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Brush wires, the other end fastens to my awning rails when they are on the roof bars.Intrigued by the brackets on the front corners of the bonnet, Pray tell what is there purpose?
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Looking good.I finally got around to fitting my Bravo Snorkel today.
It is pretty straight forward and easy, just a bit fiddly in parts (namely the scuttle end panel removal).
Bonnet definitely needs to come off, although I manged that on my own
The two holes I had to drill for the riv-nuts, I sprayed with Zinc primer then a topcoat. Couldn't find my heat gun to aid drying so I borrowed the wife's Dyson hair dryer
The levitating bonnet trick worked out quite well. I drew around the hinges with a fine pencil to aide refitting.
This is the bracket that has to be cut off, it does nothing, there is another on the left side that also does nothing?
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Two riv-nut holes prep'd
This bracket has to bent down out of the way, the top coat just flaked off, not sure if the primer came with it so give it a quick touch up.
I also marked the wiper arms and spindles, to ease refitting.
View from the drivers seat. Can hardly tell it's there.
How are you finding the snorkel? Does yours produce the same harmonic noise and vibration through the pedals?
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Looking good.I finally got around to fitting my Bravo Snorkel today.
It is pretty straight forward and easy, just a bit fiddly in parts (namely the scuttle end panel removal).
Bonnet definitely needs to come off, although I manged that on my own
The two holes I had to drill for the riv-nuts, I sprayed with Zinc primer then a topcoat. Couldn't find my heat gun to aid drying so I borrowed the wife's Dyson hair dryer
How are you finding the snorkel? Does yours produce the same harmonic noise and vibration through the pedals?
It is producing the noise, but I haven't really driven it much since fitting, so need to see if I can replicate it at the same revs/speed every time, before looking into it further.
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Took her in for MOT and Service today, she's4 years old on the 15th.
Brush wires, the other end fastens to my awning rails when they are on the roof bars.Intrigued by the brackets on the front corners of the bonnet, Pray tell what is there purpose?
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They have removed the Brush Wire brackets at the health check before the MOT to stop it failing as the were classing them as sharp objects protruding. Which I don't mind, rather they did that than fail it for me to take home to removed them.
Suffice to say she passed without any advisories.
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PS What the heck, it passed ! Mine goes in for its first next month.
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But a pass is a pass like you say.
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It comes with an inflatable mattress that stays inside when rolled up.
Wind tunnel tested at up to 60km/h winds.
To make it fit the Jimny, I'm using 4 roof bars with 2 decking boards on the outside for the airbeams to sit on. Might look for an alternative to decking when I have tested it out in the wild.
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Is just the two boards all you need as a base? the rest is the tent?
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This is all it sits on.
Might compress a bit with two people in, those are 150 mm wide deck boards. I could go narrower now i know how it sits.
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