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Diff Covers - What do you have and do you wish you had something different?

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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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Default Diff Covers - What do you have and do you wish you had something different?

I'm re-gearing and figure I'll change diff covers while they are off - so many to choose from. what do you have and have they taken a rock beating?
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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ARB and nope I wouldn't want anything else. Yes they're pricey but worth it considering what they're protecting...

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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 07:34 PM
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I have poison spyder. They are really solid covers. No lip to catch.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 07:36 PM
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If you want to pay a lot for a name get the ARB's. If you want something indestructible get Ruff Stuff diff covers. 3/8" CNC bent double TIG welded goodness. 1" filler hole so no pump required. Killer stuff. By killer I mean that rocks fear contact with these!
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by wecf
If you want to pay a lot for a name get the ARB's. If you want something indestructible get Ruff Stuff diff covers. 3/8" CNC bent double TIG welded goodness. 1" filler hole so no pump required. Killer stuff. By killer I mean that rocks fear contact with these!
I read about some hanging low, lip to get hung up on? How do these fit?
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by karls10jk
I've got the Mopar Standard Non-Performance covers and I have to say- they seem to hold up really well to the constant punishment of air and water that they see daily. Unfortunately they have a tendency of flaking and getting a gross finish to them and the lip is always catching something.

With my super sweet covers (that I would replace in a heartbeat) I have the LubeLockers, another great investment that I'm actually not being sarcastic about. It took a whole to clean up the RTV from the factory but now it's nothing to pop the cover off and take a looksie at the gears and put it all back together.


I'm not sure if it is still a problem, but there used to be a problem with track bars hitting diff covers.
So LubeLockers can be reused without leaking?
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by wecf
If you want to pay a lot for a name get the ARB's. If you want something indestructible get Ruff Stuff diff covers. 3/8" CNC bent double TIG welded goodness. 1" filler hole so no pump required. Killer stuff. By killer I mean that rocks fear contact with these!
Got mine on sale so they didn't hit the wallet that hard, but the quality and attention to detail is amazing.

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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:27 PM
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I have poison spiders and I love that they are smooth. I have a few scratches on them but everything just slides off. Awesome parts!
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:28 PM
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ARB and plan to do the same on my next jeep.
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Old Aug 21, 2011 | 08:41 PM
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Was going to get Poison Spyder covers, but they were on backorder and my gears were already getting done so I got ARB. I love them and they proved themselves over the weekend.
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