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Cheaper lokkas, which one?

Posted: Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:23 pm
by bear
Easy lokka, lockrite etc. Which one what price. Its for a RN46 hilux used as daily drive as well as driven like stolen off road. Initially it will be in the front but a second will folow in the rear. Opinions please, but from personal experiance preferred.
thanks bear

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:41 am
by STIKA
Spend the extra money ang go with an Air locker.

The money you spend now you will save later, in tyre wear and other wear and tear on the vehicle

Especialy if it you daily drive

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 11:54 am
by bulldogy
Bear
Go with the EZ lokka from detroit.
They are cheapest and good from experience .
Running as a daily driver will be no prob if you have free wheeling hubs in the front which you have so no problemos.
For the rear use a full detroit no spin better and stronger than EZ lokka .
tho you could go for the no spin up front and rear like i am .
Cheers
PS if you want to get the lokkas cheep buy thru the US like i did the full no spin cost $825 aus shipped tax etc etc got here in 10 days .

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:16 pm
by dumbdunce
with lockers, you get what you pay for. the lockright style are cheap and effective but their on-road performance is pretty poor. for the rear especially, save up the extra for an air locker (or McNamara or other manually operated locker), avoid the risk of being disappointed with auto locker performance and get the bonus of being able to turn it on and off whenever you want.

cheers

Brian

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:20 pm
by STUMPY
i'd say go an air locker. i picked mine up second hand pretty cheap. air lockers are only on when you want them on. A detroit is almost the same price as an arb air locker anyway. like dumbdance said, you only get what you pay for. my 2 cents ;)

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:33 pm
by dumbdunce
STUMPY wrote:... you only get what you pay for. my 2 cents ;)


if you had 2 cents you'd buy better tyres :finger:

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:42 pm
by STUMPY
dumbdunce wrote:
STUMPY wrote:... you only get what you pay for. my 2 cents ;)


if you had 2 cents you'd buy better tyres :finger:


i could buy yours and have change at the end of the day :finger: :finger:

t

Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:43 pm
by DIRTY ROCK STAR
Afterdriving a rig on the weekend with twin ARBs im converted.
but like you im strapped for $$.

mate a lockrite USA made one, for a 40 series is 340AUS.

i would imagine one for a lux would be similar.
thats thru central 4 wheel drive. search lockrite in yahoo, and do thesame with detroit etc.

i think if i was going to spend 800+ on a auto locker, i would save the extra for a ARB.
but if i can get mine installed and wheeling for only 400 odd then im on a winner i think.

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 7:45 pm
by dow50r
second hand ARB is best cheap value for money.
Andrew

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 9:44 pm
by lay80n
When i imported my ez-locker from the states for my zook , i went through http://www.roadlessgear.com . Service was realy good, and only too a few weeks to get here, cost was $360 or so. Havent had any problem on the road, the locker is noticable but not bad.
Hope this helps.
Layto....