I can confirm you can do it without unlocking/relocking bootloader because that is exactly what I did.
I followed the steps in my post here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52411661&postcount=23
One other step was to go to the external sd card and delete or rename xzdr.prop file and allow XZDualRecovery to recreate it by rebooting.
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=52436283&postcount=28
Ye if someone would make a guide for this with working links that would be great
Ye if someone would make a guide for this with working links that would be great