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Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:05 pm
by sir_142
Hey people,
Can any one recommend where in Sydney I should get a snorkel bent up in stainless for patrol? Was gonna try a exhaust shop like Liverpool or something, any ideas?
Cheers
Alex
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:30 pm
by 80's_delirious
Given the size of a snorkel, I'd say they are generally welded up using pipe and pre formed bends, the smoothed off and pickled.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:44 pm
by DUDELUX
^^^ Thats what I did for my snorkel. Make sure its tig welded for a good finish.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:40 pm
by sir_142
Fair enough, cheers guys...
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:47 pm
by DUDELUX
Heres what mine looked like on the Dudelux, red edition.
Im planning on modifying the mount for the A-pillar then fitting it to the Dudelux, yellow edition.
I dont think you could bend the SS due to the thickness of the tube.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 8:57 pm
by Ricko
Or you can use rubber bends.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 11:02 pm
by Skegbudley
Or buy a Millweld.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:15 am
by RO8M
Or use Tube (1.6mm wall) rather than pipe (2.11mm for 3" [80nb] sched 5, 3.05mm for sched 10) etc. and use bends, then tig it.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:06 am
by bru21
tube bends from midway metals in yatla.
rubber bends from a truck shop are about twice the cost.
Rubber is better for racing, s/steel for street
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:20 pm
by Clanky
DUDELUX wrote:Heres what mine looked like on the Dudelux, red edition.
Im planning on modifying the mount for the A-pillar then fitting it to the Dudelux, yellow edition.
I dont think you could bend the SS due to the thickness of the tube.
Nice snorkle, very neat . Looks like a different bloke cut the hole in the guard tho
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 10:58 pm
by DUDELUX
Yeah Mr Smarty-Pants.
The snorkel was tig welded by some specialist SS welders.
The guard was butchered by me, true ghetto fab at its finest right there. I dont own a holesaw, so I just used tin snips and sidecutters.
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 6:01 am
by ledgend80
some put it up on this site or another one where some company in brisbane would do one piece stainless snorkels
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:14 pm
by Z()LTAN
why one piece snorkels?
Ive crushed my snorkel twice now and each time i could replace the ss sections really easy.
Tube and rubber bends ftw
Re: Stainless snorkel bending?
Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:49 pm
by tehekho
Z()LTAN wrote:why one piece snorkels?
Ive crushed my snorkel twice now and each time i could replace the ss sections really easy.
Tube and rubber bends ftw
Not to mention if it gets caught on something you'd rather it pull apart than pull off your fender...