People have stuffed me around a bit so decided to cut others out :) going to shorten my diff myself.any one have some hot tips? Other then keeping it straight

Hey mate did u try street car fabrications I think they are in Narellan,ive talked to them and the seem pretty genuine.Or maybe JC racing in Botany,thats who is doing mine.

Yeah I'm mates with scf.hes a good bloke.hes pretty booked out.iv got no dramas doing mine looking forward to it and going to save me $1500

yeah keeping it very straight is important, i had mine done professorial but o watched it from start to finish, they sleeved it and made sure it had a V both tubes when butted up, for that strength, what type of diff your shorten?

Made sure it had a V ... what does that mean?

grind a 45 down on both tubes and that creates a V, even you D would understand that :)

I think they are talking about a v for welding.U weld in that v for more penertration of the join.

It's a hilux diff.and yes of course I will chamfer it.only way to make it strong

Thanks. Got it, chamfer for a butt-weld.

* Shorten the axle tubes and weld them
* Get new custom-length axles ($800/pair)
* Drill the axles for the desired wheel bolt pattern
* new bearings for the new axles
* Cut and reweld (or add) spring plates

Datrotor you can go De Dion using Volvo 360 de dion tube and volvo shafts and 300zx brakes then run an R200 they are 7.8 inches and $100 then just worry about shortening cv or axles much easier in every way to source and better setup.