mnkyboy

A complete dana 30 with 3.55s is about $150-$200 and 3.55 geared dana 35s are even less. You could get both axles and swap them in a weekend I could see regearing if you wanted an uncommon gear ratio but your after probably the most common ratio Jeep offered

Can you get a TDI to bolt to the ax5? I don't think the ax5 would do you much good. And I know people talk up the VW tdi but IMO I would not consider putting one in my truck. They rev like they have mud in the crankcase and they eat cams/lifters. They are also an interference engine with a timing belt,which I don't like for something that's gonna be running through mud and water.they are also known for turbo failures They make fairly impressive numbers but in real life a TDI car would be a good race with a 4cyl MJ.

You will have to regear your axles if you want to be able to use 5th gear. I don't see the point though if you plan to do an engine swap,you do know the ax5 used in the diesel trucks is different from a regular ax5 so it won't work if you want to use the XJ diesel. Which would be a waste of time anyway.

My magellan is great. I think you would be ok with magellan,garmin or tom tom. IMO best bang for the buck is in the $150 ish range

The up country XJs are about an inch taller then a std 4x4 xj I would think lift hieghts are based of a basic 4.0l 4x4 XJ as its the most common

MJ/XJ lift springs are the same. Also keep in mind that the rear is higher then the front stock,the rear may be 4" higher then stock but that puts it 5.5"-6" higher then the front

The waggy front end looks awesome and wrong at the same time :cheers:

Here's why you can't use the front bumper for recovery. The bumper uses 3 bolts on each side,one is in the frame and the other two are on the sheet metal tab. So basically you have one bolt holding it on. however if you go further back you will see a hole that is sleeved for mounting a snow plow,if you tie into it you can make a decent recovery point. Kinda like this This is the best way

I really hope your joking on some of that.

I'm at about $2700-$2800 total and a large portion of that is tires

Your doing something wrong if you have $7000 into yours :nuts:

A 2wd pack is not gonna drop it enough to matter. There is only one bracket on each side with the drop brackets,the second piece is a brace that is there to keep the brackets from hanging up on things. Its actually optional some companies don't even include them. Tighter fitting would be nice but really not that important. I do agree that their shipping is very slow. As for their lift,if you bought everything you would have a decent lift. the thing I don't like about it is they only use 3" coils (OME934) then put 2"-3" of pucks on top The RC lift would probably work better but as far as I know RC doesn't make drop brackets for the MJ

My only suggestion is to do lots of research and figure out exactly what you want/need from the lift then find a kit that works for you.

There is a flex thread on here somewhere. IMO you need to get your current suspension set up right before worrying about rear coils,what you have now can't possably flex very well. The RC 4.5" is a good kit for the money but it doesn't perform like a higher end kit. You might get everything right and find that the leaf springs flex better then you think.

You might have too much time on your hands. :cheers:

Run your finger nail across the journal,if you feel anything get it turned. Any ridge and it might not accept new bearings

I guess its time to move. :thumbsup:

You don't need a t case drop. You do need control arms,track bar,brake lines, and shocks. Prices are gonna vary a lot depending on manufacture and design.

Only problem I see is you were just asking about off the shelf longarms so I'm gonna guess you have no experience building something like that. I figure if you could pull this off why not make the front arms too.

Looks like mines about 25" My xj with a 3" is only about 21"

He's asking about control arms,track bar,shocks,brake lines,ect........ You can't just install 6.5" coils

RC 6.5" coils, RC adjustable short arms with custom drop brackets,RRO adj track bar

SOA lift heights vary a bit,but I had to get 6.5" coils to level mine.

Really at that hieght you could run stock arms,if you want better arms and you don't plan to go higher just get some fixed arms for a 3" lift.