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27 Oct 2023 08:59 #251790 by Soeley
Some people buy the raised air intake just for the looks 

I have no intention of ever actually "needing" it 
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27 Oct 2023 09:45 #251791 by saxj
My snorkel on my Gen 3 saved me a couple of engines. I don't habitually take on deep water, but I have had at least 2 occasions where I ended up in deep water unintentionally.

The direction the snorkel faces has no real bearing on how much dust is sucked in, but I did drive through a swarm of flying ants which instantly clogged the air filter. Since then the preferred direction is facing backwards. 

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27 Oct 2023 10:58 #251794 by Busta

Some people buy the raised air intake just for the looks 

I have no intention of ever actually "needing" it 
 
​​​​​​They should make stick on snorkels for this market. It's so frustrating when you find a good clean Jimny for sale, almost standard except for the snorkel which can't be removed as it reveals the whopping great hole in the wing. It makes the car instantly worth £500 less to me.

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27 Oct 2023 13:08 #251798 by 300bhpton

Some people buy the raised air intake just for the looks 

I have no intention of ever actually "needing" it 

 
​​​​​​They should make stick on snorkels for this market. It's so frustrating when you find a good clean Jimny for sale, almost standard except for the snorkel which can't be removed as it reveals the whopping great hole in the wing. It makes the car instantly worth £500 less to me.
Hence the benefits of the Bravo Snorkel for the Gen 4. No holes need to be drilled and you can easily revert it back to looking standard.
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27 Oct 2023 13:35 - 27 Oct 2023 13:36 #251799 by rogerzilla
There's a precedent for a fake snorkel: the fake air scoop on the late Gen3.  Is it for an intercooler, or a massive Holley 4-barrel carb?  Take your pick!
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27 Oct 2023 19:26 #251825 by Lambert
You leave the fake bonnet scoop out of this! It's a thing of inestimable beauty that brings light and joy to the masses!

Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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27 Oct 2023 21:02 - 27 Oct 2023 21:03 #251827 by jlines
I think nearly most 4x4s I see out on the roads with Snorkels have never actually gone near water or the mud. Most tend to be on tarted up defenders and d4 discovery’s. There’s no risk to someone buying my Jimny with the snorkel because as you know it doesn’t even go out in the rain 
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28 Oct 2023 08:20 #251831 by Soeley
I'll admit, for me the Bravo Snorkel was purely a vanity purchase as I really like the look of it. And like said above you can remove it without leaving a trace it was there. But I'll never be selling my Jimny anyway 

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28 Oct 2023 08:49 #251833 by Roger Fairclough
In my opinion, all drivers side snorkels impede, to some extent, vision past the "A" frame.

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28 Oct 2023 09:02 - 28 Oct 2023 09:04 #251834 by Soeley
Can't tell it's there. Only the head slightly, but that doesn't obscure your view.

 
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28 Oct 2023 09:11 #251835 by jlines
I wouldn’t know my snorkel is there from looking out the window but then mine is pretty flush to the car with no snorkel head sticking out.

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28 Oct 2023 09:33 #251836 by Roger Fairclough
It will depend on where you sit. A shorter person, sitting further forward, will see the edge of the snorkel.

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