Thread: Stainless steel vs plastic snorkels

Originally Posted by tonnny

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

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?

Originally Posted by tonnny

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

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

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?

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

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

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.