Originally Posted by
Keithy P38
I'm one of the fence-sitters with castration of a P38's bags. I love them to bits (and am currently lifting mine on bags), but I've also been tempted by those coily things. If you are planning on remote touring it has its advantages, but I'll not be the person to remove bags for coils - not in a heartbeat, and not as an excuse for an issue the suspension may have in a remote place. Once you've gone over the whole system you can have peace of mind for a few years.
As for centre diff lock, as stated above it is viscous. It's not electronic (selecting low range in the transfer case is), but the diff lock is pretty much a soft auto-locker in that it can deliver 50% drive front to rear, mostly under load, but it is not noticeable as with an auto-locker. If it makes you feel better, there are a large amount of people here who use them for hard low range driving and have not been let down. Mine is a pure 4wd, no taxi work, all for touring and tackling the harder tracks I like to explore.
I think you'll fall in love with first drive! It's meant to be!
Cheers
Keithy
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