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deermagnet
08/08/2011, 06:24 PM
This is a really nice rig. Mostly over there they build 'em for speed and show. A crawler like this is pretty rare.

http://www.ambox.ru/articles/1459/ (http://www.ambox.ru/articles/1459/)

You can use a online translator if ya wanna read the text.

Mark
ZEUS
08/08/2011, 06:53 PM
That snorkel is the best I've seen!
Ldub
08/08/2011, 06:55 PM
Those flares look a little familiar, but I don't believe I've seen one snork'd that well before.
vt_maverick
08/08/2011, 07:01 PM
Looks like he's got a healthy dose of Marlinstein bumper engineering. ;) :p

J/k Chris!
Grif
08/08/2011, 07:23 PM
Pretty sure that is this divine beast:

http://www.4x4tools.ru/files/products/106_0.jpg

Yes, I've seen it before linked here.
Dmitrikr
08/08/2011, 07:28 PM
That snorkel is the best I've seen!

There is a company in Russia doing snorkels for 4X4's including VX's. snorkels for Vx are fiberglass made ones. I did send couple messages to them - no answer do far.
Grif
08/08/2011, 07:31 PM
Dmitrikr: Yes I think you may have linked those pics before. Following up, there were more pics of the snorkle and some fitment issues if I recall correctly.
Dmitrikr
08/08/2011, 07:34 PM
Dmitrikr: Yes I think you may have linked those pics before. Following up, there were more pics of the snorkle and some fitment issues if I recall correctly.

Yes. it was. some problems are to make it line up perfectly with windshield. but the price was cheap. really CHEAP!
RabidPony
08/08/2011, 07:57 PM
Am I sensing an international group buy?
Grif
08/08/2011, 08:10 PM
Am I sensing an international group buy?

The fitment issues we saw earlier on that snorkel we pretty serious, it wasn't just a windshield alignment issue, the unit tended to pull away from the body, making a largish gap at the bodyside where the snorkel meets the engine bay. That was the main prob if I recall correctly. Fix that, then sign me up!
RabidPony
08/09/2011, 08:51 AM
Well, if I managed to get one and make the necessary adjustments to turn it into a well fitting piece, any ideas on who could mass produce it from my prototype? Anyone have a link to be snorkel?
nfpgasmask
08/09/2011, 08:56 AM
Damn, that poor VX has definitely been hacked up!!!

Bart
RabidPony
08/09/2011, 09:08 AM
Found the posts wit the pics from that snorkel. Hm, I may just buy some materials and start prototyping my own. Now, in through the fender of the cladding?
Marlin
08/09/2011, 09:13 AM
*sigh*, I am in love!:heart::drool2::heart:

That snorkel is sweet! And if someone does figure out how to make this work, I am in. I figure, by the time I get back from deployment, perhaps some progress will be made!

Bart, you be nice to taht VX, it isn't some country club garage queen, its a ruff and tumble thug VX from the streets (or rather the rocks).

The fender flares are not my favorite, but they may have street laws like some of our states to prevent the tires from sticking outside the vehicle. IIRC Dub has to abide by that rule?
nfpgasmask
08/09/2011, 09:28 AM
Bart, you be nice to taht VX, it isn't some country club garage queen, its a ruff and tumble thug VX from the streets (or rather the rocks).

Don't get me wrong, it looks cool, but you know me. I think 90% of the needed mods that a 4x4 requires can be done tastefully, and without shoddy chopping and cutting.

The snorkel is actually very well done. Usually they look silly and obnoxious, but that one fits pretty nicely.

But it looks like some large holes were cut in the front cladding for those additional driving lights....yikes.
http://www.ambox.ru/upload/medialibrary/e00/%20isuzu%20vehicross%20q1d.jpg

And the fender flares look like azz.

Bart
vt_maverick
08/09/2011, 10:04 AM
Don't get me wrong, it looks cool, but you know me. I think 90% of the needed mods that a 4x4 requires can be done tastefully, and without shoddy chopping and cutting.

The snorkel is actually very well done. Usually they look silly and obnoxious, but that one fits pretty nicely.

But it looks like some large holes were cut in the front cladding for those additional driving lights....yikes.
http://www.ambox.ru/upload/medialibrary/e00/%20isuzu%20vehicross%20q1d.jpg

And the fender flares look like azz.

Bart

+1 - That particular picture was the one that made me cringe the most! ;puke:
Marlin
08/09/2011, 10:08 AM
+1 - That particular picture was the one that made me cringe the most! ;puke:

make it +2, I thought the same thing. I can't imagine needing more light than what a HID kit gives you, unless you are rallying at 100mph through the woods. Definitely not a must for crawling.
VXorado
08/09/2011, 10:14 AM
And the fender flares look like azz.


Agreed, do it right or don't do it at all