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Your input on the direction of my YJ

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Hey kids. Do you like Primus?

Wait no.

Ok, as you may or may not know, I drive a 1995 teal YJ known to about 4 people as "The Trojan". It has...

Lift
-SOA w/ RE stock replacement leaves (~5.5" total lift)
-Skyjacker Nitrogen shocks

Drivetrain
-NV3550 ('02 TJ, less than 25k on it)
-SYE with beefy, fully splined tail shaft NV321
-Tom Woods HD CV driveshaft
-Chrysler 8.25 w/ 4.56 gears and EZ locker (ring on gears has a sheared tooth)
-One beefy a$$ Cam-fab traction bar
-stock D30 front w/ 4.56 gears (R&P currently shot)
-"35 MT/R's

Misc
-140a Dodge alternator (reccomend for anyone with a Jeep)
-completely rewired dash
-Bright Box'd headlights
-hard top
-full hard doors

My question to you: what would you do next on a fairly limited budget? Some things to keep in mind: I am very nearly broke, but spend every extra dime on this vehicle, so try to keep the mods within the $300 range; also, this is my DD, if it prevents it from highwaying safely, it's not doable.

Immediately in the running are

-Rhino-line the interior
-rocklights (I already have the holes drilled on the body mounts, just need to buy the lights. I'm so broke)
-rebuild/replace the front (seals, gears, locker)
-replace vaccum disco with solid shaft/cable
-full cage

So what would you do? Most pressing is the front gear set, but should I just replace the R&P or get a loaded case or bypass the middleman and get a locker to replace the spiders? And if a locker, what would have nice road manners? I'd like an ARB, but if a lunchbox will do ok, I'd love to save myself $300.

Things that I think that suck so don't even bother:

-light bars (super-gay)
-bumpers (not gay, but not enough bang:buck ratio)
-boat sides (I'm not that hardcore)
-rock sliders (I'm not buying them and I don't have a welder/materials to make my own, so that's not doable right now)

So, thoughts? Suggestions? Kittens?

--Hardy :D:
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Before the new shoes/springs.

[img=500x375]http://webspace.utexas.edu/majuk/pub/CTCR_033.jpg[/img]
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I know you said you dont think rock sliders are necessary but I think they are one of the most important things to have on the trail. Other then that get a full cage :bigthumb:
Hey jackass, here's a pic of the jeep with the MTRs and springs...the weekend you sploded all the {expletive}. You know...for kicks.



Edit: Remember...gears gears gears. :D:

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Damn, you have any other pics from that weekend?! I've never seen one.

--Hardy :D:
Nope, that's pretty much the only one you can actually see...and not even well at that. Pretty sure once I broke my {expletive}, I just gave up and started drinking heavily
On 2005-12-06 01:29, Chris wrote:
Hey jackass, here's a pic of the jeep with the MTRs and springs...the weekend you sploded all the {expletive}. You know...for kicks.



Edit: Remember...gears gears gears. :D:

haha, i remmeber your dumbass sticking your head out the window while you were spinning all four and getting that wicked "blake" makeup job


EDIT:

the "Blake" picture... just for refference
[img=433x768]http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/3897/dirty26lk.jpg[/img] :kicknuts:
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lol, {expletive} yea, that was FUN.

Almost took down my share of 4-wheelers.

--Hardy :D:
Jesus, I can't believe I was drinking Natty in that picture...ughh
On 2005-12-08 01:56, Chris wrote:
Jesus, I can't believe I was drinking Natty in that picture...ughh

I don't think any of us could taste anything by that point!! Good Times!
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