The dealer will have them. When they washed my car, as I was getting it serviced, they ripped two of them off. Didn't notice until I got on the highway. They found one in the wash bucket and gave me two new ones. They said they always come off.

 

The "Cross-member for roof railing" installation instructions calls them spoilers. photos of manual (iphone rotated them) and but I cannot find a part number for spoilers.


http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.d...22&hg=82&fg=51

 

Just curious, being a cabrio driver roof racks are an alien concept around here.
You installed the roof rack and now it makes a nasty noise.
Seems to me if you're not using the roof rack at the moment, just take it off until you do need to use it.
It's biblical: If thy eye offendeth thee, pluck it out...or sumptin like that.

 

Sadly, with Mini Convertibles and Roadsters, that's the case.

However here's a photo of a Mercedes SLK I used to have which I ordered with the factory roof rack prep (mounts in the top of the screen pillars and under the trunk lid). Then the optional extra roof rack rails ran completely clear of the aluminium folding roof from screen to trunk, so could even be used when the roof was down - though of course the manual said you would die instantly if you did this. It did have the downside that if it started to rain, you had to remove the roof rack and rails before you could put the roof up.



Sadly, that poor photo is all I've got left showing the rack. That is a racing yacht spinnaker pole on the rack, just before delivery - I always told people my company had a very enlightened policy on its delivery vehicles....

 

I had a wind noise before, because I put the rack in the wrong placement without the menu.
Once I followed exact placement what ever the menu showed, then all the noise gone.

 

I think I saw that merc in Top Gear... James May had it on the lake, no? LOL

 

I know this is an older post; but wondering if you have posted a pic of this solution anywhere. I have a similar whistle my dealer claims is coming from the rack. Can't imagine I'm the only one who has the problem. Hope your solution will work - I've tried covering all sorts of places on the rack to find the spot - but when I hit ~40 or 50 mph it always comes back. Thanks for a pic if you can!

 

I have an R56, but similiar rack design from what I gather. I took off the rubber insert that fits in the grove on top to prevent dirt and snow from getting in it. That fixed everything. I think I read somewhere that it worked for the countyman too...

Good luck

 

Hi, thanks, but I have read and tried that - unfortunately the whistle sounds high-pitched, I can mimic the sound when I open up the whole sunroof and then hold the bug screen back down. I've tried covering and removing all sorts of parts of the rack.

 

So I tried a dozen things trying to make the whistle of my roof rack go away: even spent $200 at the dealer to have them look at the problem - thinking the sunroof wasn't aligned or something. Wasted.
Tried removing the black strips.
Tried covering various places/holes with tape.
The only thing that has made much difference has been to put a pad on the first rail. I tested it with some pipe foam insulation for awhile. And now hade some custom rack pads made by a guy on Etsy!
Here's how they look. If you like them do a search for roof rack pads on Etsy to find the guy - ExtremeTshirts or gy6partsoutlet.