About to put the hard earned on a LOKKA... any 'issues' people have had ?

[Rumcajs]

Hmh, surprise surprise....

Justice Selway declared that 4WD Systems Pty Ltd had breached section 52 of the Trade Practices Act in that:

it had misled a franchisee in relation to the time it would take to supply goods;
it had misled a different franchisee as to the time it would take to supply goods, and as to the quality of those goods; and
it had misled another franchisee as to quality of goods.

He also declared the company had breached section 53(eb) by making a false representation about the place of origin of a four wheel drive differential lock.

Federal court finds 4wd franchisor misled franchisees

[cgm]

Hmh, surprise surprise....

Thought you'd like that one.

[Clunk]

Hmh, surprise surprise....



Federal court finds 4wd franchisor misled franchisees

although things may or may not have changed since this was done in 2003................ only saying

[megatexture]

Why not send them a email and ask if they are made in aus and if now where they are made. Other than ignoring the email I can't see how they can avoid the answer and with the accc on there back I can't imagine they would try and lie again lol

[cgm]

Well, all this negative stuff got the better of me. Reckon I would probably have done the Spartan, but couldn't get one for my truck. Sort of surprised at myself really as I had the Lokka in Saudi and had no issues at all, but I just didn't want to order and wait and wonder.

I put a deposit down and ordered an ELocker this morning (for my Jackaroo). Local Opposite Lock gave me a good price, just came back and said they had some 15% off or something. Was $150 cheaper than the other price I got. Gonna get it installed by a local driveline guy. I have two diff centres to lower my gearing (which is what started this expensive spending spree) and he'll install both diff centres and put the locker in for the price the others wanted to just install the front locker.

Can't wait to give it a go, but mostly looking forward to getting some normal gearing back. Putting bigger tyres (stock is 29.5 inch, the 265/75/16 are about 31.6. 31.6/29.5=1.071) just killed my low gears, nothing is low. Also on the highway towing anything is just a struggle with any sort of hill or wind in 5th. It has 4.3:1 now, will go to 4.55:1 (4.55/4.3=1.058). Won't quite bring it back to normal, but will be close.

[Agronaught]

I'm probably going a similar route I'm afraid...

[cgm]

I'm probably going a similar route I'm afraid...

I just finally got to that point, "why not it's only money!!". They look good and you see many more positive comments about them than negative, so should be good I think. The main thing that scares me is if the truck gets written off the accessories would be easily worth twice the price insurance would give me for the truck (which would be 2/5 of nothing).

You know you want to ...

[Agronaught]

And you can always make an offer to the insurance company on the wreck. In my case the engine has only done 25000km... Brand spanking new crate motor at a good price, not a rebuild. Possible as the tb48 motor was used in a lot of kit, forklifts etc.

There's half the insurance money right there.

[cgm]

Digging out this old thread for an update. Had to be patient with my installer. Got the locker early December, but he was busy leading up to Christmas and then didn't want to install until all the parts suppliers came back. Took it in a week and a half back, but he got a few other jobs that overran, etc. etc. Took it home again and then put it back in yesterday.

So, got it back today. Everything mechanical is in and the wiring for the Elocker is run back up to the top of the engine bay. He didn't want to muck around with the dash and putting the switch in the "best" spot, so we agreed I'd do that bit myself. Hopefully knock that over on the weekend. Reminder, this is for my Jackaroo and I started because I wanted to change diff ratios. Partly I'll blame this thread and Agronaught (gotta blame someone ) that I then upgraded my intentions and went with the Elocker. Final outcome:

- 2 x diff centres from the wreckers = $660
- Elocker (from Opposite Lock) on a 20% off special = $1400
- Install fees = $518
Total = $2578

The install included new carrier bearings where the locker went in, one pinion seal, a new set of clamps for the CV boots, oil for both diffs, install of locker to front diff and install of both front and rear diffs to the truck. I'm pretty wrapped with the install price and everything looks good so far. He complained about how horrible pulling the front diff with the IFS was Given that, I didn't think he gave me a penalty for it! Originally he quoted me "probably not more than $600". For those in Ballarat area, it was Michael at Driveline Services. Didn't know him before I found him on Google.

Can definitely notice the improvement from the ratio change. Although the cost is probably more than half the price of the truck, it's still in reasonable condition, so reckon it was worth it.

Will get it going on the weekend and then need to find a couple of hills for some testing. Cuppa and I did a small local drive in Enfield a couple of weeks back, might head back to one of those hills.

Happy Camper!

[outback]

The main thing that scares me is if the truck gets written off the accessories would be easily worth twice the price insurance would give me for the truck (which would be 2/5 of nothing).

You know you want to ...

And you can always make an offer to the insurance company on the wreck. In my case the engine has only done 25000km... Brand spanking new crate motor at a good price, not a rebuild. Possible as the tb48 motor was used in a lot of kit, forklifts etc.

There's half the insurance money right there.

cmg: First nice to see you went for the e-locker..

On the other note:
Insurance:

Check on how the Insurance Company does your vehicle insurance.

Mine has an agreed price, which gets devalued each year, funnily enough.

Gave them a ring and started with the value of all accs. Pushed the agreed value way beyond their current value.
They then took full details and changed the value and naturally the insurance price. At least it reflects closer to what its worth to fully replace now.

Check your vehicle. The Insurance companies tend to base their quotes on the base vehicle and its age. Just add a bull bar and tow bar changes that base value.