miked

Ok, last night I installed my new EGR Superguard-3d Carbon Fiber bug deflector. On my way into work this morning, driving about 40-50mph, the deflector starts making a whistling noise. Almost like the noise when a side window is cracked open. Do they all do this? It's gonna drive me crazy if it gets even louder on the highway.

4RunnerFever

Mine is quiet, but I usually drive with the windows up.

miked

the noise is loud enough to hear when the windows are rolled up.

CLin9383

really, i have the exact same one and there is no noise...

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Mine never makes a sound, but then again it does not have the carbon fiber texture either. I'll bet that is what is making the whistling.

miked

It's not textured. It's just a pattern in the plastic (clear plastic with a black pattern). As far as I can tell.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Maybe you do have a side window cracked and you don't know it. I would recheck the (4) screw fasteners and make sure that your shield is symmetrically installed across the front as you have some room to play with due to the slots for mounting. I would also check and make sure that somehow your guard is not bent out of symmetry from shipping and thus causing an irregular airflow over it.

If these don't fix it I would suggest turning up the radio real loud.

miked

I'll look into that tonight after work... but, I'm pretty sure it's on there even, measured several times. It was really hard to install, so maybe I messed something up.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

Yours was hard to install? Mine had (4) screws that went through (4) little rubber washers and the EGR guard into (4) little inserts that you popped into (4) little places under the front of the hood. Took me all of about 2 minutes to install the whole kit and kaboodle.


Does yours look like this except it is carbon fiber?

miked

heh, ya I was joking. har har? It looks exactly like yours except it's clear with the carbon fiber pattern.

I'll post a picture of it tonight.

Your truck rocks btw.

waskillywabbit

iTrader: (-1)

You had me worried there for a second dude. Talk about mechanically challenged! If you can brush your teeth without injuring yourself you can put on the EGR easily.

My rig is but beginning it's rockness, but thanks!

CLin9383

Mine

4RunnerFever

Wish I could help more but my bugflector doesn't make a sound but my sunrooflector does whistle. I wonder if the EGR is redirecting the wind to some extent and that is causing your problem.

Have you tried reinstalling it just to see if it was a fluke? Also, I had to adjust my hood to get it to close properly.

Good Luck!!

AznSky

does your bug guards have drainage holes at the bottom? My OEM does and they make loud whistling sounds when driving. So I taped up all the long holes and the whistling stopped.

Maybe you want to look into that.

ALBPM

I have the EGR Carbon Fiber "like" guard and it made a lot of wind noise after I installed it. - I say carbon Fiber "like" because it is just a printed pattern on the back side of the guard.

I solved mine by adjusting the hood stops in the front. Just screw them out a bit more. This raises the front of the hood a bit and changes the airflow.

This was the fix for my 93 Runner's problem with the back hood rattling/flapping at high speed.

miked

hey, thanks for the replys. It doesn't have any drainage holes but it does have a section on each side, above the lights, where it does not wrap under the hood. My guess is that is where the noise is coming from.

I will try to adjust the hood stops/latch this weekend and see if that helps.

Jason B

Does anyone still have this eve carbon guard? I need one and they stopped making them.

ALBPM

https://www.carid.com/2002-toyota-4r...-35069084.html

Then click on - Product Options.

Jason B

Anyone still have?

Jason B

Does anyone still have their EGR guard?