A-pillar wind noise

[Hoot 10+ year member]

Anyone ever worked over their A-pillars with deadening and/or any insulator with significant results? If so, what worked?

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[Hoot 10+ year member]

Really curious if anyone has had any success with this or experienced that this is, in fact, a waste of energy. Thanks....

 

[zachzchw 5,000+ posts]

Ive always thought of deadening as a "total effect" thing.....no small area will give breathtaking results, but a bunch of small areas will add up to an improvement...If you have the deadener, and can get it off your car, then do it.

 

[SSS 18734 5,000+ posts]

what are A-pillars?

 

[Logikalliquid 10+ year member]

It is between your door and your winshield. B-pillars are where your seat belts are hanging from normally. I don't imagine A-pillar deadening would be too noticeable by itself, but i guess it goes back the "total effect" like zach. said.

 

[Hoot 10+ year member]

Ive always thought of deadening as a "total effect" thing.....no small area will give breathtaking results, but a bunch of small areas will add up to an improvement...If you have the deadener, and can get it off your car, then do it.

Point well taken, but has anyone on this board done work deadening and insulating this particular area?

 

[Hoot 10+ year member]

Bump for some thoughts....

 

[60ndown 10+ year member]

i have always noticed air noise in this area and thought about those odd plastic sheilds you see on some cars? to reduce....modify air flow?

 

[Hoot 10+ year member]

Those odd plastic shields are called by one manufacturer "autoventshades." I bought some -- and not with the intention of killing wind noise, mind you. They really knocked out a good deal of noise! I was both surprised and amazed as, again, I didn't buy them with this intention. And so, after realizing this, I thought maybe more noise could be killed directly at the A-pillar. You could say the idea was inspired by the ventshades.