Thread: Snorkel Options for D4. Pros & Cons

I have read that the LR RAI is actually very easy to fit and can also be removed quiet easily - so you can put it on for outback trael and remove if driving around the city... Can any comment on this?

Yes but it leaves a couple of riv nuts in guard.

I can remove mine but not as pretty as the OEM or even the safari but no holes in the guard. I just put it on for serious trips.

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Thanks Caver. It is a bit ugly as was said on disco3 uk but gee JamesWyatt was a bit rude. I appreciate the work you did to make it work for you and as a removeable item aesthetics are a very secondary consideration.

I have been thinking about the safari and OEM units and prefer the look of the OEM but this is another option that I hadn't considered so thank you

I recon you could easily make the OEM waterproof by replacing the hose like I did and sealing the connection. Or even removable with an adaptor plate. That would have been my choice if I would use it more often.

That snorkel wouldnt be for me... i need style... but i am a y-gen.

Dorko

Originally Posted by CaverD3

I recon you could easily make the OEM waterproof by replacing the hose like I did and sealing the connection. Or even removable with an adaptor plate. That would have been my choice if I would use it more often.

CaverD3,

1. Do you find yourself using the home made piece often ?

2. Is it the "plate" that you inserted into the air intake that makes it removable ?

3. When not in use can you simple put the "dress grille" back into place ?

4. Thank God we do not have a JamesWyatt, what a fool.

Regards,

George

1. Do you find yourself using the home made piece often ?

No, not very often, I made it as insurance on trips where I was likely to encounter deep water crossings. Just haven't done that many, maybe three or four times a year.

2. Is it the "plate" that you inserted into the air intake that makes it removable ?

Yes and more importantly how it is attached to the vehicle (via riv nuts within the opening rather than in the wing) The plate is what allows this.

3. When not in use can you simple put the "dress grille" back into place ?

Yes just slots back in.

4. Thank God we do not have a James Wyatt, what a fool.

Yup, but he is from the southern U.S.A. I don't think he got the village idiot bit either. (at the time G.W. Bush had just gone and returned to a small town in Texas)

On a previous post I said I had a Safari snorkel fitted and I would post about wind noise.

I have just completed about 200kms at freeway speed and some off-road stuff with the snorkel fitted and I can say that it does make some additional wind noise especially at speeds above about 70kms. Also cross winds make the wind noise louder. So saying that I travelled at speeds between 100 - 120kph with the window up and down at alternative times to gauge the noise. With the window down you get some noise but not enough to seriously interrupt conversations in the cabin ask my wife. With the window up you could hardly discern the wind noise at all such is the cabin sound proofing. On the way back to Sydney from the Southern Highlands my wife had no trouble talking to me (lots).

Due to a rising river and a careful driving instructor I did not get to really test the snorkel in a serious water crossing (phew). More about the driving day in another post later

Cheers

George