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Universal fairing deflects wind around your roof rack to drastically reduce noise and drag. Padded feet protect your vehicle's roof. Mounts easily to most crossbar configurations.
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Today we'll be taking a look at the Yakima windshield fairing. These are available in a variety of different sizes: at 34 inches long, part number Y05016; at 40 inches long, part number Y05017; at 46 inches long, part number Y05018; at 52 inches long, part number Y05019. The one we'll be working with today is 40 inches long, but they all share the same features. This universal fairing deflects wind around your roof rack to drastically reduce noise and drag. Its sleek design enhances the overall look of your roof rack. It's an easy clamp-on installation, and the padded feet are going to protect your vehicle's finish. The theft-deterring hardware requires the included tool for installation or removal.
The fairing is constructed out of a flexible, heavy-duty plastic, and it's covered by Yakima's Love It Till You Leave It lifetime warranty. Now that we've gone over the features, I'll go ahead and show you how to get it installed. First thing we want to do is go ahead and set our fairing in position. Today, we're working with the Yakima JetStream Crossbar, but this will work with your round, square, arrow, elliptical, and most factory roof rack systems. Let's go ahead and set it in place. We want to make sure the notched portion sits in our crossbar like this, and then we can go ahead and center it up.
Looks like I need to come this way a little bit. Once we've got it centered up, we can then bring our straps around, and then we're going to connect it to the underside here. Once we've got them all connected, we can then tighten them down with our included tool. As you can see, it's drawing the strap through. It'll be a nice snug fit. Once we get it nice and tight, we can just repeat it for the other 3 straps.
With all those tightened down, let's go ahead and take our strap and tuck it in the keeper here, just like that. Now, the last thing that we can do is take our clear pad and place it on our vehicle where our fairing comes in contact. That's just to protect our vehicle from any harm. That'll complete our look at the Yakima windshield fairing.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
82% were satisfied with this product
18% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
This was the only fairing I could find to fit the OEM bars on my MK 6 Volkswagen Jetta. Installation was easy and the wind noises are gone
Significantly reduces whistling and looks awesome with the Porsche roof rack. Easy to install. Great price and fast delivery.
Works great with my Whispbar S15 racks. etrailer.com shipped it fast and I am a very happy customer. Thank you etrailer.com for everything.
My goal was to reduce road wind noise; goal achieved! Thank you for the excellent product advice and quick delivery.
Information on the product 100% Guys I etrailer we’re very helpful, And firing fit perfect on my 95 corolla, , very Happy! Thanks Guys!!!! Best upgrade so far!
Ive had a roof rack for years now...why did I wait until now to get this fairing? Shipping was fast and installation was easy as 1-2-3 and took maybe 10 minutes. Visually pleasing and the noise inside at speed has been cut by at least 80%!!
It was an easy installation. It looks good on roof. I will test it out today driving it to the coast. I will let you know if it brings down the noise. Also fast delivery, thank you!
This fairing fit nicely over my factory moonroof and aftermarket wind deflector on my 2012 Toyota Tundra Crewmax. It will be important to move the front rack into a position to allow the fairing to rest just behind the factory roof mounted XM antenna pod.
Have a custom roof rack with 1-1/8” round cross bars. The Yakima fairing fits great! Virtually eliminated the wind noise. Quality product and worth the money. Great customer service. Order was shipped promptly.
Great product. Just a little pricey.
Easy to install. Reduces roof rack noise significantly.
Installing the WindShield on the HD bars works perfectly fine, even though the clip isn't shaped to fit snugly on the bar. It is well secured by tightening the straps, and made for a big improvement in noise from the bars, although it does emit a whistle when there's a strong cross wind.
I have a 10th gen Civic sedan and I was dying to get the perfect roof rack set for my car. At the time of my purchase there was not many visuals of what the rack system looked like on this car.
I purchased the:
•Yakima 50in Jetstream crossbars
•Yakima baseline towers
•bc182 & bc183 clips
•Yakima 46in fairing
Overall I love how it looks on my car! During This COVID pandemic I have been camping more, and this is the perfect foundation! First off, the 46in fairing is the perfect fit for the 10th gen civic! Wind noise is low also with the help of the aerodynamic crossbars. My main concern was the fuel efficiency. On long road trips I still average 38-40 mpg with the rack on. My daily commutes I average 34 mpg without Econ on.
Fast shipping. Fits perfect.
This fairing is working well after a year. No issues or failures. Greatly reduces wind noise from the rack, both with and without a boat on it. Have it on a 2020 Nissan Frontier with a vehicle specific Rynorack track mount that works great with Yakima Control Towers
Excellent job reducing wind noise to almost 0. Straps down very secure with no vibrations.
2023 Mazda3
I have a 2020 Toyota RAV4 that I added the Yakima Windshield to. I was uncertain if it would fit with my kayak rack but I was able to make it all work. Couple of tips for people considering purchasing this windshield. First, the brackets come in open plastic bags with brackets and screws inside. I lost two of the screws initially because they had fallen out of the open plastic bags and got mixed in with the packing material in the box. Second, the brackets can be bent and shaped a bit to modify the angle of the shield and make room for kayak racks (and any other roof rack accessory. Overall, it did decrease the wind noise created by the kayak racks going down the highway, however still noisier than only the factory aerobars. I have not seen a significant change in gas mileage between, (still lost about 2-3 MPG compared to nothing but the bars). Overall the look is great, the shield is solid, attachment system is super easy, and functionality is decent. Lastly, eTrailer service is excellent. I have ordered from them in the past and they continue to be quick and responsive. Nice alternative to Amazon.
Works great no noise.
Great except one of the plastic clips that hold fairing to bracket is missing
Shipping was fast and product was as described. ETrailer is a great company.
Great customer service. Thanks
Barbara
6/9/2024
Its been a year since my purchase of a yakima ferring for my Subaru crosstalk. The item is smaller than expected and its questionable if the ferring helps much. It doesnt stay tight and the wrench that i was supplied with is not standard so hard to adjust unless at home.
Bought Yakima Windshield to use on 2017 VW Tiguan with factory cross bars (square). Requested and paid for 3 day shipment but didn't receive until day 4. The fit to the cross bars is not perfect but it works and has reduced noise. Will put it to better test on long distance trip this weekend.
Just recently had it installed by a kind neighbor said it took him10 mins and I am so excited because it worked fit and worked so perfectly. I have a rack from walmart on my Mazda 2019 that had to be modified to fit so I was very concerned it this would work being attached to it. I rack was causing so much wind noise it was so loud but this YAKIMA Wind Sheild Faring for Roof Racks ..really worked. I am so impressed. I chose it because I saw other SUVs with this brand and it worked for them so I knew it would work for me and it did. Thank you so much, now I can take my road trip in a ride that is now peaceful and quiet. THANK YOU !!!
Ms D.
9/24/2021
Working great - It stopped the loud wind noise
Well I wanted for this wind fairing to work out, but it did not. The middle of it didn't actually make contact with my car because of it's (poor) design in my opinion. To be fair, I drive 100 highway miles a day to and from home/work at an average speed of 65 mph. Unfortunately because there was no contact with the center fairing and the car and the fairing vibrated horribly (yes it was tightened as tight as it would go) at speeds over 60 mph and it reduced my gas mileage by 2-3 mpg. Unfortunately this only lasted 2 days for me and I removed it from my car. I have yakima towers and yakima HD bars on my stock Subaru rails. I would not recommend this fairing if you do a lot of highway driving unless you don't care about fuel mileage or hearing what sounds like a snare drum being played on your roof.
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