Few of the owners of SUVs use only basic units. After buying a car, it begins further his finishing for the ideal in the eyes of the owner. And SUVs buy for trips in difficult road conditions, therefore, various devices facilitating movement in difficult terrain are installed on the car. In particular, rarely, which SUV costs without a snorkel - an instrument that allows you to overcome water obstacles, without fear of moisture from the hood of the car.
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When installing the Schnorkel on UAZ, you can go a few ways. The easiest option is to buy a ready-made snorkel with the installation kit and install it in the auto repair shop. It is also not difficult if there is a minimum tool set to install it and independently. The set consists of the Schnorkel itself, which is a plastic pipe, fasteners and template, along which you drill the necessary holes in the wing of the car.
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The second option is to contact a specialized auto repair shop, which prepares SUVs to competitions or simply complex road conditions. Here you can make to order Schnorkel according to individual sizes and requests. Of course, it will be installed here.
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The third option is to make a snorkel independently and install it on the car. It will cost you cheaper than just, but for such a job you need knowledge, ownership of the instrument and time. From aluminum pipes, corrugations and rubber corners, you can make a reliable design that will be useful to you in the conditions of Russian off-road. It can be replaced with aluminum pipes with polyethylene, on the one hand they are softer metal, which will make it easier to work, but at the same time strong enough, so as not to break when the pipe will hit the branch or flying stone.
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Make a snorkel of two pipes - one horizontal and second vertical, rising at an angle, respectively, car bending. Pipes Connect with a rubber corner. Using the bracket, attach the horizontal pipe to the wing, and the vertical to the windshield stand. As an option for fastening the metal pipe to the wing, you can use welding, of course, if you have a welding machine. Another horizontal pipe, drilled a hole in the wing and in the compartment next to the engine, boil under the hood of the car. On the one hand, connect the rubber corner with an external horizontal pipe, and on the other hand, connect to the air filter.
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Carefully seal all the joints: pipe connections and rubber corners, corrugations, access to the air filter, mounting to the wing and the windshield rack. The hole that you drilled in the wing, reinforce the steel ribbon and also carefully grind. Also treat all metallic parts of the snorkel anti-corrosion composition.
Handling your SUV SUNORKEL, you can go to the most difficult journey for the car. But remember the folk saying: the steeper the jeep, the further go behind the tractor. And checking the forces of the car, do not get drunk too much, do not forget about the common sense and the well-known share of caution.
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