Thread: Active Rear Diff

Get it fitted, its one of those things Youd rather have and not need than need and not have....

and if its covered under full factory warrenty they cant try to pull the
"it wasnt ment for off road use" line to reject warrenty.. WTF would you fit an active diff to a vehicle that already has excelent traction control if you werent going to use it seriously off road.

Originally Posted by away

I've just picked up the new D3 and at the time, didn't take up the "active rear differential" option - which I assume is a locking diff. On reading the Manufacturer's Warranty info I see that if I have it retro fitted within 21 days of purchasing the vehicle it will be covered under the new car warranty. If I wait and change my mind later, it will only have a 12 month warranty.

I've never owned or driven a vehicle with locking diffs so my question is this: Should I spend the $1000.00 and get it, or give it a miss?

If anyone has driven vehicles with lockers and can shed some light I would be grateful.

I will be towing a 1.75 tonne camper a lot, through all kinds of terrain.

Buy, buy, buy! $1k is cheap locker full stop. And to be honest the D3 being independent suspension all round might struggle in the nasty stuff without a locker IMHO - but I don't own one either.

Just Do It.

The E diff will take it from just Brilliant off road to
unXXXXXXbelievable.
But hey,, dont take my word,,
ask this fella,,
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/member.php?u=9826

I don't know the ins & outs of the D3 acticve rear diff, but I would have thought the $1000 extra would have been for the diff to be fitted on the production line.
I'd imagine it would be a lot dearer to retro fit it.

I didn't think it was able to be retro fitted, although that said I have read about one installed on a coil sprung D3 and changed to activate manually.

LR have always told me (I asked prior to purchasing) that the eDiff is one option that _cannot_ be retro-fitted to the car.

Even if it could, the cost would be prohibitive. The $1000 quoted is for a vehicle off the assembly line. Hence I had to order mine and wait an extra few months for delivery.

There was talk of ARB doing an after-market air locker, but I haven't heard anymore about it. I'd imagine it would be quite a challenging design project.

Cheers,

Gordon

Originally Posted by gghaggis

LR have always told me (I asked prior to purchasing) that the eDiff is one option that _cannot_ be retro-fitted to the car.

Even if it could, the cost would be prohibitive. The $1000 quoted is for a vehicle off the assembly line. Hence I had to order mine and wait an extra few months for delivery.

There was talk of ARB doing an after-market air locker, but I haven't heard anymore about it. I'd imagine it would be quite a challenging design project.

Cheers,

Gordon

I guess that answers it then! Thanks for all of the replies. I suppose I'll just have to do what I always do...assess every situation on its merits and try not to get in the manure in the first place.

Bugger was starting to get excited that the rear diff could be retro fitted as I was led to believe it couldnt be. The only reason I didnt get the rear at the time of purchase is because I knew bugger all about 4bies or what a diff was in the first place, if I had I would have had it fitted. So far though have not had any probs with the e diff, it has come in very handy combined with the TC ( and occasional comments behind me on UHF, like "you cheat" " thats not fair" "how'd you do that" especially with only HP's on )

Regards

Stevo