Water Resistancy

[Jocko]

Not at all. As a matter of fact, you want to hit your dash with a hose, fill your boots dude. As an electronics tech, I personally don't want to do that to mine but it's your rig. Literally, "fill your boots". Lol. I frankly couldn't care less.
As for the local bricking one. She was driving , roof down and got caught in a rain storm. As she was pulling over her 8.4 went dead. I don't automatically think people are lying (for no reason)so I take her on her word as to what happened. The other one, buddy in his JT went through a massive puddle, no doors, no roof and lost his 8.4 for a while. It did end up coming back on though.


Anyway, have a great day and lets see those pics of you cleaning your dash with a hose. Looking forward to being proven wrong for sure. Until then we can 100% assume the cause is NOT from being hosed down, right?

Haha it's all good, bro. We def both agree dousing your dash in water is a bad idea. Lots of stories of head units acting funky for a while until they dry out. Not something I personally want to experience. If you want to include a little extra drama to get that point across, knock yourself out. I tend to deal in fact, which is why I called out your false statement. To each their own! Jeep on!

Sponsored

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Haha it's all good, bro. We def both agree dousing your dash in water is a bad idea. Lots of stories of head units acting funky for a while until they dry out. Not something I personally want to experience. If you want to include a little extra drama to get that point across, knock yourself out. I tend to deal in fact, which is why I called out your false statement. To each their own! Jeep on!

Well, not sure about "drama" and "false statement" as i did actually show it had happened and personally saw it happen here. I mean, it's not like I am lying for internet points. Lol. Jesus.

Anyhoo, ya, Jeep on.

 

[JL ME]

Where did you get that impression from?

Its a jeep! Its expected!!

 

[Deleted member 59498]

Jocko:
"hey bro let's let it go, but by the way you are wrong a drama queen and a dick!"

LOL

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Jocko:
"hey bro let's let it go, but by the way you are wrong a drama queen and a dick!"

LOL

Lol, he started so nice.....meh, I tend not to get too worked up on forums. I am looking forward to seeing him wash his out with a hose though.

 

[Deleted member 59498]

Lol, he started so nice.....meh, I tend not to get too worked up on forums. I am looking forward to seeing him wash his out with a hose though.

Haha yeah I was just like well.... Let's let it go but let me stab you in the face with a fork before I leave.

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Haha yeah I was just like well.... Let's let it go but let me stab you in the face with a fork before I leave.

Lmao. Good analogy. Maybe when he gets his jeep he actually have a fact based opinion ,

 

[Jocko]

Lmao. Good analogy. Maybe when he gets his jeep he actually have a fact based opinion ,

Haha thats great. We can keep a little running list of your facts:

• There are supposedly "numerous" reports of bricked head units due to rain, but oddly no concrete examples on the Internet.
• I have an ironically large amount of first hand experience with naked Jeeps and rain, but apparently I don't own a Jeep.

I can't wait for the next one. Maybe we can sticky them.

@Scott.B sorry if I upset you. ?‍ I figure these forums are better if most of the info our fellow Jeepers are reading is reasonanly accurate.

 

[Dyolfknip74]

Haha thats great. We can keep a little running list of your facts:

• There are supposedly "numerous" reports of bricked head units due to rain, but oddly no concrete examples on the Internet.
• I have an ironically large amount of first hand experience with naked Jeeps and rain, but apparently I don't own a Jeep.

I can't wait for the next one. Maybe we can sticky them.

@Scott.B sorry if I upset you. ?‍ I figure these forums are better if most of the info our fellow Jeepers are reading is reasonanly accurate.

Nope, I'm done, you win. Rain doesn't hurt the electronics of the JL at all. Ever. In the history of all JL's caught in the rain. Seems "reasonably accurate"

 

[Bzinsky]

man to you guys that off road without doors and roof, but also like to keep your interior clean, the hose thing worked out beautifully. Interior is almost new now.

Just leave the carpets out, pull all 7 drain plugs, and spray the crap out of everything except the dash, towel dry, throw the floor mats back in.

 

[Smoke Showing]

Anyone have any issues with the cloth heated seats getting repeatedly soaked? Mine are still working but I think of it every time I have to drive around sitting on a towel.

 

[Deleted member 59498]

@Scott.B sorry if I upset you. ?‍ I figure these forums are better if most of the info our fellow Jeepers are reading is reasonanly accurate.

You don't have the ability to upset me. I was laughing at you and your fake "let's move on".

 

[Shibadog]

Rule of thumb: Water, electronics, bad

I never trust things that are water "resistant" to be anything more than capable of handling a bit of spit, especially electronics. Even manufacturers that claim their devices are such have crazy fine print exclusions in their "warranty". ?

This. Back “in the day” with my old Scouts and Jeeps I’d go the the car wash, open the doors, pull the plugs and hose ‘er out, dash and all. With todays “high tech” I suspect you’d be walking if you tried that. (Any brave souls who want to try, let us know how you make out?). I’d expect the radio head, and possibly the heat/ac and ignition would all go TU?.

 

[Bzinsky]

This. Back “in the day” with my old Scouts and Jeeps I’d go the the car wash, open the doors, pull the plugs and hose ‘er out, dash and all. With todays “high tech” I suspect you’d be walking if you tried that. (Any brave souls who want to try, let us know how you make out?). I’d expect the radio head, and possibly the heat/ac and ignition would all go TU?.

I was deep in the woods, had no recovery gear, and came up on a 60ft long water/mud pit, and had gotten stuck there before, and going back the way i came would have taken hours.

So I’m not taking any chances and use all 375 hp to hit 50mph to hydroplane across it. I had all my doors and roof off.

it was basically like this

No surface area on the entire jeep was spared. The whole dash was drenched.

Not a single issue.

I also displaced about 50% of the water in the hole, you know, as a courtesy for the next guy.

Modern electronic may be more complicated, but they do a much much better job and sealing stuff up.

Almost nothing was water resistant 20-30 years ago. Now there are tons of electronics that are very well sealed up.

 

[rcadden]

it was basically like this

Man, that ride at Six Flags was always my favorite. Ours was called "Splashwater Falls" back in the day, and they had a bridge crossing over the splash zone that you could stand on before/after your ride - it was ~8ft wide and a grown man would get forced from the front to be up against the back railing when it hit. Just amazing.

Today the bridge is blocked off cause "safety".

Sponsored