quick, so I whipped up some headliners for the top.
These are pieces cut from an old memory foam mattress topper with Noico 315 mil sound deadening foam stuck to them. My fantastic wife then upholstered them with felt and a vinyl top piece. I only had enough foam for the first 4 sections of the soft top, and the last section only got the Noico foam stuck to an outdoor rug. No mattress topper.
They're secured (poorly) with adhesive velcro strips. They look saggy and kind of ugly in the photos because the adhesive has been peeling away from the soft top. I'm trying to figure out a better solution. When they're stuck on properly, the average person would hardly notice they weren't stock. They look much better in person, and honestly all said and done they look way better than I expected.
Now, the thing that actually matters! I was absolutely shocked by how well these work. I was expecting to get in the Jeep and say ehhh yeah maybe it's better, I don't know. But no, these things have taken the noise level inside the Jeep down almost to pre-roof rack and tent levels. Of course you can still hear the wind noise, but it's significantly muffled. I can now have a conversation at 65mph without raising my voice at all. The thing that really stood out to me was that I can now hear all kinds of previously unnoticed noises and rattles from the stuff inside the Jeep!
Anyway, I absolutely recommend this if you have a soft top + roof rack. I'm happy to post more pictures and dimensions if anyone wants to try this out for themselves.
And if you have any suggestions for securing these a little better than velcro, I'm all ears!
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