I didn't mean to put you off ARBs. They are good lockers. My wheeling partner for the last couple of years ran ARBs in his D90. He never had a minutes trouble. However, he was very careful about engaging them every couple of weeks, oiling things properly, keeping a spare airline, fittings, relays, solenoids and switch. He never used them, but he had them.

As I say, I wasn't trying to discourage you, only trying to help you go into your decision with your eyes open. If I had the tolerance for failure, or planned to do serious rock-crawling, they would be high on my list. You are probably going to run a compressor anyway for airing up tires so that is one major part of the equation. And I believe several members here of the XOC are already running ARB lockers. You should find out what their experiences have been as that is the real test.

Whatever you decide, good luck to you. It took me three years to get to lockers on my truck, but it's going to be worth every dime of it and every month that I had to wait.

-P