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    Quote Originally Posted by mcrover View Post
    A. You can get UV stabilised PVC pipe, we use it all the time on the golf course as well as most storm water PVC is UV stabilised as it runs out side the house in the sunlight most of the time.

    B. I would be inclined to use Poly though and fill it with sand, heat it with a heat gun and bend it around a mandral to get you shape, this would negate the need for any joins which will be where you end up getting water in if you do.

    C. Go buy a hole saw to cut the hole, measure twice and cut once and as in the above post, Tape the panel with masking tape to prevent the paint from getting all scratched up and chipping too much.

    D. I think temporary snorkles look crap but who cares if it is only on the car when it's swimming, they are better than putting something on that may look crap all the time as do some of the D3 ones on the market.

    E. I think PVC and Stainless snorkles with several joiners look a bit budget but if thats why your doing it then there is no need to worry about it, the worry should be, "Did I do those hose clamps up properly as the bonnet goes under water

    F. I think that exhast tube one on the Deefa looks great and would be great to put a donaldson on the end of and make some more room under the bonnet for other add ons
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    I want to make a pvc snorkel just to keep the dirt out of the filter, then later on i will do one like pete's exhaust pipe one

    CHEERS TIM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mark2 View Post
    True, particularly when a cyclonic pre-cleaner is fitted. But I suspect most people have water crossings in mind when they fit a snorkel.
    Perhaps, but I suspect most people fit snorkels because the dealer/aftermarket supplier had a good salesman! (or they think it looks good)

    I have never felt the serious need for a snorkel (although I have thought about it), despite the fact that I have often waded well above the manufacturer's maximum limit, occasionally above bonnet level, and live in a very dusty environment. The intake on the 110 is well placed and the improvement with a snorkel would be fairly small. Plus on the 110 the snorkel would need to be on the right and interfere with my vision.

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    I think that they're cheap insurance. Ive seen too many hydrauliced motors.
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    Yeah it wouldn't be nice drowning your pride and joy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slunnie View Post
    I think that they're cheap insurance. Ive seen too many hydrauliced motors.
    One is too many! But in over forty years of offroad driving I have yet to see one resulting from wading*, possibly because most of my driving has been in the drier parts of the country.

    *The only ones that come to mind resulted from dropping valve heads. (not in Landrovers)

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    Quote Originally Posted by long stroke View Post
    Yeah it wouldn't be nice drowning your pride and joy.

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    That all depends on what pride and joy your talking about. The cars or the wife?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dobbo View Post
    That all depends on what pride and joy your talking about.
    The cars or the wife?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dobbo View Post
    That all depends on what pride and joy your talking about. The cars or the wife?
    The car, don't have a wife.

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    Quote Originally Posted by long stroke View Post
    The car, don't have a wife.

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    I'll admit I hadn't bothered with this thread... but I was wrong.. it's a classic!

    To snorkels - we recently put one on our car. I did it reluctantly. We had a trip planned to the gulf and I wasn't sure how much water was going to be involved!
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