Yakima WindShield - 40"
Customize your base rack with the 40 in. Yakima WindShield. This universal fairing attaches to StreamLine-series bars and most aero, round, square or factory bars, offering performance and good looks.
- Secure to any crossbar quickly and easily with the included tools
- Reduces wind noise and drag
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Functional BUT...Disappointed
Have an older generation 34" Yakima Windshield with easy to install (for round bar) clips and carriage bolt design. The new generation with ratchet strapping is "just" OK for round bars. Took an extraordinary amount of time to install and not 100% sure if over time will remain stable during use. The flex of the windshield is adequate imo. The Yakima logo is now a softer gray vs the eye catching brilliant white of the past. Finally, 65-70% of windshield is not the nice high gloss finish I am used to seeing from Yakima. Overall, I believe Yakima has cut some corners on this generation of windshield. Conclusion: Functional ...but not what I expected from a great company like Yakima.
mixed performance
I am using this windshield on a Honda CRV. While it does very much cut down on the wind noise its performance was not great with a canoe on the roof. Once we put the canoe on and travel at highway speeds the windscreen gets pushed under the cross bar and rides as shown in the photo. I believe whatever wind action is happening to the wind screen with a canoe on top caused the two front landing pads to loosen. We had to take it apart and tighten mid trip. It was easy enough to install but I am not enamored with the ratcheting tightening on the round bar. Can't seem to quite get it tight enough. Needless to say I won't be using the windscreen when carrying my boat. In general I just take the rack off the car when I'm not using it. If you're someone who leaves the rack on, I recommend it for wind noise, but that's it.
Meh. Too much plastic, not enough noise reduction
This size fits my 05 Mini w/round bars perfectly. As noted in the Yakima Fit Guide. It does reduce the noise a bit but not substantially. Cool spot for stickers I guess. Overall though this is just very cheap feeling. The fairing attaches to the clips with plastic expansion bolts that never really tighten down all that well. Just screw them until they are flush or they will keep turning. If they do strip completely it looks like you could substitute a nut and bolt fairly easily. The clip attachment to the bars is similarly all plastic and feels like it will fail. The zip tie tightening mechanism has a plastic socket that surely cannot withstand repeated loosening and tightening. So put this thing on and never take it off! The allen wrench they include actually has a ball end, and if you only insert the ball it will strip out the plastic socket after a few turns. You can push the wrench completely through the socket so it will get more purchase. Still, just snug the straps down. Do not try to crank it or this socket will strip. I think maybe a hose clamp could work there if the mechanism dies. Overall the build quality is junk for the price. But what else is out there? Idk. Note on round bars - the clips are universal and clearly look like they're made to fit more of an "aero" type bar, but they snug up absolutely fine to round bars.
Not an exact fit, but...
Volkswagen's OEM bars are pretty thick, so the arms don't sit flush to the bar itself like it would a Yakima bar. However, its on there pretty tight. No vibration or flapping that i can tell, and at least for me it completely eliminated the hum at normal highway speeds that I got. Fuctional enough for me.
40" Windscreen
Very solid. There's 4 zip style braces that hold it down. The enclosed screwdriver is actually meant to go all the way through the screw. The shaft itself is the wrench. Looks nice and most importantly works well.
Cool new design using zip tie styled technology.
Lighter than the bolt style old style fairing, this newly designed fairing has an Allen wrench adjuster which tightens a zip tie styled strap snugly to a bar, whispbar, or even a rail.
Doesn't work on a car with a sunroof
I was hoping this windshield would help take away some of the sound coming from my Yakima Frontloader bike racks on top of my vehicle. Unfortunately I had to return it, this won't work well if your car has a sunroof. When it's open, the Yakima windshield pushes ALL of the wind directly onto your head. Unless you like the feeling of sticking your head outside your sunroof while driving, I'd say just deal with the noise from your bike racks. I wish that Yakima would say on it's description (does not work with sunroof) to have saved some time.
Beware of fit due to sunroof and or kayak rack
No negative on the product rather just be aware that it may not fit as advertised. Does not fit 2023 RAV4 as base rests on sunroof (also they want the silicone ovals pressed onto sunroof). If I didn’t have sunroof it still would not attach to factory rails with a kayak rack attached (the 4 piece ones for 2 kayaks that are super common)
We may need to make some home-made adjustments
Easy to install, looks good, doesn’t fit (as intended) over/around the Yakima bike rack we bought years ago. We may need to improvise how to attach the outer portions of the fairing to the load bar if the fairling’s ends vibrate during highway driving. Also, the ridged roof profile of our minivan doesn’t sit flush with the bottom of the fairing so we may need a second improvised adjustment to prevent the wind going under the fairing from creating a whistle.
Cheap, nothing but plastic:(
Everything is made of plastic, this is pathetic for the price you pay. They won’t let me review it on their site either. Very disappointing.