I want YOUR opinion on aftermarket diffs! (1 Viewer)

[cerebellicose]

I'm trying to find a 94-97 FZJ80 with factory locking diffs but understand this may be difficult. I have two questions and would appreciate anybody's feedback on either one or both of them.

1. How do the aftermarket lockers that are available compare to the factory-installed locking diffs?


2. If I end up going with aftermarket lockers, what companies make good stuff and what companies should I avoid?

Thanks for your expertise!

 

[MoJ]

My opinion.....keep looking until you find one with them already. Holding out a bit longer is a small price to pay for not having to spend the coin on aftermarket.

 

[firetruck41]

ARB is your only option for a aftermarket selectable locker.

 

[Kazmanff]

and they're expensive!

 

[CruisinGA]

If they will be used regularly, and you know you would purchase them anyway, I prefer the ARB's. They lock/unlock MUCH faster and more reliably than the OEM locks. No $500 actuator motors.

For expedition/occasional use the factory locks are GREAT.

 

[whodat]

wait for the right deal, many sellers don't even know what lockers are. should not cost much more than a cruiser w/o them. wd

 

[whodat]

oh yeah, I don't know the percentages (dan?) but a large % of cruisers came locked.

 

[TX_TLC]

oh yeah, I don't know the percentages (dan?) but a large % of cruisers came locked.

I don't remember the US spec % being high...am I wrong?





again?

 

[PKP80]

about 8-10% locked

 

[Cruiserhead05]

about 8-10% locked

Thats so sad

 

[Biff]

I'm trying to find a 94-97 FZJ80 with factory locking diffs but understand this may be difficult. I have two questions and would appreciate anybody's feedback on either one or both of them.

1. How do the aftermarket lockers that are available compare to the factory-installed locking diffs?


2. If I end up going with aftermarket lockers, what companies make good stuff and what companies should I avoid?

Thanks for your expertise!

If I had to do it over again I would have bought a locked rig mostly for the convenice. Since my purchase of an unlocked rig, I installed ff/rr ARB lockers. After driving my friends locked 94 and my arb locked 94 I have to say the arbs are more effecient. But I have to say I would have paid about $11, 000 for a locked rig, paid $8000 for my unlocked rig, and spend $2900 to get the arbs on. In the end it came out about the same.

 

[whodat]

oh yeah, I don't know the percentages (dan?) but a large % of cruisers came locked.

Maybe I was thinking Lexus what % of lx450's are locked?

 

[mabrodis]

Maybe I was thinking Lexus what % of lx450's are locked?

I've heard something like 5-7%, although that sounds way low, just from the Lexus's I've seen I'd say ~30-50% would be locked...even the Land Cruiser number sounds low...if you figure that used vehicles would be a appropriate market segment to look at, then how many do you see locked? If you look at 100 Cruisers, are only 10 of them locked, I would say no, I would say more like 30-50 of them would be locked...just from ones I've seen.

 

[Biff]

I'm thinking 10% are locked, remember cdan mentioning that # once.

 

[mabrodis]

I'm thinking 10% are locked, remember cdan mentioning that # once.

That number sounds familiar also...but in your experience, of all the Cruisers you've looked at have only 10% been locked? Not the case for me, and I usually make a point of looking inside every 80 in a parking lot...course this is Colorado and maybe a higher percentage of locked ones were sold here.

 

[Biff]

That number sounds familiar also...but in your experience, of all the Cruisers you've looked at have only 10% been locked? Not the case for me, and I usually make a point of looking inside every 80 in a parking lot...course this is Colorado and maybe a higher percentage of locked ones were sold here.

Most of the cruiser I see here are unlocked. I think out of fifty cruisers that I saw when I shopped for mine only one was locked. Now that I look back I should have taken that one. I guess it depends what part of the country your at.

 

[Brentbba]

So mine is one of the best 10% then right Victor? hehehe

 

[Biff]

So mine is one of the best 10% then right Victor? hehehe

Lucky bastid

 

[Brentbba]

Lucky bastid

hehehe All they need is more exercise!