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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720   
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My 2.4 doesn't have holes. It's just the blank they used for all previous models.
If you've seen one with a grille, My guess is someone has added the vent grille from a LHD vehicle at some point. |
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14th Jul 2018 6:24am |
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| Hal Member Since: 04 Jun 2014 Location: Bedford Posts: 91
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My 2.4 isnt a grill either. But ive rivetted a blanking plate underneath for well known security reasons.
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14th Jul 2018 7:11am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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The standard arrangement is for the drivers side to be fitted with a non-perforated blank plate. It's obviously to allow for the heater to be fitted on either side to accommodate left and right hand drive. If you've got one fitted with a grill on the drivers side then, as already mentioned, it's been fitted by a previous owner.
I've never understood why people fit grills in place of the blanking plate, let alone the 'air ram' ones such as KBX. All it does is allow rain to get in where it shouldn't  Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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14th Jul 2018 8:43am |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20371
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The rain on a KBX opposite to the heater / fan intake just goes directly onto the plastic inner arch below and then runs straight onto the ground.
Even then it'd be very little compared to a factory 'open' vent due to design and engine warmth soon dries everything up in the vicinity. There is nowhere it can go that causes any issues. $W33T $0U7H3RN $UG4R 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇺🇸⛽️🛢️⚙️🧰💪 Last edited by custom90 on 14th Jul 2018 4:46pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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14th Jul 2018 9:48am |
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| NMBRPL8 Member Since: 07 Jul 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 146 
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Thanks for the input. The 2.4 I was going by was an unmodified SVX so perhaps specific to that model.
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14th Jul 2018 11:16am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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It really shouldn't be. That wasn't a part that was changed on the SVX.
My point was, Steve, that having an open vent on the drivers side, of whatever design, serves no purpose. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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14th Jul 2018 6:42pm |
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| zsd-puma Member Since: 09 Aug 2016 Location: Kent Posts: 2720
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To be honest I doubt it makes much difference in terms of rain. There's a great big gap with no seal where the bonnet meets the wing, so as much if not more water will run in there and it leads straight to the same place the vent does. That being said there's still no point fitting a grille on both sides. |
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14th Jul 2018 7:18pm |
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| Julie Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: Nantes Posts: 484  
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My early 2.2 has the snorkel and a grill. Like the 2.4. Strange...  |
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15th Jul 2018 8:33pm |
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