Diff Drop Brackets

[Ascinder]

would it be possible to install these brackets on a stock vx? would there be any negative side effects?

No you would never install without a lift. All the effects of doing so would be negative. You lose 2" of ground clearance as Ldub mentioned and your cv angles are now inverted compared to a lift, so you get all of the extra wear and tear of a lift(bad), with worse ground clearance(really bad), and you can't really offroad any better than a minivan now(really really bad). I would buy a set for sure though because they stopped making them before and making your own is very troublesome.

[Joe Darlington]

Hey Guys... I am still making the drop diffs... $199 + $12 shipping and if you also want the new crossmember it runs $99 + $15-$20 shipping. You can email me at darlington-offroad@nc.rr.com if you need a set. If you want a set, I accept PayPal, account is same as email

Joe D

[taylorRichie]

This is really good news!!

I'll be ordering a set and a crossmember, but probably won't be for a month or so... Thanks Joe!!

[tom4bren]

Joe,

Do you have some pix of your bracket - I'd like to compare to the ones I'm having fabricated. I'm also interested in the crossmember drop that you came up with.

Tom

[tom4bren]

Talked to the welder today. He asked for another week to finish the first set. I'll let you know how they turn out.

[JHarris1385]

I still have not installed mine....I got to knock out that and a boot change. I need to also build a cross member drop.

[tom4bren]

I emailed Joe Darlington about his drop brackets. He indicated that his are designed with a 1 1/2 inch drop (concerned with interference with steering linkages or something so didn't go to 2 inch drop). He also needs your old mounts to fab the next set. He gave me a link to where he has some pix but I haven't tried to find them yet. His crossmember drop should work for the 2 inch drop as well but not sure.

[LittleBeast]

.....if you also want the new crossmember it runs $99 + $15-$20 shipping.

Joe D

So this is a new crossmember cut to fit the now lowered diff? This is what I want. I have the extenders on there now that just lower the cross member, but I want the cross member that is cut and then reenforced, is this what you are offering for $100?

[Joe Darlington]

cross member that is cut and then reenforced

[LittleBeast]

cross member that is cut and then reenforced

I am so in on this. Paypal? Shipping is to 77018 :-) thanks a bunch!!!!!

Anyone interested in the diff drop, the instructions are now in the Download section.

Where in the downloads section is it? I couldn't see it. I need a refresher because I need to put new front axle seals, new/used OEM green cups, new/used OEM front driveshaft, and new/used OEM cv shafts in :-) thanks!

[tom4bren]

Where in the downloads section is it? I couldn't see it. I need a refresher because I need to put new front axle seals, new/used OEM green cups, new/used OEM front driveshaft, and new/used OEM cv shafts in :-) thanks!

My bad. It's in the How2 section instead of the DownLoad section:

http://www.vehicross.info/modules.ph...c&daysprune=-1