Surfari6969
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- 2018 JLU Sport S Billet Silver Soft Top
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Sad to report that the JL key fob is in fact not waterproof, despite the rubber gasket. I took my key into the water for the first time with it in my wetsuit key pocket for about 2 hours. I was long boarding so bear in mind that they key was above the surface of the water 95% of the time and only slightly submerged the other 5% of the time. When I came in it worked fine at first then stopped working. Pooped the door off of the key and was greeted with an ounce of black/brown and green fluids. The battery looked like it was short circuiting and forming a weird growing crust, so I chucked it. No indication where the water was intruding from, but I also noticed at purchase that they keys both had that sub millimeter gap other users reported. I rinsed the key internals thoroughly with tap water at home and let it dry a few days. Just now I swapped a good battery into it and despite the massive corrosion that is formed on all the contacts, it still works for now.
So takeaway, ITS NOT WATERPROOF! Sad because I was really looking forward to keeping my key on me for surfing rather than stashing it on the beach and praying a hobo didn’t find it and peel off in my Jeep.
So takeaway, ITS NOT WATERPROOF! Sad because I was really looking forward to keeping my key on me for surfing rather than stashing it on the beach and praying a hobo didn’t find it and peel off in my Jeep.
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