Wind Deflectors
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been driving around trying to remember what the wind noise was like before the visors,
if you lower the windows 'bout an inch and a half - two inches, you still have the visors covering most of the gap and the noise is pretty minimal, just a small white noise
when the music gets very low, I look around and see which one I left down, so its kind of like a light static
** it does work great for removing smoke with just one window or the front two
if you lower the windows 'bout an inch and a half - two inches, you still have the visors covering most of the gap and the noise is pretty minimal, just a small white noise
when the music gets very low, I look around and see which one I left down, so its kind of like a light static
** it does work great for removing smoke with just one window or the front two
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I installed them and its worth the $90. For installation, I'd recommend going to a guy that does window tinting, since it's best to use a hot dryer to soften up the glue before placing them on the door frame. Total job took 20 mins and cost me an extra $30.
Really like leaving them open a crack during the hot summer days in South Florida.
Really like leaving them open a crack during the hot summer days in South Florida.
One the ones I had on my former truck - it was just adhesive tape that was pre-applied to the deflector. Clean the window channel with a alcohol swab and stick. I opted to heat the tape for better adhesion by placing them (with the peel-n-stick still on) in the sun for about 30 minutes prior to installation.
Really straight forward - and I will have to admit, if they are getting $30 to install them - then I am buying a heat gun tomorrow...
Really straight forward - and I will have to admit, if they are getting $30 to install them - then I am buying a heat gun tomorrow...
I don't know why I didn't think of this before....I just googled 'installing window deflectors video' and found a place that showed instructions for a Dodge but I'm guessing it's the same for the Cube. Here's the site if anyone wants to check it out. Looks very simple....yep!
http://www.etrailer.com/tv-Install-WindowVisor-2009-DodgeRam_web.aspx
http://www.etrailer.com/tv-Install-WindowVisor-2009-DodgeRam_web.aspx
there are templates for proper placement included with the REAR visors,
use those on the fronts by switching left/right
I didn't need any heat, just stand there and apply pressure for a minute or two throughout the sticker area
lining it up right is still sorta difficult with the templates,
just try to make the space between the visor & edge of door is even before peeling
(no one has noticed that mine aren't 100% perfect, so I don't point it out) driver side
with the boomerang front visor its so hard to tell anyways
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use those on the fronts by switching left/right
I didn't need any heat, just stand there and apply pressure for a minute or two throughout the sticker area
lining it up right is still sorta difficult with the templates,
just try to make the space between the visor & edge of door is even before peeling
(no one has noticed that mine aren't 100% perfect, so I don't point it out) driver side
with the boomerang front visor its so hard to tell anyways
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awesome! i really want these. btw, i think of eyebrows when i see them on a lighter colored car. 
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Thats awesome! Nice jobpalaina.kawika said:awesome! i really want these. btw, i think of eyebrows when i see them on a lighter colored car.
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Yes, but do the wind deflectors deflect wind?
When the driver's door window is fully open, does its deflector stop a wife's hair blowing all over her face and grit getting under her contact lenses?
And at what sort of speed range are the deflectors useful/useless?
When the driver's door window is fully open, does its deflector stop a wife's hair blowing all over her face and grit getting under her contact lenses?
And at what sort of speed range are the deflectors useful/useless?
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hana,
I can't think why your dealer doesn't have deflectors in stock. They've got them at the dealer in Victoria, I think. If you can't get them quickly to order, nip (well, as fast as the paranoid androids controlled by Homeland Security will let you nip in a Nissan) over the border to Nissan Bellingham. The deflectors are $30/40 cheaper in the US for a set of 4. Get the dealer to fit them while you wait. Of course, you must remember to declare them to Canada Customs on your return trip ............. ;-)
I can't think why your dealer doesn't have deflectors in stock. They've got them at the dealer in Victoria, I think. If you can't get them quickly to order, nip (well, as fast as the paranoid androids controlled by Homeland Security will let you nip in a Nissan) over the border to Nissan Bellingham. The deflectors are $30/40 cheaper in the US for a set of 4. Get the dealer to fit them while you wait. Of course, you must remember to declare them to Canada Customs on your return trip ............. ;-)
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Hi, hana
Yes, Espresso Bean/Bitter Chocolate picked up exactly one week ago. I don't have much time at the moment to report about it, as it is like having a new squeeze - just can't keep my hands off it.
Glad your dealer has now managed to find the deflectors on his computer. I remember the good old days when the parts man walked into the stockroom at the back and looked on a shelf.
$90.00 US for a set of 4 below the Line. We must be subsidising Nissan cubes and parts for Americans.
Seems no-one is able to tell us how, or even if, the wind deflectors work. Ho hum.
JW.
Yes, Espresso Bean/Bitter Chocolate picked up exactly one week ago. I don't have much time at the moment to report about it, as it is like having a new squeeze - just can't keep my hands off it.
Glad your dealer has now managed to find the deflectors on his computer. I remember the good old days when the parts man walked into the stockroom at the back and looked on a shelf.
$90.00 US for a set of 4 below the Line. We must be subsidising Nissan cubes and parts for Americans.
Seems no-one is able to tell us how, or even if, the wind deflectors work. Ho hum.
JW.
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i notice a decrease in windnoise as well as your wife-hair-blowing problem, i dont have long hair or a wife, but i think they would help this problem, hope this helped!
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insanely, madly, truly, deeply,
Sir, you are a star.
Thanks for that. That's what I needed to know. I shall definitely be putting them on the front windows, then, although I can probably wait until spring now. I have the rear windows open a lot, to get air to the dogs. They boom like crazy (the windows, not the dogs), even at about 30 mph, so I hope the deflectors will cure that as well.
JW
Sir, you are a star.
Thanks for that. That's what I needed to know. I shall definitely be putting them on the front windows, then, although I can probably wait until spring now. I have the rear windows open a lot, to get air to the dogs. They boom like crazy (the windows, not the dogs), even at about 30 mph, so I hope the deflectors will cure that as well.
JW
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