i went up to get a quote for a rear lock-rite installed today from a local 4wheeling shop. (carolina rock shop) for anyone in the charlotte area. they quoted me at 250 for parts, and about 180ish for labor, plus maybe some freight. he told me max it would be around 480ish. to me this sounded a bit steep. any ideas? i thought it was a little cheaper than that...i guess not... :cry:

 

do it yourself man it seriously takes like 3 hours max from parking to driving out of the garage...it isn't that hard either and will save ya some cash. go to 4x4qire and use thier instructions with pictures and follow em, they make life easy

 

wow. Do the install yourself. these things are SUPER easy to install. I'm 3 hours away, but I'd take like 50 bucks to throw one in and you'd be in and out in under an hour. I would also look at the Aussie Locker. Basically the same thing, but from what I hear cheaper and stronger....

 

no aussie out yet

 

really? no v6 8" Aussie? Well then...

 

hey 50 bucks, ill drive down man. just gime a saturday youre free, and ill come down. i have read those instructions, and they are very detailed, but i just dont want to do it. let me know when you can do it. i can go ahead and buy the lock-rite then. thanks man

 

You need a new avatar Dave!

I've heard those things are easy to install. A buddy of mine put one in one evening after work and said it was really easy.

 

yea thats what i hear too. ive got a buddy here in charlotte that said hell do it for free. i just ordered it (lock-rite) from rubicon4x4. they were having a promotion with free shipping on orders over 200. so i just got a lockrite shipped to me for 226 and ive found someone to throw it in for free. cant wait to get out on the trails with it!

 

so did the locker get installed?.. how did it work out for you? UPDATE!! =)

 

if you can change your brakes then you can install a lunchbox locker!

 

locker was installed! i love it. the difference off road is night and day. im finding im doing things in 2wd that i couldnt do in 4lo. the street manners arent too bad. the only thing thats really a difference is when i leave for school in the morning, i always seem to "chirp" the tires or whatever. other than that, driving on the street is the same...and that clicking noise, but its nice to hear that, cuz i know its there.

btw-i ended up having carolina rock shop install it. good thing i did...turns out my carrier and pinion bearings were absolutely shot. he said another 2 or so months, and i would be having loads and loads of problems.