I ordered a Brute Force Fab high clearance rear bumper with a swingout on October 25th, 2018 and the wait began...
In the meantime, with Dobinson’s releasing their snorkel for less than half the price of a Safari snorkel, I decided to get one.
I also got a Sy-Klone precleaner.
The template kind of sucks on the Dobinson’s snorkel, but if you take your time, installation isn’t too bad.
It also has a 3.5” diameter where the head attaches, whereas the Safari has a 4” diameter. I had to make an adapter to attach the precleaner.
I went to Lowe’s and picked up a black 3” PVC pipe coupling and 1/4” x 6” long stainless threaded rod.
I used a dremel to shave down the divider in the center of the coupling, then used a cutting wheel and split the coupling long ways so it would squeeze when the time came to tighten the clamp. The coupling fit perfect on the top of the snorkel, but the precleaner was still a little loose on the coupling. I had some black vinyl wrap, so I cut about a 1 1/2” strip and wrapped the top half of the coupling to build up the thickness (you can’t see this because it’s covered by the precleaner).
It didn’t take much. Maybe 4 wraps.
With the coupling on the snorkel and the precleaner on the coupling, I drilled a 1/4” hole through the precleaner, coupling, and snorkel on opposite sides. I cut the stainless rod ~4 1/4” and inserted it all the way through, then tightened the clamp over the rod. Now the precleaner is essentially “locked” into the snorkel. Turned out pretty good and only took about 25-30 minutes.
