INA261 Roof Rack Fairing, 40-Inch, Reduces Wind Noise and Drag

Works great for me. Nearly fully eliminated wind noise from my newly installed crossbars and bike rack. Install was pretty easy. I ordered the 40 inch Medium size for my 2012 Hyundai Accent SE hatchback and it's the perfect length across my roof. I used it with ROLA 59707 crossbars and Thule Criterium 598 bike rack. Here's my review of those ROLA crossbars along with some other product links and information that maybe someone will find useful.I put ROLA 59707 crossbars on my 2012 Hyundai Accent SE hatchback with intentions of fitting a bike rack. I’m happy with how it all turned out. I will break this review into three parts.1) ROLA crossbars by themselves: ROLA 59707 Hyundai Accent 5-Door Hatchback Cross Bar With no bike rack or wind fairing installed, the ROLA crossbars do have a slight wind humming sound. I am a very particular person and did not find this very bothersome. It is not a whistle, just a minimal wind hum that isn't that loud or annoying. Skip to the end for a summary of the ROLA bars themselves.2) ROLA crossbars + Thule 598 Criterium bicycle roof rack: Thule 598 Criterium Upright Rooftop Bicycle Carrier Because of the larger size and shape of these ROLA crossbars compared to Thule crossbars, the Thule bike rack does not fit onto the crossbars with the hardware that’s included. The U-shaped clamp of the Thule bike rack is too small to fit around the crossbars. Therefore, you will have to buy the "Thule XADAPT8 X Adapter Kit" Thule XADAPT8 X Adapter 8. This allows the Thule bike rack to be mounted within the channels that run along the top of the ROLA crossbars. It's easier than it sounds to put all this together. Just make sure you buy that adapter kit and you'll be set. As far as wind noise with the Thule bike rack installed *without* a wind fairing, it's bad. Really bad. There is an incredibly loud whistle, which is mostly fixed by putting on a wind fairing. See the next paragraph.3) ROLA crossbars + Thule 598 Criterium bicycle roof rack + Inno Wind Faring (size medium / 40 inches): Inno Fairing This is the last thing you'll need if you're putting a Thule or other brand bike rack on these ROLA crossbars. It mostly eliminated that annoying whistle and there is mostly no wind noise coming from the roof now except for sometimes depending on the wind direction. It usually sounds just like it did before any of this was installed. It installed fairly easily and the sticker does come off.Overall, these ROLA crossbars are fantastic. Installation was extremely fast and easy. Screwing in the supplied bolts was a total breeze (not sure why some reviewers had trouble). Once installed, they feel really sturdy. I would definitely recommend them along with the other products I mentioned.EDIT #1: The Thule bike rack install on the driver’s side (after installing the Thule bike rack on the passenger’s side a few days ago) was really annoying and didn’t match the passenger side exactly in terms of looks because I am using crossbars other than Thule brand along with the XADAPT8 kit (the XADAPT8 kit converts a U-shaped bracket that comes with the Thule 598 bike rack and hugs around your crossbar into something else that slides into the top channel of the crossbar instead). On the Thule 598 bike rack, the big plastic bracket thing with the gray round knob on it would have mounted with an overhang towards the windshield, while the passenger side overhangs towards the trunk side of the crossbar. I did manage to modify the driver's side Thule 598 bike rack with some effort and ingenuity so that they did actually match (not fun at all) and both overhang towards the trunk. But regardless, this is something you should be aware of if you are required to use the XADAPT8 kit. I think even some Thule crossbars require the XADAPT8 kit, so just because you have Thule brand crossbars, don’t think you’re in the clear.IN SUMMARY OF THIS ISSUE: If you are lucky enough to just have square Thule crossbars, you can have two bike racks installed and it appears to me that they will match perfectly with no modifications. If you use the XADAPT8 kit, having two Thule 598 Criterium bike racks mounted will not perfectly match each other unless you permanently modify one of the racks, or another option would be to mount one bike rack facing the back of the car. But that also doesn’t match and doesn’t really solve anything.EDIT #2: My whole setup does have a very faint whistle depending on what the wind is doing. I will try some things to totally eliminate it, but at this point it is pretty dang quiet and for some reason doesn’t always occur and is intermittent depending on how you’re driving and what the wind is doing. The fairing did help immensely though, but unfortunately didn’t 100% fix the whistle/wind noise.

