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The Pathy is on it's way. Paid 400 for it and it came with a hardbody I sold for 800 after pulling the motor. $1k in parts roughly. Pics and progress and videos coming soon. I'll be up there at my farm in Oklahoma to finish it for over a week coming up in a few days. the image size thing is wildly small. lol

-- Sterling 10.5's off a 2001 4x4 F250 7.3 k5 8" lift 2.5" leafs all the way around. Stay tuned

The Lokka is doing great. Just as good as the day I installed it. It's taken my rig through some incredibly challenging trails and never really gave me any reason for regret. Having driven HawaIrish's fully air locked rig, my Lokka equipped rig and a stock rig, an airlocker is hands down the best performance for trail use but may not be what everyone needs. A proper line choice, good spotter and quality tires will get an open differential truck through a lot of challenging terrain. The Lokka is the best bang for your buck if you want a huge gain in trail performance on a budget but comes at the cost of a substantial change in the driving requirements and limited street use. When it snows here I use 4WD on the street and highways without issue but that's the only time it sees use on pavement as my hubs stay unlocked and the truck in 2WD the rest of the year Still need to install my super packed LSD. I think HawaIrish set it up for 200-ish ft lbs? When compared to the OEM LSD it should be very nice improvement. It's been shelved with the 4:1 t-case gearset, 4.6 diff gears and my rear disc brake setup. I plan to get those installed for the next trail run in Colorado. Moab trip was a perfect example of where air lockers reign supreme but I'd wager the front Lokka and rear super packed LSD would have done well.

From a technical standpoint, I can’t add anything to the gurus above. To the uninitiated, I can’t emphasize enough how much it matters HOW you drive your truck. I have 2 R50s with the AWD option & I love it for packed snow, sand, dirt, gravel & road travel in wet or snowy weather. I also have a 2018 4Runner & have a bit of buyer’s remorse that it only has part-time 4WD, especially on paved roads with varying traction. In particular, I caution anyone new to all this & used to the LE transmission - drive a Lokka equipped truck before you put one on your truck. There will undoubtedly be a wide variety of opinion but I personally did not like the feel of the Lokka on road at all. It’s an opinion & not shared by all, but I wouldn’t want it on a daily driver or something that saw a lot of road time - it was noticeably stiff & quirky. A dedicated or highly off road truck would be a different situation entirely. I sold my Lokka & found a front ARB locker. That and one of Hawarish’s super-packed rear LSDs are waiting to go on my Pathy. As much fun as the Pathy is, I just spent ~18mo with my QX4 all over Southern OR & Northern Northern California & that rear LSD works great for the vast majority of offroad exploring & camping I usually do. Of course, I’m fortunate to have the ‘02 LSD. Each truck has its pros & cons. It was refreshing to get back into an OEM+ R50 & see just how capable & pleasant it was to drive.