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<blockquote data-quote="typester" data-source="post: 359166" data-attributes="member: 9293"><p>BigJ i don't think you are being mean or unreasonable, but your right when i say no more than 6inches it is a guess, but our tires are 35in so if i enter water and not even half of the rubber is covered i'm sure that is a good ball park. also, i agree, SLOW DOWN in water is the key. not that i was going excessivly fast compared to what Ford does in there videos, but i can assure you that as is i wouldn't even attempt what they do in their videos because water intrusion is possible based on my experience.</p><p></p><p>where the air box sucks air, is just over top of the drives side fender, and if water makes it behind the fender it WILL get sucked into the air filter, it really comes down to how much gets up there. BUT in other areas of the truck, Ford has placed loose pieces of ruber to block water/dirt from splashing up, if they would do the same thing at the base of that fender and maybe even half way up and then splashing would almost NEVER be an issue. </p><p>your right i'm probably not smarter than the Ford Engineers, but sometimes those guys are so smart they miss the small common sense stuff like this... not saying they did or did not miss it, they may have thought of it and said its no big deal, but for piece of mind on my part i will for sure do something to my vehicle for an added layer of protection! i appreciate your input though!</p><p></p><p>I'm very excited to have my Raptor back next week!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="typester, post: 359166, member: 9293"] BigJ i don't think you are being mean or unreasonable, but your right when i say no more than 6inches it is a guess, but our tires are 35in so if i enter water and not even half of the rubber is covered i'm sure that is a good ball park. also, i agree, SLOW DOWN in water is the key. not that i was going excessivly fast compared to what Ford does in there videos, but i can assure you that as is i wouldn't even attempt what they do in their videos because water intrusion is possible based on my experience. where the air box sucks air, is just over top of the drives side fender, and if water makes it behind the fender it WILL get sucked into the air filter, it really comes down to how much gets up there. BUT in other areas of the truck, Ford has placed loose pieces of ruber to block water/dirt from splashing up, if they would do the same thing at the base of that fender and maybe even half way up and then splashing would almost NEVER be an issue. your right i'm probably not smarter than the Ford Engineers, but sometimes those guys are so smart they miss the small common sense stuff like this... not saying they did or did not miss it, they may have thought of it and said its no big deal, but for piece of mind on my part i will for sure do something to my vehicle for an added layer of protection! i appreciate your input though! I'm very excited to have my Raptor back next week!! [/QUOTE]
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