TortureTested
NAXJA Forum User
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- In my XJ
With a $2k budget to do whatever, my first goal is to be locked front and rear! I have researched doing an axle swap, ive researched locking and gearing my stock axles, then i wanna lift my XJ a few more inches but then i run into an sye and shaft AND THEN my brain melts!!!!!!!
1)With the 8.8 rear swap i have to get it geared and locked or its not worth doing,, but then i have to gear the front and i run out of money to lock the front.
-2) With gearing and locking my stock axles i run into weak points to where i may snap shafts and u joints and i wanna avoid that as much as possible! Then i run into which lockers to get....
--3) Selectable e-locker in the front and a no-slip in the rear is my first option, but this tallys up to a grand in lockers leaving little to finish the job if i wanna gear or lift.
---4) If i go cheaper which is lockrights f & r, i have the $$ to lift her up some more for more articulation on the trails! With lockrights OR an aussie im only spending $500 on f & r lockers!! (no gears tho with this option).
----5) NOW, if i choose lunchbox lockers then should i just straight up buy leaf packs, ($400), or go with AAL's and bastard packs,(which i dont trust too much but saves $$). Rubicon makes 5.5" packs and matching coils that i would love. Those 2 add up to $500,,, so thats a grand in lockers and lift so far. Now i have to spend another $500 in an SYE and CV shaft and labor to install them.
-------If i get help instaling the lunchbox lockers, should i gear as well and create weak axles or should i just lock and lift??
Swap and Lock,, Lock and Gear,, Lock and Lift ???? ????
1)With the 8.8 rear swap i have to get it geared and locked or its not worth doing,, but then i have to gear the front and i run out of money to lock the front.
-2) With gearing and locking my stock axles i run into weak points to where i may snap shafts and u joints and i wanna avoid that as much as possible! Then i run into which lockers to get....
--3) Selectable e-locker in the front and a no-slip in the rear is my first option, but this tallys up to a grand in lockers leaving little to finish the job if i wanna gear or lift.
---4) If i go cheaper which is lockrights f & r, i have the $$ to lift her up some more for more articulation on the trails! With lockrights OR an aussie im only spending $500 on f & r lockers!! (no gears tho with this option).
----5) NOW, if i choose lunchbox lockers then should i just straight up buy leaf packs, ($400), or go with AAL's and bastard packs,(which i dont trust too much but saves $$). Rubicon makes 5.5" packs and matching coils that i would love. Those 2 add up to $500,,, so thats a grand in lockers and lift so far. Now i have to spend another $500 in an SYE and CV shaft and labor to install them.
-------If i get help instaling the lunchbox lockers, should i gear as well and create weak axles or should i just lock and lift??
Swap and Lock,, Lock and Gear,, Lock and Lift ???? ????