[vitagra]

Hi Everyone,

I thought I'd tell you a little about what seems to be an awesome purchase. I bought a snorkel for 188 (delivered) from ebay. I thought I was going to get a dog, but took the risk anyway. I was prepared for the worst. What has arrived can only be a legit safari snorkel. I'm guessing that safari get theirs made in Malaysia. It has safari written all over it and looked the goods.

I have not fitted it, it might be completely wrong - this is a warning. But it looks great. I've just had a shoulder reco done, so not too flash with the tools yet.

IT comes with a full fibreglass template too.

I'm prepared to be lambasted for this post... but at the moment it seems like a steal...

Vitagra

[ODA1]

ive seen them close up, its just a fibreglass copy but i did not know until the owner pointed it out.

[vitagra]

Good to know, I've not seen a real one to compare to...

[royce]

pics or links?

[vitagra]

I'll take some pics tonight and post em up.

http://picasaweb.google.com/4x4enthus/SuzukiVitara#

Look there actually, save my trigger finger!

[Bucket]

I was considering buying one myself. Tell me how it goes!

[royce]

is the template the wrong way round?

[vitagra]

I don't think so, when I stored it in the garage, the template fitted nicely into the unit. I'm not saying that both of them are not wrong though... hehe, although I think it's all cool.

[royce]

Yeah I get it now, I was thinking it was shaped to align over the A pillar

[Kane]

I have been looking at that too. So i will also be interested to see how it goes once on.

[Chop]

Yeah seen these, cant believe the guy has left the safari name in the mould on them tho!

Chop

[DarkHorse]

I've seen these, was worried about how the fittings and template etc would be. Would love to hear how you go fitting it, and I might just save myself a couple of hunji over the legit one.

Are there really any major disadvantages of fibreglass over PU-type stuff? More likely to crack then dent? Anything much else?

[steak_knife]

DarkHorse wrote:

I've seen these, was worried about how the fittings and template etc would be. Would love to hear how you go fitting it, and I might just save myself a couple of hunji over the legit one.

Are there really any major disadvantages of fibreglass over PU-type stuff? More likely to crack then dent? Anything much else?

I have a glass one off ODA, havn't hit it "yet", the lid cracked the day I put it on.

[buzbox]

Hey vitagra, Mind sending me the template when your done with it?
I bought mine 2nd hand never fitted, but he lost the destructions.


Here's some pics..

[vitagra]

No probs mate, When I'm done - I'll look up this post and drop you a PM. Like I said in prev post I recently had a shoulder reco, so it may not be for a while (my car is kept out in the country).

[woody1]

Here are some links to some instructions for ya buzbox


1/88 to 12/94 G16A 1.6 Litre-I4 P LHS SS800HF
http://www.safarisnorkel.com/guides/SUZ ... 800HF.html


1/91 to 12/99 G16B 1.6 Litre-I4 P LHS SS850HF
http://www.safarisnorkel.com/guides/SUZ ... 850HF.html

[Kane]

Vitagra had a chance to install and test it?

I sent a message to someone on ebay who had brought one and asked them how it went. They said they were happy with it, and that it was not that hard to install.

[buzbox]

The hardest part is building up courage to drill big holes in the quarter panel.

[atari4x4]

buzbox wrote:

The hardest part is building up courage to drill big holes in the quarter panel.

it's easy... i made someone else do it

[DR_JOSH]

I used tin snips to do the hole for my sierra but then again my car is a piece of shit

[Kane]

I agree, once you make that first cut its all or nothing.

[vitagra]

Sorry, I've not seen the car for the last month. I might get to it in the next fortnight. I'm going to be using my old man to do it, he's a plumber and has tools to burn!

[ozhummer]

I too bought one of these from Malaysia. It's not a true safari snorkle! Even though it does say it and it has luxons 4x4 impressed on the back (Peter luxon set up APS in the ninetees and an off shoot was safari systems) , but these units are fiberglass, all new safari snorkels are rigid plastic and are smooth inside!

Do I care ? No! Will it work? Yes! Is it good value? No! - it's great value!!!!!

Ironically I got a flyer from arb that dedicated a page to explaining copy safari snorkels.....

Mine looks great and was $190 delivered!

[DarkHorse]

Might have to get me one.

From the listing it looks like the 'template' for cutting the hole is a half a snork body - is that right? How does it go using it to mark/cut holes?

[vitagra]

The install went okay. We used the template successfully and marked the drill holes and the major hole for the breather tube.

Taking out the old air box was a pain in the arse. This was made worse because my flexi-flares / guards were screwed in with about 10000 machine screws, so taking the inner guard out was not nice. Anyway, got through that with some persistence and muscle - not finesse.

We drilled the main hold first with a hole saw, a proper metal drilling one. High revs and not pushin at all... Did not want her to bite too hard. Once the main hole was drilled we were able to use the template to mark and drill the existing holes in the quarter panel and pillar.

I got 3 of the 4 bolts that hold the snorkel to the quarter panel and all 3 on the pillar, so not too bad!

A couple of hose clips and bobs your uncle, job done.

Photos to be loaded tonight.

[DarkHorse]

I can't see any pics...

[tombutt]

i did my snorkel from auto door auto the other day a good trick is if you have a sharp bi metal hole saw on un even steel use them with the drill in reverse they still cut nicely if not a tad slow but wont bite

[vitagra]

Measure 10 times, cut once.



use the right device



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[Polar_Bear]

atari4x4 wrote:

buzbox wrote:

The hardest part is building up courage to drill big holes in the quarter panel.

it's easy... i made someone else do it

its even easier punching holes into someone elses car

[DarkHorse]

Nice job. Reckon I'm gonna bite the bullet and get one for myself.