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Fitting a safari snorkel to a 200tdi land rover discovery!

Also see "Prepare your Land Rover Discovery for wading".

Even before I bought my discovery I had decided I had to fit a snorkel.  I decided on a safari snorkel becuase having spoken to a few poeple who had fitted them it seemed like a relatively simple job.  The kit does come with simple instructions, an easy to follow template along with every nut, bolt and clip that you need to fit.  The only real tools required are a 13mm spanner, drill, rivet gun and a jig saw.  

I took a few photographs when we were fitting the discovery snorkel and so have included a brief description below.  This is not meant to be a complete fitting guide, it assumes you will eventually buy the kit and get the same instructions as I did. 

Firstly we masked up the wing with tape as I couldnt find a permenant marker anywhere so drawing on the tape was easier than straight onto the paint.

Fitting discovery safari snorkel image 1Taping up wing ready to fit discovery safari snorkel template

Then we taped the template to the wing and marked the holes with a felt tip pen.

cutting hole using template for land rover discovery safari snorkel
Cutting the hole is the scary bit!
By this point you will have already removed your air filter housing and your wheel arch liner.  The snorkel should just push in to the discovery wing and the holes should line up perfectly.  You have to reach up between your inner and outer wings to tighten the bolts.  The next step it to rivet the top bracket to the windscreen pillar.
Fitting safari snorkel to discovery windscreen pillar
We wrapped some cut up car innertube around the spout on my air filter box to be sure its a tight fit.
fitting land rover snorkel to airbox air filter housing
Looking Good!
See the pictures and videos for the finished result in action!