How deep

What's the deepest water I can take my 1995 2.0 frontera sport? It has 16 inch wheels I use it to go shooting and to get from one field to another requires crossing a river or going a loooooong way. The river os probably 8 m long but the depth varies depending on rainfall. Any tips for a smooth crossing?

2nd gear low range, create a gentle bow wave .

2ft I guess would be around maximum, although re routing the intake would make it more suitable for fording (or fitting a snorkel obviously)

The manual recommends max wading depth as 300mm but as said by Si a bit of fetling at the air intake could easily increase this substantially and give peace of mind.
For the record the air intake is behind the drivers head light just so you know to be careful :thumbup:

Water proofing the electrics with silicone spray would be a good idea too, remember there are a lot of electrics behind the driver and passenger kick panels.
Go too deep after some modifications and you get a wet bum :lol:

I took the carpet out and replaced it with rubber :wink:

Im glad you took my advice mate and visited the site :thumbup:

, i notice that you already have advice and neither of them is trying to make you spend money you dont need to as this site is for people that need help n give help, we are all here for the same thing so i hope you enjoy the site and get all the answers and help you need bud :thumbup:

Thank you for your help. I like this site!

At a shoot yesterday I got a bit perturbed by a guy who said he ruined a frontera by taking in water. I'm sure he overlooked it though and went in too fast :thumbdown:

This might give you some idea. This one was standard.

Plenty of help and advice here mate. Fronts are an extremely capable vehicle off road with just the right prep.

This is my old 2.8 with a snorkel fitted, very capable with the rights mods fitted :wink:

A few Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2t_FA0fXWPY&feature=player_detailpage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=0-bzeRSgN-Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=jG_lt5DI8Bg

The standard air intake runs from the airfilter box via a small section of pipe through to the drivers side inner wing, as mentioned behind the headlamp. The opening from where the air is drawn is in the wheelarch. Make sure the wheelarch liner exists and is in place as it prevents water splash from entering the breather intake.

well robfog did violets lane with his truck nearly standered only had 265 tyres on

that had about 3ft+ in places