ok time to speak up .and no lies now..SPEED verses cabin noise..
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My sister made the inside to the pattern I gave her and I stuck it on (dead easy). I bought a recover kit (includes absolutely everything you need) for £70.00 from Southbound normally about £120.00 I think (but he owed me). Took a friend and I half a day to make a thoroughly professional job.
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Just to make sure that you're spending time/money in the right area ,you could always temporarily affix a strip of "duck" tape or similar along the leading edge of the targa roof/top screen frame.This way any marked improvement on a test run would ensure whether or not you're barking up the right tree[8|].
I too have an 87 3.2 targa(tucked up in heated garage while it's wet and salty out) and plan on this approach myself as I too suffer excessive wind noise above 80mph. With the roof off once past the century mark a strange calm ensues and my main worry is being sucked out of the car by the venturi effect!!!!!
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I too have an 87 3.2 targa(tucked up in heated garage while it's wet and salty out) and plan on this approach myself as I too suffer excessive wind noise above 80mph. With the roof off once past the century mark a strange calm ensues and my main worry is being sucked out of the car by the venturi effect!!!!!
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interesting....
as for the newer 993's.. so on the autobahn's
up to 110mph.. it is fairly 'normal' (?) and surprisingly quiet ! althoug still very noisy compared to say a new sports car... although as mine is also a Targa it is always going to be a bit more noisy !
beyond that it really depends on how much throttle I'm giving it, so up to 120mph it can be held in a fairly quiet cruising style.. although above 4000rpm on any (IIRC) 911 the engine does really kick in.. and it's very difficult to resist the temptation to to give the varioram a full run...
beyond that I've only really given it full power.... and the full noise.. but the last time I was there I got up to about a mere 236kph (on the digital speedo) before the noise of my "mrs" shouting at me was more than the road noise, so that made me slow down !
as for the newer 993's.. so on the autobahn's
up to 110mph.. it is fairly 'normal' (?) and surprisingly quiet ! althoug still very noisy compared to say a new sports car... although as mine is also a Targa it is always going to be a bit more noisy !
beyond that it really depends on how much throttle I'm giving it, so up to 120mph it can be held in a fairly quiet cruising style.. although above 4000rpm on any (IIRC) 911 the engine does really kick in.. and it's very difficult to resist the temptation to to give the varioram a full run...
beyond that I've only really given it full power.... and the full noise.. but the last time I was there I got up to about a mere 236kph (on the digital speedo) before the noise of my "mrs" shouting at me was more than the road noise, so that made me slow down !
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well david as i said i tried the tape just to see.{across the join over the roof and the wind screen ...and sadly it made a big differance...so i think when i get time it looks like a roof job...you can buy the kit from south bound in stockbridgr near winchester....its just under 150 ...i think... this should make a big differance making the roof much sotfer
Michael,
Sorry didnt see the later posts about wind noise, but glad you tried the tape test and has confirmed your problem.
As a suggestion, as you are going to visit Southbound for the kit anyway, I'm sure David, (I think) would assess your current roof for you, maybe it only needs to be professionally re-adjusted.
As a last note, because my roof had been previously recovered (before I bought the car)
and had been bodged....Southbound did a full back to metal rebuild & custom fit for me-
this included stripping out the doors and resetting the windows to close snuggly on the top side seals....total cost was £700.00 plus vat.
Having a nice cover is one thing, but once you have tampered with the original roof, a 'fitting' is essential, as you must take into account that the targa shell will have flexed no doubt over the years/miles!
Happy New Year to all!
Sorry didnt see the later posts about wind noise, but glad you tried the tape test and has confirmed your problem.
As a suggestion, as you are going to visit Southbound for the kit anyway, I'm sure David, (I think) would assess your current roof for you, maybe it only needs to be professionally re-adjusted.
As a last note, because my roof had been previously recovered (before I bought the car)
and had been bodged....Southbound did a full back to metal rebuild & custom fit for me-
this included stripping out the doors and resetting the windows to close snuggly on the top side seals....total cost was £700.00 plus vat.
Having a nice cover is one thing, but once you have tampered with the original roof, a 'fitting' is essential, as you must take into account that the targa shell will have flexed no doubt over the years/miles!
Happy New Year to all!
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