I think black dish with rings matching body. But it may look good having the rings and the dish tan. Either on I think would look good.OK, just to make sure we are on the same page... what I have shown now is a body matching dish. Would you rather have a black dish with the rings painted to match the body? Or do you like the idea of the whole wheel assembly being body color? Or do you just want the dish to be tan and the rings to stay black?
I am still on the fence on whether or not to shave it. I have heard that once you shave it, you pretty much always end up with a leaky diff. which at my apartment wouldn't go over so well. I am also a little reluctant to do it because in the vast majority of shave jobs that are worth doing(in other words shaving off enough to make a difference) they usually sacrifice a lot of the lower bolts which is probably what's causing it to leak. It also presents a weak spot for peeling the cover off, although there are ways to fix that issue. The distance from the centerline of the 14 bolts axle tube to the bottom of the diff is approximately 7". The VX's stock axle centerline to bottom looks to be about 5 1/2". But I am also gaining 2 1/2" of lift from the new wheels ~32" going to ~37", also it looks like on the 14 bolt that there's about a half inch hanging down below the edge of the cover that I could lose without sacrificing anything at all, so really I gain 1 1/2" of clearance over stock. I haven't ever really had any issue running my diff over anything yet, so I don't know, I'm still undecided on that one. As far as covers go, I like the diamond plate, but I think that picture doesn't do it justice. I think I'd like to do the diamond plate with the 1/2" thick mid plating that makes the smooth diff cover picture look so cool. I think if you did a two tone paint job on the cover with the mid plating and bolt ring being one color and the diamond plate being another, it would look awesome. Big bird yellow just wasn't meant to be a diff cover colorAre you going to shave that 14 bolt to prevent it from becoming a rock ancor?
Ohyeah, and I like the smooth cover over the diamond plate!The other options I was considering for covers are these. They are about 1/2 the price and I'm digging the ribs. But, I also think they're only half as cool as the fabbed covers.
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