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Home from Shop
My baby is home from the shop with front and rear detroits and 4.56 gears. I love the gears and whoever says detroits are not street friendly must have never driven them on the street. Most of the time I can't tell they are there.
Anyway. Thanks to all for all the advice. I will let you know how she does. Going to Uwharrie this weekend to test them out. Next is lift, SYE, CV Driveshaft and bigger tires. Jury is still out on which lift but I think I have narrowed down the candidates to: RE 4.5" long arm. Teraflex 4" long arm. Full Traction 6" or 4" long arm. I know I can install the Tera myself. Fairly sure I can install the RE with some assistance. Not sure on the Full Traction. I would appreciate any comments or suggestions from anyone who has installed any of the above lifts. Frank.
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2004 TJ, 4L, 5Spd, Big Daddy Rocker Guards, Teraflex long arm with 5" springs, 35" MTR's, 4.56 gears, Detroits f & r, SYE/CV drive shaft, Warn XD9000i, Durango 4x4 front bumper. |
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Life is tough, when whoever has access to the red button, really doesn't like Detroit lockers. |
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I'm a detroit fan. Period. In fact, my next jeep already has them in it...
But revist with us in a couple of weeks and let us know how little you notice it. |
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detroits are ok - I had one in the front of my rig for years. teracrap on the other had - well that sh!t couldn't come off my jeep fast enough. go re or full traction.
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Detroits- the foot powered steering aid of choice amongst professionals.
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Frank,
Since your Jeep is a standard trany, lets hear back from you after you have driven it on a twisty, rain-soaked highway, with your Jeep loaded from a long weekend of Jeepin' . I too I'm a a big fan of Detroits, but the first to admit that they can scare the heebie-geebie's outta you. I've spent way-too much time on the trail fixing other peoples "Air-Locker" troubles. Detroits are KISS. JMHO. Hey Blaine, can I quote you on the foot-powered steering aid? That's a good line for sure . |
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Myself, I couldn't react fast enough on the test drives and was able to only just keep it in the lane every time I shifted gears. Step on the gas, go right, let off of the gas to shift, go left. And then there is always the test drive with me in the passenger seat where the locker unloads with a loud bang, the rig jerks sideways and the owner always, and I mean always says, "It never does that". Only problem is, every Detroit rig I have ridden in on the street has done it at least once with me in it. Of course it is fun in parking lots to slightly apply throttle around turns to hear the tires squeal.
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I think the quality of the install has alot to do with it and the cost of that quality does seem to bother some folks. |
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I just happen to choose Detroit's this go around in my YJ, mostly cause Phil Howell talked me into it. I have no regrets and really have learned to like them. Plus, I have an auto-trans which always keeps it loaded (left foot braking ) and having an Atlas, lets me grab low range rear only, which is the only way to steer the thing, at times! |
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Hehe.
Seriously though. His profile says he is banned. Why was he banned? |
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Thanks again... |
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Oh and he wanted to post about his first days experience with the lockers but of course cannot. So I will post for him.
He said that there have been a few situations where his Jeep did some "funny" things but it was not bad. It does have a tendency to want to move to the left or right when loading and unloading the lockers, but again not bad. He said the folks who installed the lockers said they would have better street manners because these were the "new improved" version. They are called "soft" lockers and don't respond as harshly as the older ones did. I will report how things go for him at Uwharrie if he is not unbanned by Monday or never gets unbanned. |
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free frhalevt!
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TJ... I test drove one once, close enough? 35's... check auto... check be able to run JV... check mindless... check follow... never have gotten the knack of that doctrines and philosophies... I have enough of those to last a life time
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I'm back.
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2004 TJ, 4L, 5Spd, Big Daddy Rocker Guards, Teraflex long arm with 5" springs, 35" MTR's, 4.56 gears, Detroits f & r, SYE/CV drive shaft, Warn XD9000i, Durango 4x4 front bumper. |
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...you do realize that Sergey was just having some fun with you right Ask William sometime about his valve stem caps up in Big Bear - some folks here specialize in yanking people's chains
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2004 TJ, 4L, 5Spd, Big Daddy Rocker Guards, Teraflex long arm with 5" springs, 35" MTR's, 4.56 gears, Detroits f & r, SYE/CV drive shaft, Warn XD9000i, Durango 4x4 front bumper. |
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personally, id go w/ the RE 4.5'' kit. It's just an all around good kit for the money..my buddies have it and theresflexes INCREDIBLE and its also fairly easy to install in about a weekends job. Cant really say for the others but i just switched over to the NEW RE 7.5'' LA kit and the flex comparison between that and the skyjacker i had on before is no comparison. RE is the way to go!!
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Probably rubber bushings. Which is why they have to be replaced so often...
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front and rear track bar and the way the control arms are mounted...dont get me wrong SJ is a good kit but not for the wheelin type...def more for show..this is just my $.2 though
-Vic |
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I took my Jeep to Uwharrie today and the lockers performed flawlessly and the 4.56 gearing was GREAT. I took some lines I could only dream about before.
Also, a friend of mine helped me install an SYE and CV drive shaft yesterday which also worked well. So I am now ready for more lift. Just need to make up my mind which one.
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2004 TJ, 4L, 5Spd, Big Daddy Rocker Guards, Teraflex long arm with 5" springs, 35" MTR's, 4.56 gears, Detroits f & r, SYE/CV drive shaft, Warn XD9000i, Durango 4x4 front bumper. |
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