Stainless steel vs plastic snorkels

Cheers guys secondly what you guys think if those rip off ebay plastic ones? Anygood?

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Originally Posted by tonnny

Cheers guys secondly what you guys think if those rip off ebay plastic ones? Anygood?

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I have heard you get what you pay for, they are cheaper for a reason and the plastic is a lower grade than what Safari uses. I have heard of them warping.
I have been looking into making my own stainless snorkel but using oval tube instead of round to give a better profile along the side of the vehicle.

Plastic will take a hit from a branch etc without issues. The steel ones dent nicely :)

Was there not pictures posted by nugget of chunks taken out of his plastic snorkel on the 110 on his big trip?

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Originally Posted by tonnny

Cheers guys secondly what you guys think if those rip off ebay plastic ones? Anygood?

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I've got a $125.00 joby, no name one on my D1 no probs so far..

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Originally Posted by AndyG

Was there not pictures posted by nugget of chunks taken out of his plastic snorkel on the 110 on his big trip?

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Unsure...

Don't know what brand he runs or circumstances.

I only know mine have taken a beating and only scratched (Safari)

Been looking into this myself was originally thinking using aluminum tubing but the other day at bunnings I found 80mm plumbing pipe quite think and heavy duty allot thicker and stronger than the standard white pipe, this one was gray. Was something like$12 for a metre length only problem is your standard plumbing joins don't fit as very few seem to come in the 80mm size.
But I figure under $50 some plumbing pipe, sikaflex, couple angle joiners you could have a very good snorkel

Dud some further research and a 4" stainless has so much more air flow compared to a safari snorkle and I couldn't care about the noise so im gonna get one along with a custom exhaust fabricated up and put it in the same time I do my exhaust thanks for your input guys :)

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Originally Posted by 3lud13

Been looking into this myself was originally thinking using aluminum tubing but the other day at bunnings I found 80mm plumbing pipe quite think and heavy duty allot thicker and stronger than the standard white pipe, this one was gray. Was something like$12 for a metre length only problem is your standard plumbing joins don't fit as very few seem to come in the 80mm size.
But I figure under $50 some plumbing pipe, sikaflex, couple angle joiners you could have a very good snorkel

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I do not know about the "grey" pipe you are talking about but pressure rated PVC has a much thicker wall than your normal down pipe which would be stronger. You can also get all kinds of bends and reducers for the pressure pipe. The only thing I do not like about the PVC snorkels is they look like cheap plastic snorkles, but they are functional, light, and are easy to build.

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Originally Posted by tonnny

Dud some further research and a 4" stainless has so much more air flow compared to a safari snorkle and I couldn't care about the noise so im gonna get one along with a custom exhaust fabricated up and put it in the same time I do my exhaust thanks for your input guys :)

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And when the 4" pipe gets to the 2 1/2" inlet on the airbox what then?

Of course a 4" pipe will flit more than a 2 1/2"... But the flow is 'essentially' restricted to the choke point...

Too each their own...