Good Buy--But Expensive

By Dave Ranked #1024 - Car Racks October 27, 2009

I have a 2010 Mazda 3 with Thule Rapid Area bars. Before the fairing, I got an awful howling sound at speeds greater than 60 mph. I was concerned that I would hate driving my car after dropping several hundred on my rack so I got the fairing.I was skeptical that it would help any, but it totally got rid the howling. Now I can barely (if at all) hear the rack and I'm back to quite driving.Cons: Too easy to steal (no anti-theft). Too expensive for what you get (it's shiny and nice looking, but plastic!). Although it snaps onto the aero bars fine, I had to modify (cut slits into) the rubber strip that goes in the middle of the bar to accommodate the fairing clips.Overall, I'm happy I got the fairing.

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