**Update** this is not really made for contractor-style racks, this is not a product glitch so I'll take it up to 5 stars. This is made more for fixed roof/attached roof racks. What I mean is this, if you have a contractor rack, your rack is attached to your truck bed, not the roof, so the portion that hangs over your roof, actually moves a bit. When this is attached to that type of rack, it will smack your roof over and over even at low speeds. Again, that's not this product's issue, just the nature of how contractor racks are attacked.Side notes: it is not made to fit anything really beyond a 1.5-2 inch diameter, which caused me to buy longer bolts. Don't get frustrated over that, just plan on grabbing 3-4 bolts. Not a big deal.My issue is that every time I hit uneven road or any vibration (small bump, whatever), the contractor rack dips, and smacks this thing into my roof, constantly. I tried several fixes, but my final adjustment since the nuts just won't stay tight enough to prevent this, was to wedge a pool noodle underneath the deflector where it meets the brackets. I zip-tied this to the brackets and I bent the angel of the deflector up enough to give about 1-2 inches of clearance from the roof of my truck. It will still occasionally make contact where the factory SiriusXM Antenna is mounted on the roof, but I can live with it now, I may make a few other small tweaks over time.,Here's the real question: Does it work?YES, I don't have road noise any longer from my roof rack.Does it save on fuel?I don't know, I haven't really seen a noticeable difference, but I'm also usually carrying loads of feed or materials so don't expect great mileage anyway.

Works great, no issues for my 2011 Toyota Camry.

I combined it w racketon 8" tall roof rack on cross bars on my 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe hybrid limited and it helps. There's a gap between the racketon wind farer and this so there's still wind sound at above 50mph but pretty good to 30 maybe a little at 40. Also my first trip it got flipped through its position so it was tilted backwards. I used foam stick for the foot that holds in place so plastic doesn't slip and also doesn't scratch my roof. Doesn't slip after that.I took it through car wash and survived. I think it's racketon fault but my mpg dropped a lot from 30 to 22 after roof rack mounted and real highway tested rte 80 PA to NY and back a few times. Too annoying to take roof rack off to prove it, but I think it's not my cargo weight dragging the mpg. I put a curt tow hitch and full spare tire so did add about 150lbs I think. Otherwise regular stuff single person in a car. May try to add more pics later.

I purchased a "like new" shield that I attached to a 2008 Toyota Highlander OEM crossbar. My crossbars are quite low-profile, resulting in a shallow shield angle. This, combining with the thick rubber pads on the bottom of the shield, caused the shield to bow upwards in the middle. The gap was over 1.5" between roof and shield in the middle without modification. To counter this, I had to remove the 4 rubber pads. I also had to get the two outer clamps to pull the shield as tight as possible, which took a few tries. In the end, I got it to lay currectly. I haven't driven the vehicle since install. I suspect I might need to add a strip of rubber (like one that would slide onto edge of a car door) to the front edge to damper rattling of that is a result of the modification. Quality seems good. Much better value and almost as good as Yakima or Thule.

I initially gave this product a 5 star review, but I'm changing it now to one star. Here's why:It looked great on my car. There was no noise...thought it was perfect (at first). Then, i noticed that my MPG dipped down. I have a brand new 2015 Subaru Impreza that I've only had for 2 months. I partially got the car for it's GREAT gas mileage...but the Inno fairing made the mpg go down by about 4 mpg (city and highway both). That's a lot for it to decrease. I couldn't justify a good look for a bad function! I called Inno in California and they were essentially at a loss for words- they had no suggestions on how I could make it work.The medium sized fairing was the right size for the vehicle, so it wasn't a matter of getting a smaller or larger size. It just isn't compatible with my Subaru OEM roof rack. Maybe I'll try out the Rhino Rack roof fairing. Unfortunately, it looks like neither Thule nor Yakima have any fairings compatible with Subaru OEM racks. You could customize them, if you have the right tools or skills...which I don't. As soon as I removed the Inno fairings, my MPG went back to normal. Worst-case scenario, I'll forgo having wind fairings completely if Rhino Rack doesn't work.

