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Bro . Buy the snorkel . Install it and take pics of your Fj in water up to at least the windshield .
Lol, this forum is awesome. On to 9th page of thread before someone drops an unambiguous positive rec. I'm not counting Baz- he said to upgrade everything.Bro . Buy the snorkel . Install it and take pics of your Fj in water up to at least the windshield .
It's more than $200 in shipping costs from Oz. I was like no way so I checked Fedex and yes, way. :frowncar bra / waterproofing the nose ...common DU ...don't know if you guys do this when water fording
Welcome to my world, importing parts from the US....It's more than $200 in shipping costs from Oz. I was like no way so I checked Fedex and yes, way. :frown
The item itself is substantially less than that. I'm gonna have to consider other options. Maybe get someone to bring it back. My in-laws travel a lot ...
Yeah, when you put it like that, I can't argue with you; that'll take a lot of time. Ordered.get a local canvas manufacturer to knock one up ... using stretchy straps or velcro tabs to hook it on
the intent of a car bra isn't to make it waterproof, just prevent volumes of water surging into the engine bay and offer some degree of head on water protection ....
congrats!Snorkel ordered. Photos forthcoming.
G'day,Snorkel ordered. Photos forthcoming.
Because your FJ will start floating, then sink, and your ECU gets wet, then you're hosed. A snorkel doesn't turn your FJ into a submarine.Could you kindly elaborate on why you think a sealed, raised intake would only gain me a couple of seconds?
Respectfully, you have missed the point of this thread entirely. This is not about crossing water on a lark; this is about when you are happily willing to stay on the roads, and the water comes along anyway, and you have to deal with it. I'll be perfectly happy never to do this again if I don't have to. Although if I'm going to be honest, it was kind of fun.Exactly, it looks really cool but don't try to cross water because you have a snorkel! Flood water will wash your vehicle away much quicker than you might expect. I'm a fireman/chief of 35 year and also a survivor of being 22' under water in a vehicle (not because of flooding).
Nice! Is that the Lenzdesign? Your ride looks awesome.Well, I’ve just purchased a great snorkel. Expensive- but very unique
I was there and worked the 2017 floods in Houston (by the way your traffic sucks!) I worked in Kingwood and surrounding areas (I'm an insurance adjuster) and worked where many of the home flooded only because they opened the levi.Respectfully, you have missed the point of this thread entirely. This is not about crossing water on a lark; this is about when you are happily willing to stay on the roads, and the water comes along anyway, and you have to deal with it. I'll be perfectly happy never to do this again if I don't have to. Although if I'm going to be honest, it was kind of fun.
Also,I'm not talking about driving into a roaring torrent of flood water. That is not how Houston floods. This is a very wet city with exceptional drainage that gets overwhelmed when rainfall rates exceed about 3"/hour. The water just starts backing up into the city, from a few inches (several times a year) to several feet deep (four times in the last seven years). It's not moving water that is going to wash your vehicle away; the city is too flat for that to be possible.
River Raider with extension. I like that it's steel, and I like the way it looks.G'day,
which one did you order ...out of curiosity ?
G'Day Raven,River Raider with extension. I like that it's steel, and I like the way it looks.
I agree that this is an eventual failure mode, and thank you for pointing this out. To turn your concern into a design spec, I'll restate it this way: we need to figure out the depth of water such that the cabin displacement is large enough to balance the mass of the vehicle (neutral buoyancy).Because your FJ will start floating, then sink, and your ECU gets wet, then you're hosed. A snorkel doesn't turn your FJ into a submarine.
I know lots of people in Kingwood. You probably helped some of them. Thank you, from my heart.I was there and worked the 2017 floods in Houston (by the way your traffic sucks!) I worked in Kingwood and surrounding areas (I'm an insurance adjuster) and worked where many of the home flooded only because they opened the levi.
I thought you were for sure wrong. You are clearly correct. Lots of stories out there, fewer pictures, but this is one:Your concern about the battery is misplaced. A sealed maintenance-free battery does not short out even if submerged. Have you never seen videos of cars in water up to their windshield and their headlights are still burning fine? Ditto many other electrical features on a car....electricity always takes the path of least resistance which in a car will be hard-wired connections.