Nope, you won't find PVC pipe in this thread 
As with anything now days, there is a Chinese copy. I came across a Safari Snorkel Replica a few weeks ago, $88 ($60 shipping from MY), and had a nifty "Land Cruiser" printed on the side. I did some research on "ebay snorkels". Came across a thread in the 80 Series section and started to ask questions/read quite a bit. Quite a few posts in there talking about quality/price and nobody seemed to have a complaint, or could find anything wrong about them other than the biased "Safari Snorkel Don't Get Burned" test. I still believe in the test results somewhat, but after seeing/installing the 100 Series snorkel my doubts quickly left my mind. The quality is fabulous, hardware is well made, hose clamps are color coated, etc. The tubing and connectors are very well made and fit perfectly. The only thing thing I can rag on is the template
. There are no sizes, no guides, nothing to tell you how to position the template on the snorkel. I had to guess on the template, and look at about 500 pictures of the Safari Snorkel installed on other 100's and take a wild stab in the dark. I got it perfect first time. I was thrilled.
Now for deckplate vs snorkel. I have been running the deckplate mod for several months now and loved the sound, but I was going through filters every month. I got tired of not having the vacuum lines hooked up, tired of the hot intake temps, and overall just wanted peace of mind wherever I travel that I don't have to worry about things like, will it rain? Will it be dusty? Will there be alot of traffic? Will I be idling for a long time and not moving...things like that got old quickly. At first my gas mileage went down drastically due to the added sound and extra heavy foot trying to make the LC sound like a baja truck. I new it was messing with the AFR, and had a resonance under heavy acceleration and near red line. I replaced everything and sealed the intake today, installing the snorkel. I did a very familiar drive comparing the two setups and can honestly say the truck feels a little quicker with the snorkel, kicked down before it bogged down. Took less throttle to get up the hill, and over sounded a lot better. Over this 5 mile drive with the deckplate I always average 8.2MPG as it's uphill, curvy, and generally has a lot of stop/go and a few long straights to open the truck up. I did all, the snorkel setup feels much better. I averaged 9.5MPG, had more fun (maybe because I was so excited I got the damn thing on), and those little full throttle straight aways I seemed to pick up a quite a lot of extra speed.
Back to the quality, obviously there are some quality questions. I will be keeping an eye on the condition for the next 6 months. It will either get a coat of bedliner mid summer, or I will leave it and keep an eye on it. Overall I am 100% satisfied, I would say for the money I have in this ($187), I could not be happier. If you want instant gratification, spend $187, have it at your front door in 6 days, and install it. If you want to save a few hundred dollars over the Safari, but not in a rush. Give me 6 months of hard wheeling, GA UV's and stop/go traffic and I will report back. Let me know if you have any questions. Here are a few pictures.
As with anything now days, there is a Chinese copy. I came across a Safari Snorkel Replica a few weeks ago, $88 ($60 shipping from MY), and had a nifty "Land Cruiser" printed on the side. I did some research on "ebay snorkels". Came across a thread in the 80 Series section and started to ask questions/read quite a bit. Quite a few posts in there talking about quality/price and nobody seemed to have a complaint, or could find anything wrong about them other than the biased "Safari Snorkel Don't Get Burned" test. I still believe in the test results somewhat, but after seeing/installing the 100 Series snorkel my doubts quickly left my mind. The quality is fabulous, hardware is well made, hose clamps are color coated, etc. The tubing and connectors are very well made and fit perfectly. The only thing thing I can rag on is the template
. There are no sizes, no guides, nothing to tell you how to position the template on the snorkel. I had to guess on the template, and look at about 500 pictures of the Safari Snorkel installed on other 100's and take a wild stab in the dark. I got it perfect first time. I was thrilled. Now for deckplate vs snorkel. I have been running the deckplate mod for several months now and loved the sound, but I was going through filters every month. I got tired of not having the vacuum lines hooked up, tired of the hot intake temps, and overall just wanted peace of mind wherever I travel that I don't have to worry about things like, will it rain? Will it be dusty? Will there be alot of traffic? Will I be idling for a long time and not moving...things like that got old quickly. At first my gas mileage went down drastically due to the added sound and extra heavy foot trying to make the LC sound like a baja truck. I new it was messing with the AFR, and had a resonance under heavy acceleration and near red line. I replaced everything and sealed the intake today, installing the snorkel. I did a very familiar drive comparing the two setups and can honestly say the truck feels a little quicker with the snorkel, kicked down before it bogged down. Took less throttle to get up the hill, and over sounded a lot better. Over this 5 mile drive with the deckplate I always average 8.2MPG as it's uphill, curvy, and generally has a lot of stop/go and a few long straights to open the truck up. I did all, the snorkel setup feels much better. I averaged 9.5MPG, had more fun (maybe because I was so excited I got the damn thing on), and those little full throttle straight aways I seemed to pick up a quite a lot of extra speed.
Back to the quality, obviously there are some quality questions. I will be keeping an eye on the condition for the next 6 months. It will either get a coat of bedliner mid summer, or I will leave it and keep an eye on it. Overall I am 100% satisfied, I would say for the money I have in this ($187), I could not be happier. If you want instant gratification, spend $187, have it at your front door in 6 days, and install it. If you want to save a few hundred dollars over the Safari, but not in a rush. Give me 6 months of hard wheeling, GA UV's and stop/go traffic and I will report back. Let me know if you have any questions. Here are a few pictures.
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oh well.
. I would also like to thanks pman for being the ultimate help this weekend. I would not of gotten it installed he did not bring his drill/extra pair of hands. Make sure you have a BEEFY drill before you start this. I burned out my lighter duty drill last night.
My wife is voting for the snorkel to be one of the first mods because they look 
(she does want an ARB fridge first).