***2 year update. It became brittle over time and cracked where the screw holes are located; in two different places. It now lives in a landfill. Was initially a 5 star review, but do not expect more than 1 to 2 years from this. Mother nature will win.Well, I've had this for about year. It's seen about 30k miles, and approximately 1 million splattered bugs. I have it on a '24 Impreza RS. It's a pain to clean as it's not totally rigid, and you really got scrub to get it clean. I usually wax and buff it to keep it shiny. The decal has held up, and the hardware shows zero rust or corrosion. I give it a half turn tighten ever couple weeks.Interesting notes, as I drive 100 freeway miles a day. Gas mileage stock ~27mpg. Gas mileage with cross bars ~25.5. With this faring ~26.5. With crossbars and a roof basket ~23.5. With crossbars, faring and roof basket ~24.5. So, it saves approximately 1mpg. That's pretty good actually, and will pay for itself at some point.Wind noise with just crossbars compared to crossbars and the faring isnt much different. But with the basket on, it's considerable. It takes some adjusting to get this faring to line up with the built-in faring on my Tyger basket. But once you get it dialed in, it's a totally noticeable difference.Now, rattle...an entirely different story. My factory system has 7x10 subwoofers in the doors. They thump. This thing rattles from bass. No matter how tight it is. I have to keep my sunshade on my sunroof closed to block some of the noise. Kind of sucks. If you have the roof open in summer, and your music half way up the rattle will drown out the music. You literally have to crank up the radio to drown out the rattle.To sum it up~ It's well made. Looks sharp. Easy to install. Hard to keep clean. Saves gas. Rattles.

I drove my car with a rooftop box on it, and no deflector and immediately heard wind noise, despite all the windows being up even at 35 miles an hour.First of all, it was easy to install. I left my car top box in place although they recommend not doing that. I simply had to slip the middle bracket underneath after loosening the box. The left and right brackets fit just outside my box mounts on the bar. Be sure to measure where your attachments to the bars are and check the width of the bracket locations for the deflector that you are ordering so you know there’s no interference with the brackets. I think in a pinch you might get away with moving the deflector left or right as I don’t know how important it is that be perfectly centered, as long as it still covers your rooftop stuff end to end. . The bracket attachments holes in the deflector are fixed in place so if you decide to move the deflector left or right, you have to move all three brackets equally.I ordered the 48 inch for my 2013 Subaru Legacy sedan because I wanted to deflector to go most of the way across the roof bars to get Maximum result. The ends of the deflector sit just where the roof seam is where it curves down to the door.After installing it, I found all four pads sit touching on the roof.On the road, I noticed an immediate reduction in wind noise. I drove up to 70 miles an hour, and I found whatever wind noise was left was tolerable and certainly could be covered up by a little bit of music. I’ll find out on my 10 hour trip this week to the beach and report back.I can’t figure how anybody could install this and have it create more noise. The noise reduction for me was substantial.

Ce produit est facile à installer et ne requiert aucun outil à l’installation. L’esthétique est superbe et il semble très robuste. Je ne sais pas si le fabricant a changé l’emballage en raison des autres commentaires au sujet des vis mais en ce qui me concerne, les vis sont plus qu’assez longues pour installer sur mes barres transversales que j’ai aussi acheté chez Amazon. Ce produit fait exactement ce pourquoi il a été conçu, il élimine totalement le sifflement du vent ainsi que les turbulences à grande vitesse. Je dois dire que je suis impressionné combien grande est la différence de bruit avec ce déflecteur installé et sans. Tout considéré, j’ai fait un très bon achat et je recommande ce produit sans aucun doute.

The shipping process was extremely fast. The reporting about the order process was perfectly done. I’m super impressed! The installation was straightforward! The hardest part was standing on a step ladder with the assembled 48” fairing and chatting back and forth with my wife as we centered this unit. The screws / fasteners and hardware were fantastic quality (almost Thule level, since I am a Thule rack fanboy). I was very thrilled to work with this Inno brand product after dealing with Thule components for 4 decades!I’m rocking a Cargo box on my rooftop, and at 80 and 90 kliks per hour things were quiet! At 100 kliks, the buffeting effect is still present but reduced.I would buy this product again! Cheers and Peace Be The Journey!

Its on the car, Kid loves it, Car makes noise, I hate it. But the product made him smile, So all is good.

For about a hundred bucks this is a really good fairing for a roof rack system. It fit my 1" round bars with no problems. It was easy to mount and it came with at least all the hardware for my application.it seems to be working good so far and it's really made a huge difference for the noise coming from my roof racks. Would recommend at least trying it over the more expensive brand-name ones.

J ai installé ce déflecteur sur mon Toyota fj cruiser en espérant couper le sifflement que j entendais lorsque je roulais 80km hr ou plus,je suis très content plus de sifflement terminé et facile à installer.merci