We have purchased and fitted a spoiler to the roof of our motorhome. We think there is a lot of noise from the two front roof hatches, and the purpose of the spoiler is to reduce wind noise. Now we have both spray-painted the spoiler to give it the colour we want and mounted it on the motorhome roof. Now we will see if it will be good!
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There were of course only white spoilers available, so Peter had to start by spray painting it black. Other people might spray paint things in their garage or something, but we live in an apartment and have no garage, so what do you do? Well, we spray painted the living room ...
It looks a bit crazy now when I see it in the picture, but it went well. We laid out underlay paper on the floor and taped it down, and no it's not black on the floor or the walls now... But the spoiler is black!
Attaching a spoiler to the motorhome roof
Once the spoiler was completely black and dry, it was time to get it up on the motorhome roof. Peter attached it in front of the roof hatches using silicone and pop rivets. Now it remains to be seen if it helps against the wind and noise! In the top picture you can see the spoiler in place in front of the roof hatch on our enormously dirty campervan roof (it's supposed to be black ...). It's not so easy to see perhaps, but it's there in front. The photo is taken from the rear roof hatch.
Soon time to roll with the motorhome
Now it's almost time to hit the road with the motorhome! It will probably be a motorhome weekend very soon, although we have not yet decided where it is going. Wonderful! So far, we offer a picture from last year's motorhome trip at this time, when we visited Västerås Mälarcamping, among other things.
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Lennart says:
How cool!
I think it will be better, different wind!
Live well!
06 April 2013 - 17:35
Beate says:
Can't help but laugh here - spray painting a spoiler in the living room - ooooooops. But Peter seems to know what he's doing.
Your spring boots are beautiful - even though I thought it was autumn;-)
06 April 2013 - 22:14
admin says:
Lennart, we hope so!
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Beate, haha... you don't have lots of spaces to choose from when you live in an apartment... And the spring boots probably work great for autumn as well, but spring is not excessively warm either....
😉
07 April 2013 - 7:44
Seniorer Spekulerar says:
Let's hope it works as Peter intended with the spoiler. Can't there be even worse noise? 3 M
07 April 2013 - 19:53
admin says:
Seniors Speculate, the purpose of the spoiler is to reduce noise and they are sold for skylights for this very reason. So I hope it will not be... But how it works remains to be seen!
07 April 2013 - 20:10
Frankie & Co says:
Waiting eagerly for you to roll and leave an evaluation after use in live mode 🙂 .
Is it at the front? On the alcove?
09 April 2013 - 7:28
admin says:
Frankie & Co, yes it sits almost at the front, in front of the main roof hatch, i.e. on top of the alcove. Yes, we are also eagerly awaiting the evaluation ...
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09 April 2013 - 18:24
Deciree says:
Hi Helena and Peter:) we sit in the motorhome on the road. We are also disturbed by the wind noise of the roof hatches. Have thought about the spoiler. How did it go for you? Did it get better with the noise? Hugs
20 September 2013 - 12:33