I can get the downey kit for $1050 canadian plus tax ( stupid tax ) ( $1000 US total ) this is the kit including hubs... sounds like a good deal to me... any thoughts???

thanks!
Bob

 

I would go to a salvage yard and get the whole steering knuckle and axleshafts. This way you can bolt them in. I can't see it being more than $600.

James

 

not sure about this but ill ask anyways...
do you have an auto locking hub now?
if so, whats the advantage of doing this manual swap?

 

They wanted $800 canadian...... this is only $250 more..... new parts and lifetime on the hubs

 

I have "live hubs" now... my axles are turning all the time....

 

where you gettin this quote from bob? is it local? the downey kit w/o warn hubs here
goes for US$539. with warns (im guessing premiums?) its US$659.

so with the hubs, figure about US$700 shipped to blaine or pt roberts, + taxes/duty and youd be about CDN$1000 or maybe under. That said, id go for the $539 kit and try to find the oem black/grey aisin hubs. apparently theyre stronger, and dont stick out as much. so you might be able to bore out the LC centercap and have it flush...

dunno. either way, its over $1G but youll save at least a couple hundred buying from the US...decisions..decisions.

 

you can get the junkyard swap from http://www.nix99.com/ for about $550

 

he didnt have any kits available a few weeks ago when i was lookin...dunno about recently. they dont seem that easy to come by for some reason *shrug*. so bob...maybe the set you got quoted for $800 isnt such a bad deal after all? was it hubs included? id jump on that...

 

I will have to phone around and see if there are still used parts available locally.......