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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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Default NEW!! TRD Torque Differential

Anyone know anything about TRD releasing a LSD this November? I saw it listed at trdspakrs, just wondering if anyone else knows anything about it... im very interested. heres the link: http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...&parts_id=1310
would this be a better choice over quaife? cant wait till people test it out for me
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 09:16 AM
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.. it IS Quaife..

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=138189
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 10:19 AM
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projected date 11/30/2006? I think it was a typo...lol....its TRD...itll be released on 11/30/2007 = ]
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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yay! this means toyota isnt going to hog the lsd and keep it to themselves!!
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 01:47 PM
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yay! this means toyota isnt going to hog the lsd and keep it to themselves!!
What?
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 02:10 PM
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^^ cuz trd bought the rights to the quaife lsd
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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well at least they arent charging an insane amnt more!
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 02:11 PM
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so theyre not gonna be keeping it to themselves. thats what i meant
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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Yeah, they just bought it and tacked on some to the price I believe. That part sucks, but it is nice that they are at least offering one under the TRD name.
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by engifineer
Yeah, they just bought it and tacked on some to the price I believe. That part sucks, but it is nice that they are at least offering one under the TRD name.
the part sucks? that company is great.
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jwaggz82
Originally Posted by engifineer
Yeah, they just bought it and tacked on some to the price I believe. That part sucks, but it is nice that they are at least offering one under the TRD name.
the part sucks? that company is great.
I think the antecedent of "part" was the price increase, not the actual differential.
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it's that part of the whole deal.. "that"... where trd bought the rights and is offering it... and in doing so.. able to jack up the prices..

and of course trd isn't keeping it to themselves.. they bought the rights so they could make more money...
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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what does the lsd do? sorry
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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....

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/differential.htm

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Old Oct 7, 2006 | 07:18 PM
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The extra $50-125 the part is going to cost will keep your warranty valid. Sounds like a good deal to me. Also - this is a powertrain part so I would assume it should be covered under my 100k warranty.
Old Oct 7, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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