4Rescue
Expedition Leader
So as I'm looking at my finaly worn out tires and contemplating what to run now, I realize I'll also be re-gearing and that at this point I mihgt as well fix those silly open diffs. That being said, I don't really have the funds to run ARB's and while there's always the E-locker I could throw in the rear, I was aslo thinking about running F/R LSD's.
Part of my thinking on this is that the cost will be very low, and whole it won't quite be as good as a selectable locker or even a Detroit off-road it'll be alot nicer in 4wd in the snow which this truck see's alot and in reality with both diff's equiped with an LSD, my feeling is it'll do a lot more then it will now while impacting the On-Road or even the 4wd Hi charesteristics very little.
I've run F/R detriots in a few of my old XJ's and it really wasn't that bad on the road althgouh I got tired of the tire wear. Those Jeeps made enough noises of their own let alone the rear-end poping
Where they really weren't that fun was in the snow where it liked to slide off anything even slightly off-camber and really were it not for the selec-trac in my last XJ that I ran them in and my ability to unlock the center diff, I'd have just run open diffs cause I saw alot more snow then trail time in that truck towards the end.
I'm going with 4.88's to match some 33x9/10.50's and really, new tires alone will do alot for this rigs ability off-road as it is, but I thought that having an LSD F/R would be good for nearly all kinds of use. I'm not turning this truck into a trail toy, but I figure with 33's, LSD's, and all that factory graced ground-clearence I got from running a Toyota (and my OME/BJ spacer suspension) I figure she'll be pretty capable and kind of a sleeper really.
So has anyone run this set-up? Am I better off just throwing the E-locker in the rear and leaving the front alone? Will I regret going with anything BUT a selectable locker up front?
Cheers
Dave
Part of my thinking on this is that the cost will be very low, and whole it won't quite be as good as a selectable locker or even a Detroit off-road it'll be alot nicer in 4wd in the snow which this truck see's alot and in reality with both diff's equiped with an LSD, my feeling is it'll do a lot more then it will now while impacting the On-Road or even the 4wd Hi charesteristics very little.
I've run F/R detriots in a few of my old XJ's and it really wasn't that bad on the road althgouh I got tired of the tire wear. Those Jeeps made enough noises of their own let alone the rear-end poping
I'm going with 4.88's to match some 33x9/10.50's and really, new tires alone will do alot for this rigs ability off-road as it is, but I thought that having an LSD F/R would be good for nearly all kinds of use. I'm not turning this truck into a trail toy, but I figure with 33's, LSD's, and all that factory graced ground-clearence I got from running a Toyota (and my OME/BJ spacer suspension) I figure she'll be pretty capable and kind of a sleeper really.
So has anyone run this set-up? Am I better off just throwing the E-locker in the rear and leaving the front alone? Will I regret going with anything BUT a selectable locker up front?
Cheers
Dave
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