is this normal? my 89 has the worst wind noise i ever heard at around 60mph, even worse than a Hummer H1 ive driven a few times... it comes from right in front of me on driver side, pass side seems ok.. there is no water leaks whatsoever..

any ideas? is this fixable or every XJ has this prob?

 

yep. that's a cherokee for ya. I had an 89 with the wing windows and one was bent so it never sealed correctly. loudest thing ever. have a good look around

 

Took my stock roof rack off, and its quieter.

 

Considering the cherokee is a lunchbox on wheels... Lol mine is the same way. Seems to be worse on the drivers side but that's probably bc I usually sit on the drivers side when I drive.

 

I can see the sky through the gap between my driver door and roof. rear driver side door rattles and has a 1/4" gap. hatch leaks water and probably wind as well. both passenger side doors leak.
My friends and I have a saying-its an XJ, take the doors off and it has less air leaks

 

Just turn up the radio.

 

i have a 2000 xj and i never noticed any wind noise maybe i just got lucky

 

its a cherokee lol turn up ur music

 

Fixed that for you .

 

areodynamic as a cinder block, and a tweaked unibody may not help seal all the doors, windows, wing windows ect.

what tweaks a unibody? stare at it hard enough and it'll twist ever so slightly. chuck norris could pretzel a XJ with a glare.

as other suggested radio or new weather stripping might help.

 

Or, don't drive so fast.

 

I drive with the windows down... so...

I'm used to wind noises. It's nothing a man can't get used to.

 

Same here, even in the winter, 20*+ my window is down.

 

X2!

 

yep, as you can see everyone agrees that a Cherokee is a box going down the road and it IS noisy. My 91 XJ has an insulated head liner, carpet with padding and new door seals all around and it is STILL noisy, just can't stop the laws of Psychics...a square box is NOT aerodynamic.