TJM Airtec Snorkel Released

[Cashnutz73]

That looks good Baz. I would paint the head white personally. I will have to get mine color coded to my FJ. Oh wait it already is!


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[bazross]

ramoine previously said:

Wow baz , that looks really good painted !

I had my doubts about being able to match the paint on that plastic but they did a great job !

Well done !

G'day Ramoine,
Thanks buddy,
yeah they did a good job matching ... blends together nicely... just have decide if the head should be white or black ... open verdict at this stage ...
But I like the fact the snorkel isn't just a black blob stuck on the fender
Cheers
Baz

[bazross]

Cashnutz73 previously said:

That looks good Baz. I would paint the head white personally. I will have to get mine color coded to my FJ. Oh wait it already is!


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G'day Cashnutz.
LOL, thanks, black makes it easy .....
Cheers
Baz

[bazross]

G'day,

The installation shop was supposed to be taking photo's of the instal procedure, including the inside of the fender etc ... with the plumbing.
Unfortunately they "forgot" or will not give me copies - so please accept my apologies for not being to supply the pixs as I had hoped for.

I can advise to following however.

1. Painting the Snorkel. Yes I painted it ..., VB of course. Took the Snorkel to a mate's paint shop and got it match to VB. They did have trouble getting the paint to stick to the plastic. Even using the latest super duper plastic sticky paints ... it kept bubbling. So they finally went old school, and baked the snorkel for 30 minutes, to release the polymers etc ... and get the air pockets out of it. then painted it in a solid colour without clear top coat. End result is very good... IMHO

2. Fitting the snorkel wasn't difficult, after all its their product ... however due to the aftermarket Airaid CAI, we did have to sleeve the snorkel to the airbox. If you are running an OEM airbox, then you would not have to do this, it will fit straight over the air intake to the airbox...

3. After a few days, and a few 100 miles, my observations are as follows:
No difference in MPG
No difference in power
No difference RPM
No real noise increase, either as whistle or air being rammed into the airbox.

The only thing I have really noticed, is the air pressure coming in the open window when driving is much much less. We all know and feel the air force that our FJ's create with an open window ... well due to the placement of the snorkel body, the airflow is sufficiently disrupted that no longer smacks you in the head.

When I get some free time ... I'll pull off the black surround/cover and open up the fender from above and take some photo's of the inner plumbing...

And finally here are a few pictures from different angles to show the asthetics
of the TJM snorkel.

Cheers
Baz


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[Shake_&_Bake]

Looks good man.

[UlySi]

I really like this design!!! Will it go righ on to a trd intake or is there some mod needed?

[lqdchkn]

It's so blue

[bazross]

UlySi previously said:

I really like this design!!! Will it go righ on to a trd intake or is there some mod needed?

G'day UlySi,

I cannot answer if it will slide straight onto a TRD intake. You would have to check. Worst case I imagine you will have to use a silicone sleeve like I did to mate the two units together ... not really a major issue if you do.
Tks Baz

[bazross]

lqdchkn previously said:

It's so blue

haha,
of course !!!!
could hardly have a black blob stuck to my VB ... now could I ?
Cheers
Baz

[lqdchkn]

It just occurred to me that if you had the top painted white, it would blend into the roof and be really camouflaged into the body of the truck, from the side *hint, hint*, *wink, wink*