i need some help here guys. what would you do if you had $1000 to spend on your jeep? i might be selling a project of mine and i would have around a grand to spend on my tj. the jeep has a dana 44 rear and 30 front with 373s and lockrights, a rough country 4 in lift, quicker discos, rubicon express trac bars, 33x12s, front winch bumper and winch and some cheapo sliders. i also have a set of 35x16 boggers that i would love to see on the jeep! so i need your opinions on what to do next!

Take an angle grinder and get creative with the fenders...that should help clear those 35s. :D

Take an angle grinder and get creative with the fenders...that should help clear those 35s. :D

Yup yup.:smokin:

OBA and a Belly-up...

A super short SYE and a rear CV shaft if you don't have it yet. New chain and 2 low shift kit while your in there. And if you can, scrounge up some more and do a tera-low 4:1 IF you need more gearing

You two have size issues if youi can't clear undersized 35" boggers with 4" of lift and TJ flares. I cleared them with about 2.5-3" on my YJ. Why take and angle grinder to the rig if its not neccesary?


To the OP, Do you have a roll cage? If not thats your next upgrade. Poly performance LA kit, Belly up skid, stak replace a case D300 with a 4:1 kit? You are gonna want deeper gearing with those tires and gears. :p

I find it hard to understand a person who has been wheeling and has to ask others where to spend money for improvements on his rig.

Alloy axles to keep that D30 happy.

Or to go in another route (since safety has been a real good topic lately), you could upgrade your cage, seats, and harnesses

put a cage in it...

Cage or body armor... unless you like the character added by creases and big dents.

Damn, I could spend a grand on my CJ everyday for a month and still find more things to spend money on.

I'm real surprised no one has mentioned that you're gonna want much lower R&P gears to run 35's. ..Hell, I'd want more than 3.73 to run 33's, but if it works for you...

Cost and install will take the better chunk of a grand, easy. Use the rest to buy some cheapo steelies to hold the 35's so you can have two sets of skates!

i forgot to mention that i have the tera lo 4:1 kit and 2 low with sye and d shaft. what about some diy tube fenders? does anyone have any to say about the ones on offroadutopia.com?

Does it have a cage??
If not forget the tube fenders.

cage x2

is there something wrong with the factory cage?

35x16 boggers? Stock up on u-joints and axle shafts

is there something wrong with the factory cage?


Yeah its not enough protection first off. And second its not even technically a roll cage. Ever see what happens to the drivers area when you get into a roll over.

Protect your dome, do fenders later.

is there something wrong with the factory cage?

only if u roll over...

cage, chromo shafts, and spare u joints is my vote

X2 on the cage, but on a side note, i wouldnt spend a dime on the dana 30. id hunt for a dana 44, maybe from a rudi and regear the rear.

Cage!