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Hi guys, just purchased my first ever Nissan Patrol! It's a 2001 GU. It's pretty stock but is in fairly good knick.
Question, I've purchased it from a dealer and they're offering to install a snorkel for me. Just want a get a ball park idea of what a fitted snorkel to a GU patrol should cost?
Also, are there any particular brands, fitters that I should take it to, or is a fairly straight forward mod and would any half decent operator be able to install it?
Many thanks.
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You could do it yourself if your handy with tools , but it should take a bit over 3 hrs I think
most 4x4 shops would know how its done
Where abouts in Melb are you I could sort something out for you
If I had my time again I'd get a safari or similar that can take a pre filter and that the head can do a 180 degree turn not like the genuine one the factory snorkel just turns to the side. . Though I've never had any issues with my factory one. A snorkel will set you back 75$ through to 600$ + fitting. It is easy enough to fit one with the right tools.
I went TJM which I think is air teck or Safari.
Steer clear of those cheap ones the templates aren't to scale and sometimes they dont fit the body contours.
If you like your pride and joy go a brand name snorkel
I had a safari snorkel installed in my 2008 GU for around $600-$700 from memory - I had a look around at the real cheap eBay ones, a tjm / airtec and also factory nissan (which I think are an airtec too), but personal preference I think the safari looked better.
I've heard good thinks about about the ironman snorkels as well, and they can be had for a little bit cheaper.
I was going to install it myself, but didn't have all the correct size / good quality holesaws so was easier to pay to have it done
I had an Ironman fitted and it is good. When I was looking around the safari seemed the best but a bit expensive for me. Ironman is good quality I think. I Had mine fitted as I was a bit apprehensive about cutting big holes in the guard. As TD said watch out for really cheap ones as I am told the plastic may warp and/or disintegrate in the sun. Not a good look in Australia.
No one wants a wilted snorkel.:o
A mate bought one off ebay for 75$ and we fitted it about 3 yrs ago and its not changed, it had a 6mm gap between it and the body when it was installed but the gaps not changed.
I think it was bloody good for 75$
Thanks all for your responses. Will definitely go the brand name (TJM/Safari). The dealer couldn't tell me what sort of snorkel they were fitting so I think I'll just leave it for now. Will look into doing it myself as I am ok with the tools :)
Its easy to fit we fitted the 75$ snorkel with a 5mm drill bit and a steak knife cos the cheap bastard was too tight to buy a hole saw lmao
Dealer will most likely install a genuine Nissan one, which are made by TJM and very similar if not the same as a TJM AirtecQuote:
Originally Posted by Bucko391
TJM quoted me $460 to supply and fit the Airtec snorkel (made by TJM and the same as the Nissan Factory one) for mine ..... got them down on the price as we are also getting other work done too.
Hope that gives you a good idea :)
ARB quoted me 400 or 450 for a safari snorkel including fitting
I just replaced the gq' s snorkel cost me $330 for a safari, don't think you can go past the safari, when I rolled the bronco the weight of the car was on the snorkel and didn't damage it, it's got one off a GU.
I installed my safari snorkel on my last Patrol (2001). Had never done one before and found it quite easy to do, the templates they supply in the kit make it pretty fool proof. I didn't have the correct size hole saw which would have made it a lot easier but a good quality one would have cost about as much as ARB wanted to install the snorkel for me.
I used a small drill bit and drilled a lot of holes to cut out the circle needed, time consuming and tedious but not hard.
A decent operator should be able to do it pretty easily. From memory with the safari snorkel where it passes into the engine bay through the guard and attaches near the air filter box it is essentially glued with sealant. This really needs to be of good quality and the surfaces should be prepared properly to ensure the sealant can do its job well. Also want to make sure that any holes drilled in the body work are sealed against rust as well. These things are hard to tell if done right by the installer so I would pick their brains about what they plan to do and if they sound like they know what they are on about then should be OK. Sikaflex seems to be the preferred brand of sealant for the job
Cheers
Supa