150 DIY Snorkel install

[Gordon Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gordon]

Since the only think I asked my Toyota dealer to do to this car was fit a towbar & they stuffed that up, I brought the snorkel home.

It's actually pretty hard to stuff up if you take your time, follow the template and the instructions. Pics are at: http://s1077.photobucket.com/albums/...kel%20install/

Check out the stripped inner guard pic. This is where the air gets sucked in from sans snorkel. Very, very clean, isn't it...?! Beggars the question of why I'm bothering since after the great Lake Gregory incident of 2011 my snorkel is mostly for dust.

I started cutting the wedges out with a handsaw but soon dragged out the Dremel which completed the job like a dream.

If you get lost you could always pull your snorkel off and find South. By the way the step drill makes life lots easier but beware there is not enough clearance behind the tin for the rearmost hole in the guard, nor the holes in the A pillar.

Btw Nutserts make a nicer finish than stuffing square plugs into round holes.

no vacuum cleaners here

[D4D Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close D4D]

Brave man, I like the nutserts.

[krypto Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close krypto]

Brave man, I like the nutserts.

+ 1, from my cargo barrier install experience I'd be stressed drilling hoes from that template. The nutserts look like the hardest part, how did you fit them?

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[alternative Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close alternative]

Since the only think I asked my Toyota dealer to do to this car was fit a towbar & they stuffed that up, I brought the snorkel home.

Doesnt it give you great confidence in their fixed price servicing ?

BTW ive fitted a Safari to my 120 and a Airtec to my 2 day old 150 using a 3mm drill and about 60 holes for the 105mm circle... the templates are pretty good.

[Gordon Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gordon]

The nutserts look like the hardest part, how did you fit them?

Actually nutserts were the easiest part. You use a kind of rivet gun and just rivet them in. Got this tool - Spiralux - from UK on ebay for around AUD150 delivered with a heap of different sized nutserts and mandrels (the bit you fit on the end of the tool according to the size you're using). Also called rivnuts and a few other similar things. Originally bought it to put more tie-down points in the boot.

[Gordon Member Find all posts View Profile Close Gordon]

Doesnt it give you great confidence in their fixed price servicing ?

BTW ive fitted a Safari to my 120 and a Airtec to my 2 day old 150 using a 3mm drill and about 60 holes for the 105mm circle... the templates are pretty good.

No, I just laughed when the salesman (who is really good) told me about fixed price services. My 120 only ever saw the dealer (or any other mechanic for that matter) for a bunch of warranty issues in the last few months prior to sale. Incidentally the hundred hole hack is what I walked in on at the same dealer fitting the snorkel to my 120 3 years ago! And I'm sure you took more care than they did.

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There is a gray/charcoal 150 over at my local shopping centre is there every day (obviously work in one of the shops) and the fitment of theres is shocking. If you look at a certain angle you can see where the guard is distorted all the way under the snorkel, I'm presuming either the holes didnt line up correctly and they have tried wedging the screws through from the snorkel or what ever but a real bad job and I've got a fair idea who probably who did the job in our area......unless toyota fit safarin snorkels ?? I doubt it..or he/she fitted themselves ?? possibly I suppose. Hope its no one on here as I wouldnt like to think they thought all was ok and now know it spoilt the look of the vehicle by bodgy fitment ?????????............Cheers Steve

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Yeah a horror story. And there's lots you don't see inside the wheel arch that can be treated fairly roughly too, eg the drill bit poking into the next layer of steel, ripping the body plugs out inconsiderately, degree of painting up... you'd never see it but it'd never be the same again. A friend of mine has his TJM snorkel attached to the A pillar with self-tappers & they've already rattled loose a year on. I suspect it's standard procedure with them too.

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This is what I found under my inner guard when I was trying to work out what the rattle was !!!!!



Great to see the use of silastic or sicker flex or something in the joins NOT NONE TO BE SEEN !!!!



Nothing on any of the joints except one which you can see in the picture but was one end only, not including the holes where they cut no paint put back or or rust guard or anything just plain bare metal, yeah and paid for it to, but cost them more when I sent pictures and everything i had to there head office. Wont say who it was but that store wont be getting a cent from me ever again......And I have the 120 to do yet but wont be by them for the suspension, snorkel I will do myself like I ended up doing anyway........Cheers Steve

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Ouch Steve M. Much damage to the car itself?

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Na mate, no damage just a bodgy fit with the pipe work and no recovering of cut metal. The actual fitment/placement of the snorkel itself was ok, they told me it was not in the instructions to seal all the joints, I told them common sense would tell you Im getting a snorkel fitted for a reason, wouldnt you have the brains to work out it needs sealing up. oh yeah there was some damage now I think of it wasnt to the panels but, it was to the bash plate under the vehicle where they decided to use the bash plate as a jacking point to fit the suspension up (OME) so they had to replace that which they did and some other things...........Glad we pay good money to the experts. Cheers Steve

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Actually nutserts were the easiest part. You use a kind of rivet gun and just rivet them in. Got this tool - Spiralux - from UK on ebay for around AUD150 delivered with a heap of different sized nutserts and mandrels (the bit you fit on the end of the tool according to the size you're using). Also called rivnuts and a few other similar things. Originally bought it to put more tie-down points in the boot.

I have this kit
http://www.ovesco.com.au/products.ph...Insert Tooling

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Well done with the install. I have just been offered a Safari Snorkel for my 150 but am chasing a template. Can't seem to get one from the company (Safari). If any one has one saved after an install would be interested in a borrow or a buy!
G P

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Nice job done there. I was in the same boat in not wanting the monkeys to fit my snorkel. I ended up getting a good deal on an Airtec Snorkel for my 150 and fitted it myself. Used a step drill for the larger holes and a hole saw with lubricating oil to cut the main hole. Took my time, measured 5 times, cut once. By fitting it myself I knew all the hidden stuff was done proper with correct sealing and paint/rustproofing of the drilled holes. I also gave the paintwork under where I fitted the snorkel a good few layers of wax to keep the paint in good conditions. Being a bit OCD the job came up trumps and I am very happy and confident with the quality of the install.