Hey all
as those of you with JK's know all to well , Satans sauna resides under most of our bonnets!

Whilst I was installing my snorkel the sleeve of my T-shirt got caught on one of the little clips that holds the radiator over flow pipe and with virtually no force at all it snapped off!
Upon investigation I discovered that the plastic is extremely brittle - and I put that down to the fact that it is @#$%'n hot under there!

Solution
$1.00 bonnet scoop (Ebay of course) + postage :(

As some of you already know I installed my snorkel and after you have made one giant hole in the bonnet a second smaller one isn't that scary! LoL - ok yes it is - I think I will always $hit myself when I attack my beautiful Jeep with an angle grinder

1. Mark out a suitable area - I decided that just behind the bonnet re in-forcing - ie between the strap attachment point and the windscreen water jet would be overall the best place - I certainly was not going to cut into the bonnet sub frame!

2. Using a very thin disc cut out the desired area - be very carefull when cutting with a disc as the heat build up will melt your bonnet paint - i ran a hose on the bonnet whilst I cut to dissipate the heat

3. Good luck trying to find the centre of the bonnet - I guessed it with my eye - it looked wrong - I measured it with a tape - still looked wrong - I think its because the rubber windscreen stoppers are not exactly in the centre of the water jet or?????
anyway I just threw 2 "L" plates on the bonnet and peeled off the double sided tape backing and with my fingers crossed and a prayer dropped the scoop on the bonnet!

4. in hind sight - I should have spray painted the scoop first - I originally thought why bother painting a black plastic scoop on a black plastic Jeep LoL

Cheers Hunty









I threw in some photos of the scoop facing forward - thought some of you older guyz (who can remember mad max - LoL) may enjoy seeing what it would like installed the wrong way around - i just dropped it on the bonnet -didnt stick it down or anything to serious.

 

Ok
I posted this up a few hours ago on my favourite Jeep sites and have received a ton of good suggestions - anyway it all prompted me to do some aerodynamic tests so I attached some thin strips of paper to see which way the air flowed

it appears that at speeds over 4x4 low it won't work as a heat exhaust so I have turned it around!

Heres my new theory (shoot it down if you can - I am on a quest to get it right)
Stopped or 4x4 slow the heat will still rise up and out and now on the freeway I should get some more air injection (maybe)
cheers Hunty

 

what light bar is that, i see it fits with the snorkel real good, it looks like the rugged ridge style.

 

Hi BigJ
the snorkel needed just a minor adjustment to fit around the light bar - see pic below - all I had to do was add a few washers as spacers!


the light bar is a Ruged Ridge - a totally awesome product!!!!! - I love it!!
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgu...t:429,r:14,s:0

cheers Hunty