So the funds to repair my blown front diff and destroyed bumper are about 11 days out. And so here is the plan.... going from 3.21s to 4.88s and rather than just get the different carrier for the front I'm gonna go with an aussie locker. Im thinking that will meet all my offroading needs and probably then some. Got a good quote on that set up from northridge seems like a hood idea, also gonna order the aev hood louver, and a procal. Only thing I'm hung up on is the bumper. As I'm already gonna be over a grand so far I don't wanna drop a lot more just want a stubby with pull points and the potential to upgrayeDD down the road. Any input on any of that would be appreciated.

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You're ok with a front auto-locker on winter roads? You might look at a truetrac instead of a new carrier and a lunchbox.

I went with the Rugged Ridge modular front bumper way back when they first came out. Might be an option.

 

I told shawn at northridge I did not want an auto locker and that I didn't want to die in the winter, he suggested the aussie maybe he misunderstood me?

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After some quick reading don't believe ill use the aussie. Just regear, poison spyder hood (not aev) and bumper

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That would be my guess. The aussie is definitely in the autolocker catagory, it just goes inside the stock carrier instead of being full case like the detroit. In your case, you would be buying a new carrier + the aussie, which puts you close to the cost of the truetrac I suggested (d30 truetrac should be somewhere around $380. Lunchbox + carrier should be somewhere around $320). Next step up would be any of the selectable lockers running around a grand.

And btw, autolockers don't mean you're going to die. They just take more getting used to and aren't for everyone. (I was much happier with a truetrac up front through Colorado winters than the detroit it replaced.)

 

I know I won't die, I just meant I don't want to get used to them in the midst of an idaho snow storm
Thanks for the input ill be giving dave or shawn a call again next week get this shit ordered and get my jeep out of the carport and into the mountains

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