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Old 04-22-2011 | 03:14 PM
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i havent really heard alot about the metal header??
where can u get it and for how much??
any pics?
Old 04-22-2011 | 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by LaxAHolic
i havent really heard alot about the metal header??
where can u get it and for how much??
any pics?
Search on soft top whistle, all the details are there. I got mine from Moparpartsonline for $93. It works. Fixed the roaring noise I had.
Old 04-22-2011 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by rickyj
Also, there were known problems with the plastic soft top header. They changed it out for a metal one. So far my plastic one is working well though. The metal header is around $100, try that before you try the $40 wade deflector.
Do you have a part # for that metal header? Feel free to pm me or post it public
Does anyone know the part #?
Old 04-22-2011 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Ktonrider
Do you have a part # for that metal header? Feel free to pm me or post it public
Does anyone know the part #?
I think it is 55397454AA.
Old 04-23-2011 | 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by rlo_jklivin
I can understand wanting to stop the wind noise which is why I bought the wade deflector for the windshield, and it works great, even the hardtop has wind noise.......but roadnoise? If u can't deal w/ it y did u buy a wrangler...its part of the life man,if u want a quiet car buy a prius...srry just my 2 pennies.......
i think thats a stupid way to think about it, "just my two cents"
honestly, if you enjoy something, like i do my jeep. why wouldnt you want to fix the things that you dont enjoy? instead of the "oh yep, its a jeep thats how it is" and as was posted earlier, there are ways to fix or lessen the noise..
Old 04-24-2011 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by rlo_jklivin
I can understand wanting to stop the wind noise which is why I bought the wade deflector for the windshield, and it works great, even the hardtop has wind noise.......but roadnoise? If u can't deal w/ it y did u buy a wrangler...its part of the life man,if u want a quiet car buy a prius...srry just my 2 pennies.......
/\ And this general customer attitude is one of the few things that kept Chrysler in business as long as it did. I understand that it isn't a CJ, but that is a good thing. Some of us don't want to deal with the noise, and Fiat has addressed that in the 2011 - ya know, the one getting GOOD reviews?

To have a customer base that was/is so against refinement has been a massive addition to their bottom line on one of their top profit vehicles. To be against someone else making any improvement aftermarket is a show of how far it really goes. Utterly absurd in my opinion. Jeep could make the wranglers quieter and safer (and Fiat will) for $1-200 for the vehicle. No offense, but only a retard would opt for the "extra noise and decreased safety" option. I don't get it.
Old 04-25-2011 | 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by banx
Search on soft top whistle, all the details are there. I got mine from Moparpartsonline for $93. It works. Fixed the roaring noise I had.
To LaxAholic - note that he said "roaring noise". The guys on here that have made the change to the metal header note massive noise from the gap. My header so far only makes a slight whistling noise at certain speeds and an irritating low noise at certain crosswinds. If you have the roaring already, I would go with the metal header first.




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