What brand of Snorkel

I pondered over this for a while as a novice 4WDer (still am!). I know I will probably get some people off side but this is only my opinion. We all make our own decisions in the end. I cannot comment on the Nissan brand, but it's probably one of the big two anyway. I checked out a few things when buying ours & this is what I found regarding Safari vs Airtec. Airtec make plastic things. They can mould plastic & they do it well, so if there is a market for something plastic, they could probably do it. Safari pretty much only make snorkels/air induction stuff. If you have a look at the two of them side by side (go to a shopping centre carpark & you should find both, but don't touch of course!), I think you will find the Safari is of much better quality. The Airtec seems to me to be a little flimsy - perhaps the plastic is thinner or of different quality. Again, it will come down to personal preference & what you think "looks" good on you vehicle. Long winded reply I know...sorry...our Safari was $550 fitted.

G'day Laura
It's no great task fitting the snorkel yourself. The kit (should) come with a template, and with a bit of care and measuring its a bit of self-rewarding.
The old saying of measuring twice (or three times) before drilling & cutting.
Probably the only piece of equipment you may not have is a air powered nibbler to cut the snorkel hole in the fender, but I've done it with judicial use of a jigsaw (metal blade).
Hope the new vehicle is treating you good- and I think you'd better organise a ExporOz day trip out Yalwal way ???

Hi Kiwi,
I would stick with either a safari, airteck or genuine nissan. Dont buy a Airflow snorkel. I have fitted one to my Navara(no longer own the car), and it was not a pretty sight. My mate had a airflow fitted to his jeep and it also looks dodgy. They arent finished off very well.
Matt

Laura & Nath

Go with the original ,,, Safari Snorkel are the go, much like me, they are as thick as a brick, but do the job nicely.

hehehehehehee

Fit it yourself,, no way ,, try the local 4x4 or a panel shop ,,that way there are no ( maybe hidden ) scratches

Are you aware that you may have to move the LHS mudguard indicator ??
They had to with our Navara,

LOL
Bucky

SAFARI...

SAFARI.....


SAFARISAFARISAFARISAFARI
SAFARISAFARISAFARISAFARI
SAFARISAFARISAFARISAFARI
SAFARISAFARISAFARISAFARI
SAFARISAFARI!!

think that about clear thinsg up :-)

I think the nissan one is airtec. Anyway, mine says nissan and has a little gap on the underside where it goes thru the mudguard - just a little cosmetic blemish I guess.

And I haven't tested its water sealing yet.

Peter

Got the TJM/Airtec, that is what is stamped on it.

Works well.

Plastic is a bit soft, got a few scratches on it now.
But at least the branches didn't scratch the front guard.
Not sure if the safari would be any tougher plastic.

Got some one to put it in for me. Couldn't face up to possibly cutting the hole in the wrong place.

Kiwi,

I didn't think a Mahindra had a snorkel designed for it yet ;))

I'd fit it yourself and get a Safari as the fitting charge would go towards the cost of window tinting.

Cheers Zev

We have a genuine Nissan fitted. Seems fine. Turbo noise is a bit loud when the window is down. Noise comes up through the snorkel.
Ian