They're one of the worst guards you can get as they reduce your ground clearance. I have spent a lot of time and money increasing the diff clearance. A lot of it would be undone fitting one of those. The only part of the diff you need to protect is the front bowl, not underneath.
May need to improve your line when working the trail. They are one of the better diff guards on the market cause they prevent the front, the under side and the flange/u-joint, not sure how you can beat that.
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Retired service manager, member of Solihull Society, SCLR, NCLR and the Santa Barbara 4Wheelers clubs.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with Detroit,T.T. lockers, 4:11's,H.D. axles, custom ft/rear bumpers with sliders, a 9500 HSI Warn winch and 5 HID's.
Hey, cut him a little slack, he has quite caught up with Elemental, yet!!
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Mike
Retired service manager, member of Solihull Society, SCLR, NCLR and the Santa Barbara 4Wheelers clubs.
99 D2, 3" lift, CDL with Detroit,T.T. lockers, 4:11's,H.D. axles, custom ft/rear bumpers with sliders, a 9500 HSI Warn winch and 5 HID's.
They're one of the worst guards you can get as they reduce your ground clearance. I have spent a lot of time and money increasing the diff clearance. A lot of it would be undone fitting one of those. The only part of the diff you need to protect is the front bowl, not underneath.
lol i lost less than 3/16" of an inch of clearance. and there is no harm in protecting underneath and the flange too. please ian, GTFO of my thread.
lol i lost less than 3/16" of an inch of clearance. and there is no harm in protecting underneath and the flange too. please ian, GTFO of my thread.
here QT rear is installed and the QT plugs.
You should have fitted the front one on the rear as well.
What do you think you are protecting with it going underneath. The metal under there is more than enough to take the full weight of the vehicle without damage.
You should have fitted the front one on the rear as well.
What do you think you are protecting with it going underneath. The metal under there is more than enough to take the full weight of the vehicle without damage.
I know its strong enough Ian, i've already rested my trucks weight on its axles on logs. but why not? my clearance was effected minimally, my rear part of the diff is protected, and the front flange is protected by the skid-plate portion of the guard. that extra bit of metal underneath may never save my ass or it could, but its there, its staying on my truck and that is that. You don't like the design, but its regarded quite highly by many for a bolt on guard and the construction is much cleaner and more substantial than the rover's north diff guard i welded on in the front. The welds are immaculate on the QT and all the lines are as precise as you can get with plate steel.
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