On 10/18/04 7:21 PM, "Reinhard Vehring" <rvehring@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> So why is the Westy drag coefficient so much higher
> than that for the regular vanagon? Roof rack maybe?
> I'm still trying to get to the source of wind noise on
> my Westy. Has anyone thought about replacing the roof
> rack with something more aerodynamic? Are power
> mirrors better than the older versions?
> 
> Reinhard
> 83 Westy, "Moose"
> --- jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO> wrote:
> 

The angle of the front edge of the luggage area is the problem.

I have been trying to find a mystery wind noise on my own vanagon as well.
I am now wondering about my door seals.  I noted a gap on the pax door seal
when the door was closed and wedged a piece of rubber under it to make a
seal fit.  My noise was cut in half.

Figuring out whether to try and remove the seal from my spare vanagon or to
order one from busdepot or someone.  Busdepot site is down at the moment
though.  Status check on server comes back with errors.

Anybody ever tried to reuse a door seal?

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