Its kinda hard to say. I thought my old '82 westy with I4 engine was louder inside than later westies so I did a lot of sound dampening and insulation stuff. But not the pop top roof.

My friend's 91 syncro westy with subie 2.5 is not much different in noise level than my 7 pass. syncro partially camperised. What I do notice are differences in road and wind noise coming from the front area. He has 15" wheels with Nokian wrc (not sure if that is right model designation).  I don't really notice any noise from the pop top (apart from occasional skylight rattle).

alistair

On 2011-07-20, at 4:58 AM, John Rodgers wrote:

> I have no experience with driving Westies and I take it you have. I am wondering about the difference in noise levels between the common Vanagons and the Westfalias and Westfakia's.  In your experience - can you make comment on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John