Quick Intro: I picked up a $5k 1999 stock, locked LC about two weeks ago, and I am building it up for a bit of overlanding. I'm fairly mechanical -- used to be a Porsche service manager, but really am more of a Toyota man at heart. I also co-lead off-road dualsport motorcycle trips through Mexico. I bought this truck to take my kids up through some of the super remote mountainous places that love where I take my motorcycle guys. Some of these places are somewhat gnarly to get to, hence the build.
Anyway, Hi!! *smiles and waves.
Yesterday I got a cheap Snorkel kit in the mail from Amazon, and I installed it today. Since it really is an exceptionally nice bit of kit, and it turned out very well, AND there are no instructions with the kit, I thought I'd share some photos and my experience with it, hoping it might help other Cruisers get into one of these nice kits. Further more, not only is it super solid, a correct fit, and it looks good, but it also is SUPERIOR to the ARB kit in that this actually has the CORRECT ANTENNA cutout.
Unaffiliated Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBIQFK3
Aside from the actual snorkel and its associated hardware, the only other thing in the box was a cardboard template. As this was supposedly a 'cheap knock-off' kit about 1/2 of my total install time was spent measuring, double checking and re-measuring everything as I was very slow to trust this template. I am happy to say that once you figure out how it aligns, it was 100% spot on.
The pin-sized small hole all the way to the right is the center hole for the snorkel's hole saw. The left aligns along the door, the top right half along the door, and the curve along the bottom follows the top of the fender. You also need to cut out an egg-shaped hole to clearance the antenna.
Here are some measurements to help you eye-ball it. This doesn't have to be perfect -- no cuts will be made based on the template's antenna hole; it just makes it so you can lay the template flat to your right fender.
I found it incredibly useful to use a roll of green masking tape that I had laying around to hold the template and then draw directly on the fender, plus it helped protect the paint when cutting....
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Anyway, Hi!! *smiles and waves.
Yesterday I got a cheap Snorkel kit in the mail from Amazon, and I installed it today. Since it really is an exceptionally nice bit of kit, and it turned out very well, AND there are no instructions with the kit, I thought I'd share some photos and my experience with it, hoping it might help other Cruisers get into one of these nice kits. Further more, not only is it super solid, a correct fit, and it looks good, but it also is SUPERIOR to the ARB kit in that this actually has the CORRECT ANTENNA cutout.
Unaffiliated Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NBIQFK3
Aside from the actual snorkel and its associated hardware, the only other thing in the box was a cardboard template. As this was supposedly a 'cheap knock-off' kit about 1/2 of my total install time was spent measuring, double checking and re-measuring everything as I was very slow to trust this template. I am happy to say that once you figure out how it aligns, it was 100% spot on.
The pin-sized small hole all the way to the right is the center hole for the snorkel's hole saw. The left aligns along the door, the top right half along the door, and the curve along the bottom follows the top of the fender. You also need to cut out an egg-shaped hole to clearance the antenna.
Here are some measurements to help you eye-ball it. This doesn't have to be perfect -- no cuts will be made based on the template's antenna hole; it just makes it so you can lay the template flat to your right fender.
I found it incredibly useful to use a roll of green masking tape that I had laying around to hold the template and then draw directly on the fender, plus it helped protect the paint when cutting....
...continued!
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