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MARLIN--- Very cool video on an intimidating trail with side out-croppings. However, forget the idea of adding any lockers to the VX because in "LOW RANGE" you already essentially have lockers at all 4 wheels as they are posi-locked in that mode.
Nope! 4 wheel drive does not mean "4" wheel drive. In 4 lo you are in 2 wheel drive. The front dif is "open" and only 1 wheel "drives". To prove this, with the VX in 4 lo jack up 1 front tire...it will spin free while the other is still. The rear is a LSD. It drives 1 wheel until slippage occurs then the cluthes will lock up turning both tires. The rear LSD can be manipulated using the e-brake to act almost like a locker though.
A true locker locks both axles together causing both wheels to spin at the same time.

I spent quite a bit of time with Joe Darlington, he has done the diff drop brackets, crossmembers, bumpers and so on for the VX. This is who Tone worked with for our custom parts, and it looks like I will be the new contact for them. He is a genius at fabrication. Turns out he is 300 miles from me.
Joe is a great sorce of info and fabricator. He has done some great stuff for the Zu community. You can't go wrong working with him. Do a search over on the PlanetIsuzu.com boards and you will find a lot of his handy work.
Another great east coast Zu fab person is Matt at Indy 4X. He has been instramental in the community getting lockers and other big items manufactured for our Zu's.