Budget build: What would you spend 5k on?

[azasjeep]

Id go Japanese off road poser style

5 inch body lift - $200
35 inch tyres $1700
Front and rear lockers and gears - $3000
and some tommo fab flares and bars - $20

it would be the fully sickest jeep ever

[lovemewrangler]

4.56 ratios & install - $1000

4.56 ratios installed 1000bux? where is that from? or does that mean install kit?

[JarrardB]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Should be an interesting thread...

Okay I'm going off full retail pricing here - you could do a lot better

OME 2" Lift Kit for Wrangler - $1200
2" coil spacers - $200
Set of 33x10" Muddies - $1000
Lockright for front locker - $500
Detroit for rear locker - $900
Warn side steps - $500
Rear bar inc tow hitch & carrier - $600
4.56 ratios & install - $1000

Total price $5000

Busted tailshaft....priceless...





Where's the SYE or T/C drop kit?

[Jeff]

I forgot to add $3 for transfer case spacers & steering stops.

lmw - My gears & install costs me this much - did buy the ratios 2nd hand though.

[xjrob]

Originally Posted by lovemewrangler

4.56 ratios installed 1000bux? where is that from? or does that mean install kit?

I paid $320 each front & rear for ring & pinions + $175 each for fitting kits = $990, then paid $300 each end to have fitted by Footo in Brisbane, Hammonds wanted $500 each end to fit.

Was not game to set up ring and pinions myself, will tackle most other things but ring & pinions need to know what you are doing.

Anyhow thats $1,600 fitted for ratios

So Ratios $1600 - 4.11 or 4.56
Rancho 2.5" lift $1307 - with RS5000
Front locker $ 449 - 4wd systems
Steelies x 4 $ 440 - Wooders
32" tyres x 4 $1000

After above comments $20 to fab DIV spacer kit, with 2.5" that should do a while (SYE and driveshaft is going to blow budget)

comes to $4796 + bit of recovery gear and play

[GM JEEP]

old man emu lift kit
secondhand lockers (someone will be doing a diff upgrade pick them up cheaper)
1 inch body lift
secondhand 15x8 wheels and 33 inch tyres
flares
1 inch motor lift (no sye)

I have this set up in my daily driver tj, been wheeling it hard for 2 years.Havent really broke anything,other than normal repairs.33 inch tyres small enough not to put to much strain on the diffs but big enough to still drive the ruts that the patrol drivers make since the diff clearance is still 2 inches better on a tj with 33s than a patrol wiyh 35s.

[Dr P]

I wish I had 5k as a budget