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ARB
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Riddler
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Teraflex
16
13.22%
Solid
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9.92%
Rancho
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Diff Cover Advice????? What should I get?

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Old 12-10-2010, 11:19 AM
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The Riddler or the poison spiders are the same. I went with the PS because the spider looks cooler than the “R”. They are really thick and smooth, nothing to get hung up on
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Old 12-10-2010, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Tgoods 09 X
Riddler... Not a bad price either.. $99 at Northridge!

hxxp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G5upBGBej0
Beat me to it, that is the video I was going to put up there!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G5upBGBej0
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I picked up the G2's because they came with the G2 gear kit. Haven't put them on yet. Well see. They are aluminum but appear to be solid. I also like the drain plug as well.
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Here's what i found doing my research


This is someone that had a Riddler on their JK.


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I quote "thats Royal purple flowing out the bottom, all the bolts but 2 sheared off, and the bottom of the cover bent out of shape! "


Yes, Riddler has a lifetime warranty....but what does Tommy Boy say about that?



Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.



I am not knocking the product as I have never used it......but I guess it's something to think about.
Old 12-11-2010, 09:15 AM
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lots of clearance with my ARB diffs. I'm using the front JKS trac bar and JKS trac bar bracket. I had to jack up the rear end to get the rear trac bar outta the way so I could install two longer bolts but that only added a few minutes to the install process.
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So I sat down with the wifey to explain that the dealer is going to fix my leaking diff's and it only made sense to replace the covers at the same time......I was fully expecting push back.

She asked how much?? I told her and she responded.......OK no problem!

she thought it was going to be more


Ordering new diff covers today......will be calling Northridge.
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Riddler which I painted
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Originally Posted by Matador
Here's what i found doing my research


This is someone that had a Riddler on their JK.


Attachment 108785

I quote "thats Royal purple flowing out the bottom, all the bolts but 2 sheared off, and the bottom of the cover bent out of shape! "


Yes, Riddler has a lifetime warranty....but what does Tommy Boy say about that?



Tommy: Let's think about this for a sec, Ted. Why would somebody put a guarantee on a box? Hmmm, very interesting.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Go on, I'm listening.
Tommy: Here's the way I see it, Ted. Guy puts a fancy guarantee on a box 'cause he wants you to feel all warm and toasty inside.
Ted Nelson, Customer: Yeah, makes a man feel good.
Tommy: 'Course it does. Why shouldn't it? Ya figure you put that little box under your pillow at night, the Guarantee Fairy might come by and leave a quarter, am I right, Ted?
[chuckles until he sees that Ted is not laughing]
Ted Nelson, Customer: [impatiently] What's your point?
Tommy: The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times.
Ted Nelson, Customer: But why do they put a guarantee on the box?
Tommy: Because they know all they sold ya was a guaranteed piece of shit. That's all it is, isn't it? Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for now, for your customer's sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality product from me.



I am not knocking the product as I have never used it......but I guess it's something to think about.
I'm trying to comprehend the speed required to do this, if this was just crawling, I'd like to think I'd have found a different line. There are Riddlers on my JK, so take this for what it's worth.
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Originally Posted by Matador
So I sat down with the wifey to explain that the dealer is going to fix my leaking diff's and it only made sense to replace the covers at the same time......I was fully expecting push back.

She asked how much?? I told her and she responded.......OK no problem!

she thought it was going to be more

Ordering new diff covers today......will be calling Northridge.
Have you checked with the dealer to see if they'll do this? My dealer would only install their product under warranty, so if I wanted to replace something broken that was under warranty with something different, they could do it.

When I had my jeep in to have new tires, brakes, rotors, etc they said they couldn't do anything except replace it with stock parts even if I paid extra.


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