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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: grayspeed on January 18, 2010, 08:39:17 AM

Title: eblag snorkel
Post by: grayspeed on January 18, 2010, 08:39:17 AM: Anybody tried one of these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260537893009&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_4777wt_1167 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260537893009&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_4777wt_1167)

Don't want a snorkel that doesn't seal properly or just doesn't fit.
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: JamesH on January 18, 2010, 08:45:41 AM: Being made of fibreglass it'll smash to pieces if you hit a tree (which is quite easy given where the snorkel sits).
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 18, 2010, 08:55:44 AM: out of curiosity James how can you tell that?

see he has bushwackers as well, wrong placed tree and it could be shrapnel city :003:
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: JamesH on January 18, 2010, 12:07:23 PM: 'Proper' Safari and Airflow snorkels are made of plastics that flex a little. I know very little about plastics but I have seen lots of these snorkels whacked against tress and bend, scratch, flex and normally survive. Occassionally they split or crack and the tops and grills usually get knackered quite quickly. Made of fibreglass I think they'd crack too easily unless they are made stupid strong (which they might be, but I doubt it given the thickness they appear in the pics).

I don't use a snorkel, because of the above and because the XJ Safari one doesn't fit around my front flares and the Airflow one doesn't work with ABS because of where the pump is (althogh mine's coming out soon as it's redundant).

I have an intake that comes out of the rear of the bonnet and combined with 6" lift and 33" tyres is plenty high enough for the depth of water I ever go in - if it gets to that height (base of windscreen), other stuff is gonna get shagged.
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: tim_aka_tim on January 18, 2010, 02:45:59 PM: Can't remember who it was but we had a member who was less than impressed with
some fibre glass bushwacker copies they got from this guy. It's going to cost 150
quid, then you need to paint it. There also seems to be a missing flexi pipe in the
photos that goes behind the front wing and connects the base of the snorkel to the
airbox fitting.

Better to get a real one I'd say.
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: Dave69 on January 18, 2010, 03:06:56 PM: looks like this guy is taking moulds off reputable items and then making copies in cheap fibreglass. it doesn't look like he is actually making a composite to make it stronger. Leave alone. no flexi pipe to connect the airbox part to the actual snorkel body
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: Bulldog67 on January 18, 2010, 03:43:19 PM: Quote from: tim_aka_tim on January 18, 2010, 02:45:59 PM
Can't remember who it was but we had a member who was less than impressed with
some fibre glass bushwacker copies they got from this guy.

http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=9674.0 (http://www.birtydastards.com/frm/index.php?topic=9674.0)
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: isle of man on January 18, 2010, 05:58:48 PM: GHAYtastic!!!!!
Title: Re: eblag snorkel
Post by: grayspeed on January 18, 2010, 09:23:57 PM: Thank you, you've saved me some money (and possibly cost me more?), I did think it was too good a price.