[kbarwall]

well with tax time coming around, i am going to take the opertunity to spend a good chunk of the extra cash i will have. Currently my jeeps lift needs a lot of work. I bought it lifted on a 4" skyjacker lift. It has performed great for what I do but I am ready to upgrade to the next level.

My current plan was to upgrade the short arms to the rough country long arm kit, keep the sky jacker springs, mainly because they ride is decent and there is no sagging, upgrade the steering compnents to the v8 ZG components, upgrade the steering gearbox with a durango unit, replace the current POS skyjacker shocks with the bilstein 5100's ( I have has great experience with these on my trucks), add a 1.25" BL and a 1" MML, CV shaft adn SYE so i can get rid of the Transfercase lowering kit. that should take care of most my return. after that I was going to put the rest towards a brake upgrade, then this summer add poison spyder wheels and some new tires along with some other odds and ends.

but for now i want feel back on the suspension plans uncluding steering, and also keep in mind im not a hardcore off roader, just occasional trips and usually my wheels is on someone I knows property, and this jeep gets a good amount of road use also. I just want it to be more capable and a lot safer with hopefully a little better on road ride. This is on a buget as well so i can go out and blow big money on stuff, mainly because I's trying to save for a new 6.7L cummins once i graduate here shortly.

[wrangler2007]

sounds like a good plan...you plan on keeping the 33's?

[kbarwall]

i would like to upgrade to 35's once these tires wear out, the **** cepek tires last forever though atleast they barely show any signs of wear after about 10k on them

[Niceface]

All sounds good to me except the RC control arms. I'd go with something else if your going to spend the money. Adjustable and johnny joints. JKS, Currie, or something more hardcore.

[kbarwall]

after reading through the post on the rough country long arm upgrade, it looks like good quality to me, but i could be wrong, i am still learning a lot of which path to go down for certain products

[slafferty]

Your jeep looks great the way it is, if it were me i'd get some new gears, maybe lockers if you need them??

[kbarwall]

Originally Posted by slafferty

Your jeep looks great the way it is, if it were me i'd get some new gears, maybe lockers if you need them??

thanks, I appreciate that, yea, i def could use gears, and to be honest i forgot about them....whoops, what recomended for 35's

[JeepGuyBrian]

...mainly because I's trying to save for a new 6.7L cummins once i graduate here shortly.

For the Jeep?

[kbarwall]

Originally Posted by JeepGuyBrian

For the Jeep?

maybe haha, yea that and the boat and pure fun of the diesel. I stupidly just sold my 03 which i was very proud of in june, mainly to save money for a house and make it a little easier on me while going to school...but i regret it bigtime, i should have just toughed it out

[robncar]

Originally Posted by kbarwall

...yea, i def could use gears, and to be honest i forgot about them....whoops, what recomended for 35's

With the 6-cylinder, 35's, and the manual trans... 4.88's. If it were me, I'd do the gears first. You'll be fine with those 33's until you move up to the 35's too.

[cmoore]

I wouldnt bother with long arms. Short arms can work very well with 35s (just get some adjustable uppers for your rear to work with the sye kit).

I'm not convinced the durango box is worthwhile at all.

[slafferty]

I'm puttin 4.88's in mine right now. I'm running my 33's for a while till i can afford 35's the right way.

[kbarwall]

Originally Posted by cmoore

I wouldnt bother with long arms. Short arms can work very well with 35s (just get some adjustable uppers for your rear to work with the sye kit).

I'm not convinced the durango box is worthwhile at all.

have you heard bad things? i heard it was a good cheap solution, esp b/c mine is leaking now