iRonin
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First, I know asking about Ultra4 isn't very JK Forum like, but to me it's related because I see a lot of products that do straddle JK and Ultra4 markets in the arena of Tires and Axles, so I'm coming at this from the angle of trying to understand what it is about that "next level" that brings about variances, or if it's just a "sponsor thing" wherein any number of products could work, the teams themselves just tend to run what pays?
I'll start with the seemingly easier one that to my mind also kind of applies to the JK market: Why is it that rigs are almost entirely fitted with Trail Grapplers and not Mud Grapplers if they go Nitto? In the consumer space, I get that they don't last as long, they're loud, etc.. but they perform amazingly on the trails, and for Ultra4 and other high end trailer-towed Jeeps, certainly noise and cost-effective longevity aren't concerns, so what is it? Compound too soft for high-horsepower light-ups @ koh? Poor high speed performance in the desert sections?
The second curiosity is Axle choice. I love my Dynatracs but you don't see them mentioned much in Ultra4 configs, and then you have Currie which is common across both, and then you have probably the most prominent one I *only* ever hear about in Ultra4, and that's Spidertrax - So all things considered equal as far as running D60 or D80 setups, what causes Spidertrax to be so common in those high end applications, given that their housings really aren't all that expensive at all to fill? Is it just the lack of out-of-box JK bracketing available from something like an Artec that makes them less consumer friendly?
Just curious!
I'll start with the seemingly easier one that to my mind also kind of applies to the JK market: Why is it that rigs are almost entirely fitted with Trail Grapplers and not Mud Grapplers if they go Nitto? In the consumer space, I get that they don't last as long, they're loud, etc.. but they perform amazingly on the trails, and for Ultra4 and other high end trailer-towed Jeeps, certainly noise and cost-effective longevity aren't concerns, so what is it? Compound too soft for high-horsepower light-ups @ koh? Poor high speed performance in the desert sections?
The second curiosity is Axle choice. I love my Dynatracs but you don't see them mentioned much in Ultra4 configs, and then you have Currie which is common across both, and then you have probably the most prominent one I *only* ever hear about in Ultra4, and that's Spidertrax - So all things considered equal as far as running D60 or D80 setups, what causes Spidertrax to be so common in those high end applications, given that their housings really aren't all that expensive at all to fill? Is it just the lack of out-of-box JK bracketing available from something like an Artec that makes them less consumer friendly?
Just curious!
