okay, now that was pretty funny

 

I am always nice Thank-you for your business.

I agree that riddlers are great covers! Very strong.

The point I was making is that shooting diff covers means nothing in the real world. Its fun to see what caliber bullet they will stop but that is about it.

I know because after that article was done we took a bunch of diff covers to the range on shot them and it was a blast!

.223 went through every single one we had! such a small bullet at such high speed. I doubt you will ever find that condition on the trail.

And the excavator is funny. Solid is actually the first one to ever do that. They had it on there website for a while, proves nothing. But it is cool to see.

David

 

But the riddlers are UGLY! Who wants some batman villain takeoff name and logo?

If they were 65 shippedinstead of Solid, I would've bought them.

I was curious how the ARB would've done in the bullet test. I had wanted them, but at $165 each, I lost interest about 2 seconds after I saw the solid sale.

 

who me

 

I went to the dealer because of a very small leak. The dealer recommended also getting an aftermarket cover, and changing to that while doing the repair. Their reasonong was that the diff oil is VERY expensive, and not reusable, and that I wouldn't want to spend the ~$100 twice (1st time to fix the leak, & 2nd to replace the cover).
The question is, what is sooo special about diff oil to cost ~$100?
(I have a Rubicon if that makes a difference).

 

Well I changed my diff fluid myself and used Royal Purple one of the best and most expensive brands at the store. It only costed me about $65-70. Not cheap but not $100.

Does your $100 include the dealer's time and effort or is that strickly the cost of the oil they use? I would guess they are using a cheap brand.

 

You had me until the last part of the sentence. I've seen a few stock diff covers pealed back on rocks - including my own. Any upgrade cover is better than stock (IMO) because most of the upgrades have a thicker edge along the bottom. The only "upgrade" I'd shy away from are chrome and aluminum ones. SOME chrome ones are beefy, but some I've seen are no better than stock. Aluminum probably couldn't take a hit as good as any of the ductile iron or welded steel ones can.

2 cents.

 

Dealer said that was ONLY the oil. Labor in addition to.

 

Your dealer is ripping you off, do it yourself and use the money you save for more diff covers!!

 

x2 Use the following write up and do it yourself:

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...hange-write-up

It is pretty simple. I have no mechanical experience and it was one of the first things I learned.