You'll also need: a few magnets to hold the template (masking tape works too), weather-rated Sikaflex or marine silicone, blue Loctite for the adapter bolts, and touch-up paint (or lanolin spray). A file and a second pair of hands help too.
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Your cutting template
It's packed in the box with the snorkel. Before you start, check the label shows your vehicle and snorkel size. Wrong, lost or damaged? Email us and we'll send a replacement.
Example: LC80 4.5" MID ENTRY DS. Check your label shows your vehicle and size.
Solid black line: the cut line, and the maximum cut
Edge of guard: trim here, then line these edges up with the panel gaps
Dashed strip: leave it while you cut the template. It holds the hole shape together
Trim ✂: where to cut the paper
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Step by step
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Prep and mark
1
Bolt the adapter onto the snorkel (5" only)
4.5" snorkel? It has no adapter, so skip this step.
Your outlet adapter is sent separately. Bolt it onto the snorkel before you start the install.
Make sure you have the correct adapter for your car: the LC80-ME-ADP (mid entry).
Place the snorkel on a flat surface. Put the 5" EC seal (EC-TD-5) between the adapter and the snorkel, then bolt the adapter on with the M5×20 bolts. Put blue Loctite on each bolt.
Wrong adapter? Contact us before you start, and don't cut anything until you have the right one.
2
Prep the vehicle
Park on level ground and disconnect the battery's negative terminal. You don't need to remove the inner guard liner on this vehicle.
Mask the guard, A-pillar and bonnet edge around the snorkel area to protect the paint while you mark, drill and cut.
Read the whole guide before you start cutting.
3
Check and cut out your template
Unroll your template. It's packed in the box with the snorkel. Check the label in the corner shows your vehicle and snorkel size (e.g. LC80 4.5" MID ENTRY DS) before you go any further.
Trim along the two edge of guard lines. Then cut out the hole along the solid black line, but leave the strip between the dashed lines. It holds the template together.
Wrong vehicle or size on the label? Stop and contact us before cutting.
Example: LC80 4.5" MID ENTRY DS. Check your label shows your vehicle and size.
4
Line up the template
Line up the top trimmed edge with the gap between the bonnet and guard, and the side edge with the gap between the door and guard.
Hold it in place with magnets while you line it up (we recommend them). No magnets? Masking tape works too. Keep it flat and don't stretch it.
Mid entry snorkels have a longer cut-out than a short entry, so hold the template down along its whole length.
Edge of guard lines: the edge of the guard sits on the outside of the line.
This is the most important step. Take your time here. The template sets where the snorkel sits. If it isn't lined up correctly, the snorkel may not fit.
5
Mark the cut line
Trace around the inside of the hole with a fine marker.
Remove the template and join up the line across the gap left by the strip.
Measure twice, cut once. The black line is the maximum cut.
Cut the guard
6
Drill starter holes
Drill a few holes just inside the marked line. They give the saw blade somewhere to start.
Check what's behind the guard before drilling. Keep clear of wiring, hoses and the washer bottle.
7
Cut the hole and protect the edge
Cut along the marked line with an air saw. Stay just inside the line and file back to it if needed.
It's a long cut, so take it steady and support the panel as you go so it doesn't flex or tear.
Clean away all metal filings. They rust on paint quickly.
Paint the bare metal edge with touch-up paint. No paint on hand? Spray the edge with lanolin instead.
Cleaning the inside of the hole (shown on a Ranger PX)Shown on a Ranger PX
8
Fit the pinch weld
Press the 1300 mm thick pinch weld all the way around the cut edge of the outer guard. It seals the hole and protects the snorkel. There's no inner guard cutting on the LandCruiser 80 Series: press the 600 mm thin pinch weld around the existing opening in the inner guard.
Mount the bracket
9
Bolt the bracket to the snorkel
Fix the A-pillar bracket to the snorkel with two M5 bolts (3 mm Allen key).
The side of the bracket with three holes must face the same way as the snorkel's entry into the guard.
Fit it with the CANNA FAB logo facing out so it reads the right way: three bolts go to the car and two to the snorkel.
10
Trial fit and mark the bracket
Feed the snorkel into the guard hole. Line up the top of the bracket with the pinch weld (door seal flange) on the A-pillar.
Set the bracket as far back and down as you can, but make sure the door still opens and closes freely. Then trace around the bracket onto the pillar.
Shown on a Hilux N90
11
Mark the three holes
Remove the snorkel and unbolt the bracket. Hold the bracket inside your traced outline and mark the centre of each of the three slots.
Double-check the spacing: 50 mm between holes, 100 mm end to end.
Shown on a Ranger PX
12
Drill the A-pillar
Drill a 9 mm hole at each mark. Touch up the bare metal.
Shown on a Ranger PXShown on a Ranger PX
13
Seal and fit the rivnuts, then the bracket
Put a dab of weather-rated Sikaflex or marine silicone in each hole. It stops water leaking into the pillar.
Set the M6 rivnuts from the bolt bag with a rivnut tool, then bolt the bracket to the pillar with the M6 bolts (4 mm Allen key).
Air intake plumbing
14
Remove the factory airbox
If your airbox has a MAF (air flow) sensor, unplug it.
Undo the bolts and wire clips holding the airbox, then lift it out for access. You'll refit it shortly.
Fitting a CannaFab airbox too? Install it now using its own guide, then carry on from step 16.
Fit the snorkel
15
Mount the snorkel
5" snorkel: push the 4" × 165 mm silicone onto the printed adapter on the snorkel and tighten its hose clamp.
4.5" snorkel: push the straight silicone onto the snorkel outlet and clamp it.
Then put the snorkel into the guard and bolt it to the bracket with the two M5 bolts.
How it sits on the LandCruiser 80 Series
16
Fit the elbow from inside the engine bay
Refit the airbox (and plug the MAF sensor back in, if it has one).
5" snorkel: from inside the engine bay, push the 3D-printed elbow into the silicone on the snorkel and clamp it with a 100–120 mm clamp. Connect the elbow's other end to your airbox inlet and clamp it with the last clamp. The elbow matches your airbox outlet: 3.5" factory or 4" aftermarket.
4.5" snorkel: there's no adapter or elbow. Join the straight silicone to your airbox inlet with the silicone bend, with a hose clamp on every joint.
Dry-fit everything first, then tighten the clamps.
A light spray of silicone spray helps the silicone joiners slide on. It's safe on silicone.
5": 165 mm straight silicone
5": 3 × hose clamps
4.5": silicone bend and straight silicone
17
Refit, tighten and tidy
Tighten every hose clamp.
Peel off the masking tape and reconnect the battery. Start the engine and check there are no warning lights.
Finished: LandCruiser 80 Series
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Final check
Stuck mid-install?
Talk to the people who built it. Call 0478 594 451 (Mon–Fri, 9am–3pm) or email info@cannafab.com.au. Include a photo and your order number and we'll help you sort it.
