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Ironically, I never do either. Most of my vehicles I lease and they are given back around 35-40k usually. I ended up buying my Rebel. As soon as that decision was made, I did the trans. Like I said, after seeing what the fluid looked like, what was stuck to the magnets, and even the sludge in...

T-case is for sure a "check" at 30k. However, that "check" is really a drain and fill. Driveline fluids like front and rear diff oil can go till 40-50k from what I understand unless it's extreme duty. I'd personally wait on the gear oil. Also, FWIW, the t-case, front, and rear diff are very...

Interesting. Redline perhaps?

Welcome. Take your time with the mods. They will come with time. Best to save some coin for mods that double as maintenance. For example, my stock Bilsteins are done at 65k and I am putting 5100's in shortly, with Rough Country UCA's.

I think the scary thing about these new vehicles is the misleading info from the factory. First off, the ZF trans they claim is "fill and run for life." Meanwhile, ZF and every manufacturer recommends a pan/filter/fluid change at 50-60k and then thereafter. Which I've done. Now the oil weight...

I'd have this investigated. That's way louder than what you would expect.

Re-quoted this gem of a post just so it's memorialized. Good day sir. There is nothing more I need to say here other than quote your post.

And in the next breath he tells you he's never going to service his trans. I had heard about the Pentosin. I figured for 6 qts for $100 on Amazon of the ZF/Mopar stuff it just made sense to go that route.

The only trans I've ever personally seen last more than 150k was in my father's 2006 Ram 2500 with the cummins. Hardly any towing, AmSoil used from 20k in miles on, heat-sink billet pan with drain and fill at regular intervals. I believe it went out at 200k. Trans shop was blown away by the fact...

You can. But conveniently most warranties only go up to 100k in miles. So if you believe it's fill and run for life? Go for it. A new 8HP is like $5k for the trans alone. I can tell you what came out of mine at 60k along with what was stuck to the magnets in the pan makes me think otherwise...

I'd like to know this as well too being the drain plugs on the ZF trans pans are not supposed to be reusable.

Well the "Mopar Borg Warner" fluid is in fact $45 a quart. It used to be cheaper. The Spirax you shared is in-fact, the t-case fluid for one of them. I cannot remember whether its the AWD/auto t-case or the selectable 4WD t-case. Mopar does list that as the equivalent. But as you said, they...

That's not the correct fluid and its a 55 gallon drum. I believe the Spirax is what they use in the Borg Warner T-cases. Ravenol is the manufacturer of the ZF fluid, based on my research. I could be wrong. There is no easy way around this.

BF KO2s and never look back. Yes they are pricey but going from the Wranglers to them was night and day for me.

I could be wrong, but I don't believe this exists. PPE makes a billet pan with a removable filter. Dorman, I believe, makes a plastic re-pro with removable filter as well. The problem is, to change the filter, you need to remove the pan anyway. The PPE and I think Dorman as well have the...

First off, that looks great. Perfect with the wheels, tires, and stance. This basically solidifies I'll be setting the front to 2" and calling it a day.

So I think it's safe to say I should just set the Bilstein 5100's to the 2" notch and call it a day?

See my post: https://5thgenrams.com/community/threads/best-price-on-an-oem-zf-transmission-pan-and-filter.53264/page-2#post-803380

That's on-par with what you'll see for the transmission. I've done it myself. The pan/filter on it's own is $275 or so. Then the fluid is $26 a qt last I checked. For what they did, it's not a terrible deal. Especially if they did the trans too.

That looks really good. I guess with that being the case, I'll only set the rings in the front to go maybe 2" or so. Also, looking at the instructions, I can't go any higher than that. So looks like 2" it is.