Defender snow cowl

I have bought a heater air intake snow cowl to fit over Winter, are you supposed to retain the original air intake cover and fit this on top of it, or do you discard the original cover?

Also it's a Britpart one and doesn't fit in the recess properly (the cowl is slightly large) is there one l can buy that will fit?

Morning,

The one I have screwed on over the old one. Cannot remember where I got it.

Cheers

I have a galvanized military one, and I fitted mine over the top of the of the original cover. But that was because it I took the cover off it was then pressing against the paint work and would have caused damage. As their job is just to cover the intake so things cannot fall into it I do not think it matters particularly how it is fitted, it does not need to seal onto anything.
With regards to it not fitting the recess properly I cannot really help you. I am guessing you have one of the plastic versions rather than the metal one I have got. Mine fitted perfectly into the recess with or without the original grill but it cost a lot more than the plastic versions. Could you file/trim it to fit, I do not know but I would guess all of the plastic ones are made by the same people in the same factory and just branded differently.

Mud products do a expensive but quite good one. It's a replacement for the original cover

The cowls are hit n miss, ive had 4 now.

2 didnt fit the checkplate i had on me 90 so i cut to fit.

1 fit my 110, no plate, but was lost laning

Final one fits inside me plate!

As i said hit n miss, bought various brands buy always removed the original LR "top vent"

Imo to me they are a year long fit, as they stop rain and what ever else entering the intake, i know LR put a "drain" in but its **** poor. Ive since replaced the entire
LR system with my own ducting

bankz5152 said:

2 didnt fit the checkplate i had on me 90 so i cut to fit.

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Should have said that my wings are plated as well, but the military one fitted nicely through the plate, but that might have been why it needed the original grill left in place to act as a spacer.