? for all you people that have snorks

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:22 pm

Did you do anything like this:

And what did you all use for sealant for the parts that had to be sealed

Do we carry anything simular to this here in the states?

ridenby · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 8:30 pm

do not have snorkel,the sealant appears to be same as sika-flex,good stuff.

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:11 pm

Black RTV in the airbox

Just hit the holes in the inner fender with primer and called it "Good 'nuff"

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:28 pm

I didn't do any of that stuff. I did put a bead of silicone around the plastic pipe that attaches to the air box before screwing it in though.

SkinInc69 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:51 pm

0311_DoC, Show us a finished pic when you get it all complete.!

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:56 pm

oh im gonna take a ton of pics :wink:

im hoping to start drilling holes Wednesday morning...

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:24 pm

DO IT NOW! you're on the internet...what could you possibly be doing that's productive???

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:30 pm

LOL ... I don't have the all the tools or space that I will need till Wednesday...

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 10:44 pm

Space? You live in the DESERT! it's ALL SPACE!

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:24 pm

LMAO.. ok let me clarify.. i need work space with shop tools and air compressors etc.. cant get to it till Wedensday.. Believe me i want this thing done as well....

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 01, 2009 11:50 pm

ThunderbirdJunkie doesn't work on ANYTHING without air tools

But he did his snorkel install without them!

C'mon! do it NOW!!!!

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:49 am

This is a sincere question and I don't mean it to be rude or anything at all.

Those of you that have snorkels, why did you buy them?

I have heard that they are better for dust prevention and that they help in water crossings obviously, but there is so much more needed to make our jeep able to ford water that high than just a snorkel. Seems like a good air filter would block enough dust as well. So I wonder why bother?

I seriously want to know and I'm not trying to be a jerk or smart a-- about it either.

Hood297 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 12:56 am

Inc wrote:

This is a sincere question and I don't mean it to be rude or anything at all.

Those of you that have snorkels, why did you buy them?

I have heard that they are better for dust prevention and that they help in water crossings obviously, but there is so much more needed to make our jeep able to ford water that high than just a snorkel. Seems like a good air filter would block enough dust as well. So I wonder why bother?

I seriously want to know and I'm not trying to be a jerk or smart a-- about it either.

Uhh do you not realize how awesome it looks! haha. but yea X2 on the water fording. My radio is a lil higher than the intake and Id rather not be in water that high. not to mention the computer. I did like how someone with a snorkel ran his breather tubes to the intake and plumbed them into it so his breathers were as high as his intake.

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:02 am

I personally have never been sold on how they look, but it isn't like I am known for having great taste.

If it was for looks alone, that seems like a lot of $ and some real work for just cosmetics.

Hood297 · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:09 am

Oh come on Inc you have one of the best looking KJ's around! But I would think that it would certainly help alot in water crossings, because things under the hood can get wet briefly, but if the intake sucks some hydro then that could be the end of the day...

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:15 am

Hood297 wrote:

Oh come on Inc you have one of the best looking KJ's around! But I would think that it would certainly help alot in water crossings, because things under the hood can get wet briefly, but if the intake sucks some hydro then that could be the end of the day...

Don't get me wrong, I love how my jeep looks but I am sure others don't like things about it, just like snorkels aren't particularly my thing. I don't hate them or think they are dumb, they do work and serve a purpose if a lot of other work is don as well. I just wonder why those that have them bought them.

Guest · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:19 am

Inc wrote:

This is a sincere question and I don't mean it to be rude or anything at all.

Those of you that have snorkels, why did you buy them?

I have heard that they are better for dust prevention and that they help in water crossings obviously, but there is so much more needed to make our jeep able to ford water that high than just a snorkel. Seems like a good air filter would block enough dust as well. So I wonder why bother?

I seriously want to know and I'm not trying to be a jerk or smart a-- about it either.

ThunderbirdJunkie has successfully destroyed two engines due to water ingestion, and a 3.7 is far pricier to replace than a 2.8 GM V6 in an Isuzu Trooper or a 3.0 V6 in a Mitsu Montero.

And had ThunderbirdJunkie snorkeled either one of those, he still would have saved more money than what he spent on the rebuild/replacement.

Plus, it was worth the price just for the reactions. a TJ on 35s driven by a guy that must have been cross-bred with an owl, because his neck snapped around REAL quick when he saw the KJ's snorkel. People asking "WHAT'S THAT?" or the salesman at the Chrysler stealer professing himself as a "hard core Jeep guy" and then asking why the exhaust was coming out of the fender.

It's a great investment, even if you never use it.

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:25 am

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

Inc wrote:

This is a sincere question and I don't mean it to be rude or anything at all.

Those of you that have snorkels, why did you buy them?

I have heard that they are better for dust prevention and that they help in water crossings obviously, but there is so much more needed to make our jeep able to ford water that high than just a snorkel. Seems like a good air filter would block enough dust as well. So I wonder why bother?

I seriously want to know and I'm not trying to be a jerk or smart a-- about it either.

ThunderbirdJunkie has successfully destroyed two engines due to water ingestion, and a 3.7 is far pricier to replace than a 2.8 GM V6 in an Isuzu Trooper or a 3.0 V6 in a Mitsu Montero.

And had ThunderbirdJunkie snorkeled either one of those, he still would have saved more money than what he spent on the rebuild/replacement.

Plus, it was worth the price just for the reactions. a TJ on 35s driven by a guy that must have been cross-bred with an owl, because his neck snapped around REAL quick when he saw the KJ's snorkel. People asking "WHAT'S THAT?" or the salesman at the Chrysler stealer professing himself as a "hard core Jeep guy" and then asking why the exhaust was coming out of the fender.

It's a great investment, even if you never use it.

Honest answer, thank you.

What about you 0311_Doc or JLRockies?

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:29 am

when i first got it i thot it was for the water fording, didnt know or see the posts about the breathers etc. but its a jeep and its just a mod... sumthing different

Inc · **Posted:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 1:32 am

0311_DoC wrote:

when i first got it i thot it was for the water fording, didnt know or see the posts about the breathers etc. but its a jeep and its just a mod... sumthing different

Right on. It is your jeep and you make it stand how how you want. I can get that.

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