Originally Posted by stretchie_
Hi Foss
Just seen your post about fitting the Southdown snorkel and wondered if you could give us a few pointers as mine arrived yesterday .
I have 300Tdi so guessing the airbox might be different, but really about making the holes in the wings and removing the outer wing.
I was hoping to keep the space infront of the airbox as I want to put a senond battery in there in the future
Cheers
Hi mate
sorry didnt reply sooner, been away.
The hardest is getting the template in the right place & actually cutting it, i got a friend who does bodywork to do mine with an air saw.
Put the template on , theres pretty much only one place it can go when you line up the wing/door spacings with it.
Id recommend cutting it with the wing still on the car to prevent damaging any corners etc.
Then take the wing off & make the connections in to the air box in the inner wing.
I dont know if a 300 wing comes off the same as a td5, but mine was about 6 bolts along the bonnet edge, 2 in the door shut, 1 by the bottom of the arch by the door & 1 by the headlight.I had to remove the black shield that sits inside the wheel arch.
When reassembling, thread the indicator loom & snorkel hose through BEFORE you bolt the wing back on-i messed up & had to take it off again!
I used black sealant on the snorkel connections & round the lid of my air box to get it watertight.
I also riveted my "A" pillar bracket on rather than using the self tappers supplied-much stronger & the heads of the screws stood so proud, they fouled my door so i couldnt shut it!
I also ran my extended axle/gearbox breathers up along the snorkel, through a gap between the windscreen trim & the outer wing up the the intake at the top & cable tied them on with silver ties to match the snorkel.
When fitting you may think that the whole thing looks like its just going to flap about, but once you connect the snorkel to the pillar bracket & push the black wing fitting in the wing hole properly with the snorkel running through it its very snug.
I put some sealer inside the wing trim where it meets the bodywork as I had a 2mm gap. If this happens, once fully fitted you can push firmly but gently doen on the assembly so it sits on the wing better.
Thats about it, if you get stuck, mail me!
let me have some finished pics!
cheers
paul
