Changing The Diff

[CIJ]

Evening everyone,

Im lookin into changing the is200s diff for the sport one as mine seems to have a very bad whinning coming from it! What i wanna know is it possible, if so what work is involved to change them over??

How much do you think i'll be lookin at to do the job.... or is there anychance of doing it myself??

Cheers Chris

[Rob]

it is possible, propshaft, driveshafts off

[CIJ]

Ive just had a quote from a breakers for the sport rear diff, of £150 from a car thats done 111000miles, does this sound about right?? They are removing it from the car, but not fitting it to mine :duh:

Cheers Chris

[Rsarin]

i know that they do whine from time to time,especially driving start and stop in traffic,but it may be goners.How about an aftermarket kaaz one,i beleive that it wont be too different from the one you have already,but perhaps a stronger peice of kit?

[CIJ]

And how much will a Kaas one cost?? Im only wanting the one from the sport because it has the LSD and me only having the 's' model i dont have that!!

[Rsarin]

yeah the kaaz one is £500,you may be better off getting the used one,as people complain of alot of noise from the kaaz one,and i cant remember any noises coming from the one attatched to the factory fitted sport.The lsd in the sport works well,when pushing hard.

[CIJ]

Quick question.......does the limited edition is200 come with the same Diff as the sport, or is it different again??

Chris

[CIJ]

Anyone got any idea?? Does the limited edition have the same diff as the sport??

Cheers

[Fin_IS_200]

Hello mates

Im new one here so lots of stupid questions, and bad english may follow :)

I think the diff's r same but havent got true facts about that.

At least Prolex offers used lsd's for 150£, i might be considering one too unless u guys have something better thoughts ?

[CIJ]

Welcome to LOC, the Diffs from the Limited Edition is just the normal and not a LSD, i know this now cos i bought one!! As for the one Prolex are selling it is the same diff that comes outta the Sport model, if you've got the cash it maybe better to buy one of the Kaas ones??

[Fin_IS_200]

As for the one Prolex are selling it is the same diff that comes outta the Sport model, if you've got the cash it maybe better to buy one of the Kaas ones??

I have to get back to this.

So u mean that better buy Kaaz one, but i didnt understand is there something bad about the one in Sport models, what prolex sells....

Isnt that LSD, and pretty good compared to its price !?

Prolex used LSD

Sorry about my bad understanding...

[CIJ]

Nothing wrong with the Sports one mate, I was just saying if you have the money and have any future modification plans for the car then ive heard the Kaas one is good also!

[Fin_IS_200]

Yea i understood that after my post :D

Ill think i go for a sport lsd because of my budget, just bought the car and going to add only TTE s/c kit for this summer

[Noel]

Nothing wrong with the Sports one mate, I was just saying if you have the money and have any future modification plans for the car then ive heard the Kaas one is good also!

I heard the KAAZ is very noisey.... wouldn't go well with nice quite and refined IS200's, whereas Altezzas are noisey by nature....

[Monster-Mat]

the Kaaz is noisy because its a friction plate LSD, and 2 way in operation whereas the OEM lsd is a Torsen diff

[Rsarin]

does that make it more effective than the regular one used in the sport model?

[Adie]

So is it better to have a Kaaz one or a TRD one?? Or just stick with a normal one out of the sport??

I'm asking as I haven't got one with my S model and I might fit one after my gearbox blows :)