Great Lakes Extreme Offroad

[danielj903]

I’ve been running the stock 8.8 diff cover since I did my swap over a year ago and it wasn’t long before I peeled the bottom of the cover and got that slow ooze action going. I wanted to get a strong diff cover when I did the swap but for some reason or another I didn’t. Anyway, JP Magazine recently did and article called “The Great Diff Cover Shootout” and I decided that I would definitely buy a cover from one of the manufacturers listed in that article.

Great Lake Extreme Offroad won the shootout and after looking around online at some of the other covers I decided to go with the Great Lake diff cover. Their price was great and they were titled "BULLETPROOF." I bought the 8.8 cover with the extra ring armor. That comes out to ½” around the bolt ring, ¼” cover, and an additional 1/2'” plating over the ring gear. This thing is huge; it weighs 10 or 11 pounds. I know, WAY OVERKILL but at least my diff cover can hold up to the best that the numbered streets in Newport News have to offer and the rocks.

I’ll post more pics once it’s installed.

Link to JP article

http://www.jpmagazine.com/techarticles/drivetrain/154_0708_bulletproof_test/index.html

Great Lake Extreme Offroad

http://www.greatlakeoffroad.com/index.html

[AlxJ64]

Very nice my man.. Yea, I've crushed a few stock 8.8 covers now. I just keep gettin em though. I need to break down and buy a badass cover for mine.. :bang: I'm just too cheap.. Plus it means i have to buy more gear lube,.... :puke:

[danielj903]

I hate buying the gear oil. I don't have any wheeling planned between now and Crozet in October. I'll definately have this thing on by then.


Who'm I kiddin'. I'll have this thing on this weekend.

[ChevyMudTruck]

nice cover .. my friend was telling me about that cover before . . fogot about it but he was over and was showing him he's like yeah that's the guy that sells em on e-bay and has the escavader bucket sitting on me with it lifting the excavader up . .

[ChevyMudTruck]

here's the pic i was refering to
http://i8.ebayimg.com/02/i/02/39/cd/45_1_b.JPG

[AlxJ64]

That has Rubber Tracks.. Thats not an excavator.... :roll:

Thats a Mini-Ex... Come one now Sam... j/k :razz:

But thats still impressive...

Dan at Ruff Stuff Specialties makes his with a 1/2" bolt ring and 3/8" cover plate. He doesn't add the extra guard around the ring gear though, thats just insane beef. :thumb:

[ChevyMudTruck]

That has Rubber Tracks.. Thats not an excavator.... :roll:

Thats a Mini-Ex... Come one now Sam... j/k :razz:

hey it has tracks and a arm with a bucket :razz:

[danielj903]

I forgot to mention, their prices are awesome, $110 shipped is tough to beat. Plus, there are all kinds of add-ons.

[danielj903]

Here it is installed. I can't wait to scuff this thing up. If you are looking for a cover give these guys a call. They are a small shop and everything is made to order. It took about two weeks to get my cover but it was well worth the wait.

[IH8RDS]

Sweet. I have a poision spyder on my 8.8.

[DJEEPER]

the only weakness i see here would be the exposed bolts. on my Dana 30, the bolts have been shaved by boulders which is going to complicate the removal process when it comes time to change my diff oil again.... but other than that... bravo!

[danielj903]

the only weakness i see here would be the exposed bolts. on my Dana 30, the bolts have been shaved by boulders which is going to complicate the removal process when it comes time to change my diff oil again.... but other than that... bravo!

It is an option to order them with counter bored holes and if I had it to do again I'd order that option. In fact, I may drop another order for a D30 cover and I'll definately do the counter bore thing with that one, maybe even tread plating too just cause I think it looks cool.