your right it probably will void the warranty but the last thing the salesman told me was this machine is not a submarine lol.... i said the same thing to my friends that begged me to snorkel mine i said i wanna keep my warranty and ahhh i wont be in the deep stuff ill just watch and the first hole i went into was over my tank and motor got a big drink...... took it to the shop guess what they wont warranty it anyway and now your fixing to fix it yourself so trust me when i tell u snorkel it will save u money i GUARANTEE it...u can get snorkels that u dont have to cut any plastic hell i built one of of a vacumn cleaner hose and ran it up to my handlebars and say something goes wrong with it it u can remove the snorkel and put your factory crap back on and no worries.... far as the lift u might wanna check that....if your do lift it and put some aggressive tires like outlaws or the silverbacks get ready to replace the axles and when u do get gorillas there expensive but they are great.....i ran 29.5x12.5x12 outlaws on my foreman and broke both front axles in the same hole got gorillas and never another problem....2 strokes im learning but when it comes to the 4x4 your in my area done it for several years