Thread: Defender Wing-Top Air Scoop, Homemade & Works Great

Originally Posted by uninformed

A well worth addition IMO. Nice one

Here is mine I did 10 years ago or so. All aluminium, top scoop and bottom plate are 2mm the scoop plate is 3mm. I folded up the scoop and hit TIG welded, and to the scoop plate. I sandwiched some aluminium grill/mesh in-between the bottom plate and scoop plate, Sikaflexed them together and then got it powder coated. Reason I made mine was, that with my truck living outside, I found turning the heater on created instant mist/steam….After removing the stock plastic grill, I found all sorts of rubbish in the duct, along with the duck bill water drain being clogged. So any rain would fill up and pool in the duct, flowing into the vent system. Hasn't been an issue since.

Wow!

That is a superb job that you've done with your air-scoop. Yours is a proper professional quality unit. Well done. I dont have access to a TIG welder or a brake-press etc, so I had to fabricate my air-scoop with basic hand tools. Consequently, it isn't as neat or as well made as your scoop. However, I figured that there would be some Defender owners who would be interested to see a good air-scoop that can be made with limited skills and only basic tools. One of the things that I really enjoy about the Defender is that it is like a big Meccano set. This makes it easy to maintain and also easy to modify with aftermarket and/or homemade components. Thanks for the photos and the feedback.

Regards, Matthew.

Originally Posted by Offender110

Wow!

That is a superb job that you've done with your air-scoop. Yours is a proper professional quality unit. Well done. I dont have access to a TIG welder or a brake-press etc, so I had to fabricate my air-scoop with basic hand tools. Consequently, it isn't as neat or as well made as your scoop. However, I figured that there would be some Defender owners who would be interested to see a good air-scoop that can be made with limited skills and only basic tools. One of the things that I really enjoy about the Defender is that it is like a big Meccano set. This makes it easy to maintain and also easy to modify with aftermarket and/or homemade components. Thanks for the photos and the feedback.

Regards, Matthew.

Other than the TIG (which I paid someone to do) its all hand type tools. No press brake etc. Aluminium is easy to fold. Just need some scrap bits of angle or such and clamp them together. I did not even have a vice when I made it. Drills, hacksaw, files etc for the rest of the cutting out.