Review on 🚙 Rugged Ridge XHD Low/High Mount Snorkel System for 2007-2018 Wrangler by Brad Schillings

I watched this handset for a long time and finally decided to buy it. When it first arrived I was excited. Then I opened the box. There was a crushed box in the box and I was very afraid that the tube would be damaged. Luckily the plastic was fine and the only visible damage was to the aluminum intake manifold (a few scratches, nothing major). After spending a lot of time checking everything for cracks to make sure I didn't have windows for water to get into the air intake, I decided to proceed with the installation. The installation took about 5 hours. I know it sounds long, especially for reception, but it's really not that bad. Setup time includes several phone calls, plus the time it took to measure, measure, and measure my cuts, and allow the RTV part to dry, plus a lunch break :) WARNING: The wing cut template is not to the correct scale! Don't worry, just use the square hole, mark your cuts and then move the template to line up with the round hole. I used a TON RTV when installing to make sure I didn't have any accidents later. I also had a problem installing the lower intake manifold. The instructions say there is only 1/8" of space between the jacks, but the box was shaped in such a way that this wasn't possible, so I proceeded with the installation. If I hadn't stopped for anything and the template had been to scale, I think the installation could have been completed in about 3 hours or less. The product looks great and seems to work great, definitely not CAI so those of you who think you will get great benefit from it, think again. I didn't notice any losses either, but I did install an AFE Silver Bullet throttle body gasket, a FlowMaster American Thunder Cat rear exhaust (sounds so sexy!), a recommended Rugged Ridge High Flow air cleaner, and SuperChip's Flashpaq 3872. All this at a JKU 2009.