Stockings on snorkels restricting air flow?

[AB]

I've noticed there are a few members who have stockings at the end of the snorkel.

Does anyone notice any restrictions with this at all?

I just need to put a temporary stocking over the snorkel to help stop water and mud flying in the hole until I get some decent flares, etc....

Trying to conjoire up other ideas to stop this in the meantime as well!

[Silver]

stockings with or without leg :-)

04OFF has a foam prefilter on his snorkel

[AB]

Without the leg thanks mate...lol

I was wondering if I could somehow utilize the existing pre filter taken out to mount on the roof but two problems with that...

1) Uglier then a bucket full of....
2) Would most likely be too restrictive

[Silver]

04OFFs has a unifilter brand on it

[04OFF]

04OFFs has a unifilter brand on it

Correct, cost about $25, i use mine dry (no oil) just wash with water to clean, never notice any performance loss, in fact its still on the car after Scenic Rim, (havent cleaned it yet) and i was in a lot of dust there.

As for fuel economy, mines a 4.5L ,so its bad anyway !

[Silver]

can you turn the snout backwards AB?

You still see some of those Donaldson (I think??) pre filters on top of snorkels. All helps I guess

[BillsGU]

AB - I have a unifilter "Beanie" style pre filter. I did have the unifilter "Internal" type of pre filter - but it wore holes in it too quickly due to it flapping about inside the snorkel due to the air flow. Before that I had a small squre of shade cloth over the inlet. We get a lot of bugs and hoppers here in the country. The beanie style seems to do the job really well.

The only time I have turned the snokel backwards was when it was snowing quite hard and the snow started to build up on the inlet of the snorkel.

[rkinsey]

[QUOTE=The bad part about it is when I have to go and buy a pair of stockings! Can be embarrassing but you could just get your missus to buy them and bobs yr uncle![/QUOTE]

Dont be embarrased... Stokings are great boot polishing rags as well as buffing rags for the car. Afrter buffing the wax off of the paint work it will look nice and clean, but just stretch a couple of layers of stocking over a hand full of clean rags and watch the shine really come up on the car!

Using ones I buy at the store just saves me from getting in to more strife from the "Trouble and Strife"!!

Cheers,

Rob

[Bigrig]

I wear em!! Wouldn't dream of putting them on Tank though ... seems kinda 'girly'!!! lmao

Whatever works quite frankly!

[AB]

Thanks everyone, will look into it properly this weekend!