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Well - My Auto gearbox is all finished, rebuilt bigger and stronger than before with Heavy Duty Kevlar frictions and bands and surfacings etc. and made water proof. It's now ready to be installed this week on a couple of late night wrenching sessions.

But I have a couple of Gorillas ($k) burning a hole in my pocket, and as a Jeep owner does when he has some spare $$$, he starts looking at mods.
BUT - I have so many options, and unsure as to what to do next to make the TJ more capable. Here are some ideas I have had.

1. Upgrade the suspension from OME 2" , by adding contol arms and larger springs and Shocks. (a few extra $ needed)
2. Raise the original springs with 2" spacers, add Control arms and longer shocks.
3. Leave the springs and shocks as is,, as they are a little low but work ok - and get a rear tyre carrier and some rock rails.
4. Upgrade the front axles with the Warn full floater kit.
5. Take the two $K to the casino and double it. Then get long arms.
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buy your next 10 hooker visits in bulk so u can get 11 for the price of 10
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save it till something else breaks
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Good Point! But I would hope my run of bad luck is over.
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You can donate it to a fellow jeeper and make his year by buying him some 7" flares and 35" MTR's

Please???
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Here are your options as I see it.

1. Do the axle upgrade and steal a set of 35's and tell me how it drives to save me wasting my money on the upgrade to find out I should have just changed the axle.

2. Upgrade to RE long arms but keep your shocks and springs and start saving again to upgrade the shocks and springs.

3. If you don't have your ratios done do them.

4. Get a snorkel and a set of 35's (stop pretending you don't want them).

5. Buy the most bomb proof rear wheel carrier you can find and tell me what it's like so I know which one to buy.

6. Don't rule out the hooker option, but I would want a bakers dozen.

7. Upgrade to a Nissan OR Toyota (I only wrote that to get a bite).
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go the warn axle kit first
then gears and lockers
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