i am either going to get richmond gears or motive gears, if i get the motive gears can i still use the richmond install kit that summit sells? thanks, all opinions welcomed.

 

Strange!

 

motive gears!! richmonds have more problems being noisy. also, get the RATECH install kit... great quality.

 

GM "Thunder racing has them"

 

Im runing richmonds in my car, no complaints here. But if your exhaust is quiet, you may wanna go with a different brand, some people cant take the whining noise.

 

im on my 4th rear end off all of them I liked the richmonds the most. they lasted the longest and felt the best...

 

i have richmond gearsand they are the best because they are the hardest metal and they are known for their noise but on my car they dont make any noise just because you have to know how to set them, i had a freind do it and they dont howl at all.

 

i've had motive, richmond and genuine gm 3.73s. the richmonds and motives both whined with the richmonds definately being the worse of the two. the gm gears are dead silent and are well worth the extra money in my opinion.

 

Another vote for Strange Gears.

 

I have a set of Precision Gears and really like them. No whine at all, unlike the Richmond's i had previously.

 

I have GM 3.42's in my Z. They are dead quiet. I have Richmond 3.55's in my LX. They have some whine, but nothing major.

 

dude.. it doesn't really matter.. just get a good name and make sure that which ever bozo you pick to do the gears knows what the hell he's doing

 

I have Richmond 3.73s and love them. Then whine a little but I believe that is because the are cut straighter (sp?) and whine more, but that makes them stronger (much like the M22 rockcrusher)