[atari4x4]

didn't you flog that KAM locker off to Rusho's coily?

[jimmy91]

MikeyS wrote:

I just went the 4x4 show in brizzy last sunday and ordered a ARB Air locker (because they had a deal buy at the show get a free aircompressor for it) BUT i have now just been told that i could get a Elocker (electrical locker) for half the price what should i do.

ANYONE got Air lockers or E lockers what are better or Pro's and Con's ???

i got a arb air locker in my jimny, makes 4wding so much more fun, will get a front air locker in the future. you can get cheap chinese air lockers around 500 i think....

[Fatzook]

atari4x4 wrote:

didn't you flog that KAM locker off to Rusho's coily?

Not yet. Poor bastard has a house under construction, a 2yr old and a pregnant wife. The coily would be a low priority on the ficsal scale at the moment.

[sam_516]

Someone should start a business in Australia importing all these uk and us parts and stocking them here including spare parts and offer installation to.... Anyone?

[Fatzook]

Here we go again

[Red89]

sam_516 wrote:

Someone should start a business in Australia importing all these uk and us parts and stocking them here including spare parts and offer installation to.... Anyone?

Yep, so people who dont understand how business works can then whinge about them trying to rip everyone off with their 'huge markup' and how you can buy it sooo much cheaper by ordering it direct from the supplier

[sam_516]

You pay for a service but, including after sale service which after reading all different forums seems to be the downfall of ordering overseas

[Fatzook]

sam_516 wrote:

You pay for a service but, including after sale service which after reading all different forums seems to be the downfall of ordering overseas

Problem is, there is NO way for a company to compete on price with the OS manufacturer, when you have to pay all the taxes and duties that individuals are not subject to, pay for warehousing, and hold $XXXXX worth of stock so that your customers can have their parts NOW. Its a nice concept, and may work with some markets, but unfortunately, us suzuki owners are always looking for a bargain, and weighing up a 14day wait (ex-USA) and $1000 invoice against a 3 day wait and $2000 invoice (Ex-Aust.) there is no comparrison.

[shark]

^^So true

[303zuke]

Look, let Sam_516 start up his business and don't be such haters! I'm sure banks would lend him a Gazillion to set it up once they see the stunning business plan he's prepared.

Go, Sam! When are you starting up?

[Gwagensteve]

sam_516 wrote:

You pay for a service but, including after sale service which after reading all different forums seems to be the downfall of ordering overseas

Aftersales service is the downfall of people who try and sell stuff they imported cheap too.

You order in $5K or stuff in from wherever which people are already buying for, lets say $250+shipping themselves.

You get a great deal from the supplier and can sell for $300 shipped to any address in Australia and make $50 an item.

Someone has trouble with the cheap thing they bought from overseas they write it off.

They have trouble with the $300 thing they bought from you, and you have to deal with the angry customer, so you have to cover the cost, so you need some spare items, now you have just chewed into your profit, and now you're fielding calls, don't have time, people are angry, and you're making no money out of it.

Go for your life though.

Steve.

[MikeyS]

I have found a locker what is electric thinkthe Lockrite Locker or the http://www.suzisport.com/shop/ does a locker for jimny

[Fatzook]

Lockrights are auto lockers. They are a mechanical ratchet style locker. You cannot turn them on and off.

[MikeyS]

sorry i just realised lockrite is for a samuri and serria

[MikeyS]

really that sucks

[Fatzook]

Jimny rear and Sammi rear are the same.

[MikeyS]

ooh ok thanks

[top jimny]

I haven't installed an ARB rear air locker to my Jimny yet because i've readed online that the diff leaks quite a bit with them on. Any thoughts on that?

I know some Jeep people that do prefer the electronic Locker. No compressor needed. More simple, they say.

[Gwagensteve]

A properly installed air locker won't leak.

Steve

[jimbo_jones]

Gwagensteve wrote:

A properly installed air locker won't leak.

Steve

very true there are way to many people out here doing it them selfs and wondering why they leak

[shark]

I paid good money to get mine installed and they still leaked.
Learn to do it properly or take it arb themselves .

[DarkHorse]

I got mine installed by an ARB dealership, still leaks.

[atari4x4]

DarkHorse wrote:

I got mine installed by an ARB dealership, still leaks.

was that mitchell bro's 4x4?

mines been in for years & doesn't leak, although i did manage to break the plastic piston somehow... was fitted by a diff guy.

[Red89]

Didnt Monley get his done by ARB as well, and had dramas ?

[DarkHorse]

Yep, so not ARB workshop, but a reseller (at the time.)

[SierraDan]

ARB are just as good a stuffing it up as anyone.

[shark]

Sounds like the moral to this story is a bit of self education and do the job yourself

[303zuke]

SierraDan wrote:

ARB are just as good a stuffing it up as anyone.

No, that's one thing the Chinese are better at!

[droverdave]

When you say they leak, what exactly is leaking?

An air leak or an oil leak?

[tanshi]

air leaks mostly. thus the nick name Airleakers