Watt
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Ok so today was the day!
Started at about 11am and finished about 4pm.
We took our time to make sure it all went smooth, so we thought.
Started by sticking the template to the guard to check against the snorkel to make sure the hole was going to be in the correct position. (the template was pretty much useless after this)
Once we had the snorkel, aerial and body lines of the hilux all matched up we drilled the main hole.
Next we had to remove the guard to get better access to the intake system. Before we removed the guard we used some masking tape and a marker to put some lines around the edge of the panel so we could match the position when reattaching the guard.
Once the guard was off we could remove the existing air intake tube and get started on the remaining holes needed for attaching the snorkel.
Rather than trust the template we used blue tack in on all the screw holes on the back of the snorkel and coloured the blue tack with a marker then lined up the main hole and slid the snorkel into place. once we removed the snorkel again we had our 5 holes marked exactly on the guard. A few drill holes in the guard and the scary part was over.
Next up was bolting snorkel to the guard, all the bolts supplied fit perfect so no issues there.
Then we attached the hose to the two L shaped connections supplied with the kit. This was the issue we had. the length of the L shaped pieces was great going into the hose but the air box end and the snorkel end were a bit short so it made it tricky to get this piece to stay in place even after tightening the hose clamps. we ended up pop riveting the snorkel end and then tightening the hose clamp over the top of the rivet as it would be hard to get to this join once the guard was re attached.
Before attaching the guard again and clamping the airbox to the snorkel we marked the A pillar on some masking tape where the mounting bracket for the upper snorkel would attach as once the snorkel was on it would be impossible to screw the bracket to the pillar as it is under the snorkel. we removed the guard so the snorkel was out of the way and attached the mounting bracket.
Almost done now... we then attached the guard and fixed the snorkel hose to the airbox from the hole in the inner guard, then bolted the upper section to the bracket and put all the bolts back in that we had removed to get the job done, including lossening the bullbar bolts to get to some of the Guard mounts.
In the end I wanted the top of the snorkel to sit at or below roofline height so I cut about and inch off the top of the snorkel and about a centimetre of the bottom of the snorkel head (air-ram).
And the end result looks pretty spot on!!!
Total cost was $358 including delivery to my door by Toll.
Not sure if it is completely water tight yet but we used a bit of black silicon around the inside of each join so once that has time to set I will try the bag over the top to see if the car stalls. Hopefully this helps anyone else with plans to add a snorkel in the future.
Not real hard but patience and being sure about your measurements is the key. if we had trusted the template I would have twice as many holes in the guard behind the snorkel....
Fun day.
Started at about 11am and finished about 4pm.
We took our time to make sure it all went smooth, so we thought.
Started by sticking the template to the guard to check against the snorkel to make sure the hole was going to be in the correct position. (the template was pretty much useless after this)
Once we had the snorkel, aerial and body lines of the hilux all matched up we drilled the main hole.
Next we had to remove the guard to get better access to the intake system. Before we removed the guard we used some masking tape and a marker to put some lines around the edge of the panel so we could match the position when reattaching the guard.
Once the guard was off we could remove the existing air intake tube and get started on the remaining holes needed for attaching the snorkel.
Rather than trust the template we used blue tack in on all the screw holes on the back of the snorkel and coloured the blue tack with a marker then lined up the main hole and slid the snorkel into place. once we removed the snorkel again we had our 5 holes marked exactly on the guard. A few drill holes in the guard and the scary part was over.
Next up was bolting snorkel to the guard, all the bolts supplied fit perfect so no issues there.
Then we attached the hose to the two L shaped connections supplied with the kit. This was the issue we had. the length of the L shaped pieces was great going into the hose but the air box end and the snorkel end were a bit short so it made it tricky to get this piece to stay in place even after tightening the hose clamps. we ended up pop riveting the snorkel end and then tightening the hose clamp over the top of the rivet as it would be hard to get to this join once the guard was re attached.
Before attaching the guard again and clamping the airbox to the snorkel we marked the A pillar on some masking tape where the mounting bracket for the upper snorkel would attach as once the snorkel was on it would be impossible to screw the bracket to the pillar as it is under the snorkel. we removed the guard so the snorkel was out of the way and attached the mounting bracket.
Almost done now... we then attached the guard and fixed the snorkel hose to the airbox from the hole in the inner guard, then bolted the upper section to the bracket and put all the bolts back in that we had removed to get the job done, including lossening the bullbar bolts to get to some of the Guard mounts.
In the end I wanted the top of the snorkel to sit at or below roofline height so I cut about and inch off the top of the snorkel and about a centimetre of the bottom of the snorkel head (air-ram).
And the end result looks pretty spot on!!!
Total cost was $358 including delivery to my door by Toll.
Not sure if it is completely water tight yet but we used a bit of black silicon around the inside of each join so once that has time to set I will try the bag over the top to see if the car stalls. Hopefully this helps anyone else with plans to add a snorkel in the future.
Not real hard but patience and being sure about your measurements is the key. if we had trusted the template I would have twice as many holes in the guard behind the snorkel....
Fun day.
