laxman0324

That's Dan...your slipping Slick

Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp - Kid Rock...god i love this song

So i took advantage of the wet roads and drove it in the rain...it is tight! Pretty much any semi aggressive throttle inputs sends you sideways, its great!

enjoy it, as Dan said I think with your uses locked is probably better for you...

Well I figured more than half of the recommended is enough for the short trips I do, so I will check it weekly for a couple of weeks and if its still full then I won't worry about it...even though I have no idea why that would happen...

I also wanted to throw this in: when I refilled the rear diff, it only took maybe 3.5qt to fill it up instead of the factory recommended 5 and 7/8, I have no idea why, but I am driving it for a week and checking to see if for some reason there was an air pocket that needed to be released...

Well first of all I am a college student, so dropping $1k or so on anything is hard to justify, and for my use I probably wouldn't care for it much. Let me explain by telling you how I use my truck. It is almost all on road or gravel road, the most off roading it will see for a couple of years is light trails and some shallow muddy areas, nothing that I would really need a locker, but areas that a tighter LSD would probably make the trip much easier. As far as the review of before after, here it is: On dry road, turning onto another road where 3/4 throttle in 2nd gear at 10mph or so would spin the inside tire. With the tighter LSD, 1/2 throttle you can hear that tire skipping that locked diffs make, and at 3/4 throttle you can feel and hear both of the tires grabbing rather than spinning the inside tire. Those type of situations are probably the only I will notice a benefit to the tighter LSD on dry pavement. On a little dirt road by my house there is a little mound of dirt that I have the clearance for, but it would lift one of the rear tires and I couldn't make it in 2WD before, it went right up with the tighter LSD in 2wd. It is raining now, so later when I am out of class I will comment on sideways I can get now... Thanks Chris, sometime this summer you will be able to drive it you can tell the difference for yourself... If you want the spare friction plates, I have the a bunch of leftover ones (I can take a pic for you) I can send them to ya for like $20 plus shipping, I will ship all of them that I have. And I remember reading that you were going to do it, and it inspired at least me (who knows what motivates Dan ) to try and mix and match to make it as strong as possible. Thanks for the inspiration I recommend it, I think it was worth what I paid, and gaining the experience of doing another type of modification (diffs ripped apart and what not) was great. Ripping apart the rear gears is not hard, do not be afraid to do it!

Wow Dan, what a great write up...this is very detailed... Let me just say that anyone who wants to do this, don't be afraid, it is really quite simple...I think the hardest parts were taking the time to make sure the gears had all the proper spacing and positioning and the damn springs on the drum brakes that hold the shoes on...otherwise it is a 2 man job but it is really straightforward and nothing very difficult.

of course they will be driveable, they will just look a little funky...btw if you need any help lifting it if your in MD at the time I can help you out, just PM me

Im sure I would love to play them, I will not be purchasing though...if I had to choose PS3 would be the way to go. Ty, did you get the Resident Evil Dualshock Edition with the brand new Dualshock controllers when they first came out? I remember that was a monumental event in my younger days...

I got raped by Eerie when my Accord was stolen and the 1k of parts were stripped...I even had all the receipts! I have a friend with another company that covered all of his stereo equipment AND his gulf clubs in the trunk when his Mustang was stolen...I need to get with that one...

Gran Turismo 2 and Resident Evil 2: Dualshock edition are the best games I have ever played. Playstation of course. Original. I have much better places to spend my money nowadays and better places for my time than games, but I enjoy Rock Band and Guitar Hero. I play some other games on my cousins Xbox 360 with him but I prefer the PS controller.

I have done just under 500 miles at once in my 97, from Bel Air, MD to Lynchburg, VA and back...the 3.3L sucked in the mountains, it needed to rev way too much for me

Here is 31x10.50R15 on the stock wheels with the AC lift...32's will NOT fit without a wheel adapter. I do not have mine installed on this picture...

good to hear your alright man, thanks for letting us know!

I am the same way, the only stickers to ever go on my vehicle are my college and a small ravens sticker, but I will proudly sport an NPORA sticker!

haha my kinda people too... Its great to see we got such a great crowd here, I am truly honored to be a part of such a great group of people. And I will DEFINITELY be keeping my eyes peeled for decals, and I am all for the T shirt idea too

I liked the KC Daylighters I had...driving beam... I am going to get these and put them behind the grill of my 01. Hopefully the Hellas are good...

Looks good man! I am located at UMD in College Park, so I am not too far away...keep us updated

I trust you Dan...we will see what happens this weekend

I was thinking about using one of those removal tools if they were cheap enough, other wise I would rather just drill them out slight larger and tap new holes...so I am 99% sure you can count me in on this

Well other than the fact that I only have 3 bolts still holding my splash guard on, I would love one if I can get them out in a reasonable manner

Dude, noone wants to see a tow truck, get it out of here! and Morpheus, good deal man, definitely post up pics of it...

Rancho RS9000XL. They ride great IMO. If we meet up this summer you can evaluate the ride yourself... And Fueler: the Ranchos fit on both my 97 and my 01 with NO modifications. The 97 just needed a bunch of washers and the 01 needed some taps with a rubber mallet since the bushing was a tight fit, but no drilling or any of that nonsense was necessary on either vehicle...

didnt they do a concert in DC Sunday?