Thread: Aftermarket accessories

Originally Posted by jc109

G'day All,

So, quickly, LR Raised Air Intake or Safari Snorkel?

Which ever one has the largest air throughput. (you don't mention which engine you are running, but more air can't be a bad thing )

Originally Posted by jc109

And if fitting plasma line to a winch do you have to use a fairlead or are rollers fine. This leads on to my real question: will an ARB winch bar with rollers take a fairlead fitting or are you restricted to the rollers. Either way, is there a better or neater option around?

Thanks in advance,

James

Don't use plasma rope and rollers.. IIRC they can damage the rope. The ARB bars that I have been have had fairleads fitted.

I figured as much with the plasma.

As far as engine and air is concerned, it'll be a 2.4 tdci and I have no idea which feeds more air to it out of those two. LR are obviously keen to push me towards theirs. I se no reason to except for their talk of warranty issues (making the $800 or so premium a sort of insurance policy).

Originally Posted by jc109

G'day All,

So, quickly, LR Raised Air Intake or Safari Snorkel?...............

James

There's always this option .... Stainless snorkel .... stronger, better looking (IMHO) and a lot cheaper than $500 for a bit of moulded plastic. I actually don't mind the plastic snorkels, but I think they are way over priced for what they would cost to manufacture.

Cheers, Murray

Originally Posted by jc109

I figured as much with the plasma.

As far as engine and air is concerned, it'll be a 2.4 tdci and I have no idea which feeds more air to it out of those two. LR are obviously keen to push me towards theirs. I se no reason to except for their talk of warranty issues (making the $800 or so premium a sort of insurance policy).

$800

I'd go Safari IMHO the LR one look a little to phalic for my likings

And yes ARB bars do take a fairleader

Cheers,

Originally Posted by jc109

G'day All,

So, quickly, LR Raised Air Intake or Safari Snorkel?

And if fitting plasma line to a winch do you have to use a fairlead or are rollers fine. This leads on to my real question: will an ARB winch bar with rollers take a fairlead fitting or are you restricted to the rollers. Either way, is there a better or neater option around?

Thanks in advance,

James

If the issue is fitting a raised air intake to a new vehicle then you must compare the costs of the thing fitted. With a new vehicle, the LR cost should include fitting while it would be an extra cost for the aftermarket. Regardless, the aftermarket "snorkel"including fitting would still be cheaper than the LR one. Question is, by how much? Because you have to weigh that saving up against the risk of voiding your vehicle engine warranty for any fault that could be associated with air intake. The risk is probably low, but is the risk worth taking for a saving of a couple of hundred dollars? I didn't think so, so I got a LR intake.

Re synthetic winch rope, you must use a hawse, rather than a roller, fairlead. If the winch is a Warn, then be mindful that you may void your warranty (if it is under warranty) if you fit a synthetic rope other than a Warn synthetic rope.

Cheers
KarlB

Originally Posted by rijidij

$800

Wow they have gone down..they used to be $1,100

See my setup in this post - scroll down the page.

This is the LRA "raised air intake" $875 fitted in June 2010. I got the LRA one cause of possible warranty issues with the motor.

I used Dynamica rope. It was a bit more expensive than Plasma, go and do some research of the differences between them. And I used the Dynamica alloy hawse.



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