Changing a windscreen with a snorkel

[DiscoJeffster]

Hey all
Cracked windscreen. I have a Safari snorkel. Does the snorkel need to be removed to change the screen or can they work around it, lifting up the cowling?

[Tins]

Hey all
Cracked windscreen. I have a Safari snorkel. Does the snorkel need to be removed to change the screen or can they work around it, lifting up the cowling?

Dunno about a D4, let alone an Audi ([bigrolf]), but it wasn't necessary on my D2.

[Tombie]

Hey all
Cracked windscreen. I have a Safari snorkel. Does the snorkel need to be removed to change the screen or can they work around it, lifting up the cowling?

They undo the bolts on the A pillar, pop the cover off and replace as normal.

[SimmAus]

Hey all
Cracked windscreen. I have a Safari snorkel. Does the snorkel need to be removed to change the screen or can they work around it, lifting up the cowling?

Depends where you go…some will do as Tombie has written; others will ask you to remove.

[Eric SDV6SE]

Bought my D4 with the safari snorkel, went through 3 windscreens in the time i owned it (9 years 8 months), snorkel never came off.

[DiscoJeffster]

Cheers all

[ATH]

They undo the bolts on the A pillar, pop the cover off and replace as normal.

Not sure about the 'pop the cover off' when a mob over here did my windscreen a couple of years ago.
Ripped it off is more the word I would. Bunch of bloody lunatics who advised me not to watch... I think the snorkle side was removed in the same 'couldn't care less fashion it's someone else's property' but I think the snorkles holding bolts have held it in position OK.
'B' pillar cover kept coming loose and flapping but not actually coming adrift as it was held at the bottom. I fixed it with new clips etc and would never go back to them idiots.
AlanH.

[Tins]

Not sure about the 'pop the cover off' when a mob over here did my windscreen a couple of years ago.
Ripped it off is more the word I would. Bunch of bloody lunatics who advised me not to watch... I think the snorkle side was removed in the same 'couldn't care less fashion it's someone else's property' but I think the snorkles holding bolts have held it in position OK.
'B' pillar cover kept coming loose and flapping but not actually coming adrift as it was held at the bottom. I fixed it with new clips etc and would never go back to them idiots.
AlanH.

Strewth. In my case I was lucky enough to find a small mob recommended as they do a lot of LRs. He warned he might crack the A pillar trim, but he didn't. I would happily recommend them to anyone in Melb's east.

[scarry]

In my case,they ****ed it up,even without a snorkle.[bigsad]

Had numerous windscreens fitted to other vehicles by the same mob,no issues.

[veebs]

Had mine changed in Perth some years ago - the trim has buzzed in the wind ever since, but a strip of electrical tape to seal it seems to resolve things.

Also much more streamlined with the tape - I reckon I’ve dropped a few l/100km in fuel burn [emoji23]

[ATH]

I held the 'B' pillar cover on with the same stuff and it worked well until I secured it properly. Second lot I went to for yet another cracked screen managed to leave bolts holding the wipers loose and they stopped working on the freeway during a heavy rainstorm but luckily the bonnet stopped them from flying away over the roof.
I again fixed lousy workmanship myself.
They also made the interior 'A and B' pillar covers filthy and they were replaced by them ..... with clean hands to keep the new ones clean. :(
It's just a very basic job requiring little more than a bit of training and care for other people's property, so why it's so hard for the morons to do it right I don't know. Unless of course they're relying on the customer not complaining.
AlanH.