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i'm plannin' to have a friend at a muffler shop bend up a snorkel for my 90 out of 3". should i incorperate a screen? ideas to tie into air filter box? i'm a metal guy, no pvc for me. we drive through some good brush, i'd rather beat the dents out than replace plastic.

i will try and find some pics of the chap in my club in the uk who did just that, works great to
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heres a few pics of my mates, he used a comon landy top.:thumbsup:

I understand the logic that if it works use it, but flex tubing outside the jeep is a little too redneck looking for me.
Is keeping water out of the intake the only thing you have to worry about when crossing deep water?

that's one thing to worry about , and the main one.. what are you crossing, we do heaps of river crossings over here..gettng ya feet wet is another..i posted the link to aussie site , do u want me to post again......:thumbsup:

well here is a write up for a home made snorkel

qty description
1 90 deg rubber elbow
2 45 deg rubber elbow
1 3" snorkel head
1 1.5m section of 3" Al tube ( this will be cut in to sections)
2 m6 nutserts
2 m6 x25 screws
1 40x3x60 mm AL flat bar
1 flexible hose
1 3" coupling adaptor for air box
1 length of rubber trim/ edging
6 hose clamps
Tools used
screw driver
100mm hole saw ( if you can find a 90mm hole saw this would be better but i already had the 100mm)
75mm hole saw
drill
drop saw
friend with a tig welder
nutsert gun
angle grinder
If you can't tig weld i'd suggest just using self tappers to get the flat bar on to the long section. I can't tig weld and dont have AL mig wire so i got a mate to do the tig welding for me
if you dont have a nutsert gun, again just use self tappers to the A pillar or rivets
I picked up the 3" tube for a 6 pack of beer
had the nutserts and screws at home
had the flat bar at home
the rubber elbows and snorkel head cost me $125 at a truck bits shop.
the flexible hose was $20 and the adaptor was like $8 or $10
Anyway the hole thing will cost me around $155

just going to put up pics of it fully assembled as it's pretty self explanitory, on and only half way through with it.
Tube lengths so far, this is approximates as you can be a bit off and it dosnt really matter
18" for long bit (along the A pillar)
13" for horizontal bit
4.5" for the vertical bit (attaching to snorkel head)
I suggest you assemble the snorkel first then put it up to the guard to decided where to drill.
you have to drill through 3 sheet metal layers. First one is super easy as it's flat. Second layer is a nightmare. i suggest drilling all the way through with a pilot drill so you can locate the hole saw for all 3 layers.
once all the holes are drilled, go over with paint so they dont rust.
and fit the edging on the outermost hole.
good luck with the drilling. I had to do some cutting with the angle grinder as the second layer was too much for the hole saw.

hope this helps