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SnakeLogic:
Well you certainly know how to make a guy feel welcome!

Thanks for all the great info and links.

A few more questions:

From the photos, I can't understand how the Southdown snorkel gets the air to the filter box, as it would have to snake around the windshield washer reservoir  somewhere.  Anybody know?  And is the Southdown any better or worse than the popular Safari?

Also, I'm looking around for a winch bumper.  The Devon one seems nice, though I don't see that it has jacking points, and lacks lamp guards.  I've already had to replace a turn signal once, and am looking for a winch bumper that has this feature.  Or would you recommend a regular one and then adding on lamp guards?  The only fully integrated bumper I've come across so far is the Safari Gard, and that's pretty expensive.

Again, any help is most welcome, and I appreciate your taking the time to help me out.

Skibum346:
Snake,

Lots of us make our snorkels ourselves. It's very straightforward and saves a lot of cash for other more expensive items for your beastie.

For an idea of the process, check out my gallery in the members profiles section. All it cost me was a 6ft section of drainpipe, some elbows and some rubber air pipe from a scrap yard.

HAppy to answer more questions on the subject.

Skibum

Bulli:
Hi Snake , welcome to the forum. The guys on here are cool and know most of what you want to know.
I wouldnt contradict anything that has already been said but would just add the safari snorkels are good kit.

SnakeLogic:
Skibum,

Nicely done.  I don't know if I'd have access to the parts I need, but I'll look into it.  The local shop wants a fair bit to install a Safari Snorkel, and I've calculated that I wouldn't save much doing it myself (after paying for the import shipping and duties) if I went with a Safari.  

So what did you use as the top "mushroom" to keep out rain/dust?

Thrasher:
Snake ... check out my pics in www.pigletsplace.com and also http://community.webshots.com/user/landroverdiscoveryv8i

This should give you some ideas. All this was done some years ago now ..... most of it before you could buy the kit ... :-)

Good luck!

I run 238/85 tyres and a 2" lift and retained my original brake lines (as I also kept my anti-roll bars). You will see the spec for my vehicle on the piglets place page ;-)

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