Third party sealed snorkels for the IG and QM

[ECrider]

At the other end of the spectrum where some search for ever more elusive and expensive elixir artisan etc craft beer this Cadbury advert (if you shut your eyes) fits;

View: https://youtu.be/_Z7Htwb6g3c?si=TMJ5Lpg6-hdsCBoU

 

[TheDocAUS]

Time to get back to the topic, sealed snorkels. Which generally do not need to wade through rivers of Fosters.

 

[Tazzieman]

I’m not a cricket guy but I can appreciate the significance of your concerns. After all, it was the Australian’s who split the beer atom.

If you research this thoroughly ( wikipedia being the repository of all fact) Young Einstein was actually a Tasmanian. We are the ballsack of Australia purest air, purest water and the best beer

 

[AUGrenade]

So I pulled the trigger on the GrenX snorkel. Hard price pill to swallow for an insurance policy for my trips in the high country, but seems no other viable options at the moment.

What is everyone’ view of which design is best? I am leaning towards the OEM look as it requires no fender cutting and looks OEM.

Are there any advantages or disadvantages in one design over the other?

 

[Logsplitter]

Personally I like the OEM design. Not cutting into the vehicle bodywork is a major bonus for me. Also I’m not a great lover of the forward facing raised air intakes. It would concern me that going 70mph in driving rain , that I would be forcing water down the intake.
To get one in the U.K. would be prohibitively expensive. They are pricey enough without shipping and import duties added. I’m waiting for a U.K. or EU based manufacturer to come up with a reasonably priced solution

 

[Rok_Dr]

As an Observer mind you...I ventured into an upmarket "bottle shop" at the local shopping centre. I asked the "young thing -female" tending the cash register if they sold Foster's. She smiled and politely asked (I kid you not!) "what's Fosters?.. is it a wine or beer?"
I replied, can you check on the computer. Ah! Fosters in cans and Fosters ("lite") in bottles.
There were 53 alternate beer brands available in the cold room according to the stock list on her computer terminal.
Crocodile Dundee has a lot to answer for
The local brew in Queensland is XXXX, the sight of which would send some of my visiting American work colleagues into fits of laughter. Apparently that brand has other connotations in the USA. XXXX .. the beer...is an acquired taste. Those less kind folk from south of the Qld/NSW border believe the name XXXX was chosen because the hapless burgers of QLD couldn't spell "p!$$"
But I digress.... becoming more common as I age...apparently

And in the less politically correct time of old Joh BP the joke was xxxx stood for 3 qld police officers witnessing an illiterates signature.

 

[Tom109]

So I pulled the trigger on the GrenX snorkel. Hard price pill to swallow for an insurance policy for my trips in the high country, but seems no other viable options at the moment.

What is everyone’ view of which design is best? I am leaning towards the OEM look as it requires no fender cutting and looks OEM.

Are there any advantages or disadvantages in one design over the other?

I like the round tube, tucked against, and slightly above the wing. That one is stainless also.

 

[Tom109]

I like the snorkel. It’s not really fully usable on a modern electronic engine, mostly wading insurance and of course good in dusty environments. So for me it’s a huge chunk of change and I worry about induction noise for the passenger.

 

[landmannnn]

So I pulled the trigger on the GrenX snorkel. Hard price pill to swallow for an insurance policy for my trips in the high country, but seems no other viable options at the moment.

What is everyone’ view of which design is best? I am leaning towards the OEM look as it requires no fender cutting and looks OEM.

Are there any advantages or disadvantages in one design over the other?

I think the OEM style looks a bit more more subtle. I wonder what it would look like body coloured?

 

[Logsplitter]

I like the snorkel. It’s not really fully usable on a modern electronic engine, mostly wading insurance and of course good in dusty environments. So for me it’s a huge chunk of change and I worry about induction noise for the passenger.

That’s a good point. Do these third party raised air intakes have a resonator with the air filter housing as the OEM one does.