Calling Jeepers: Need Help with first Purchase

[spqrzilla]

[newracer]

He spent all that money and still has crappy axles. Another rig built to look cool. Lots of money in lockers and gears in axles that you shouldnt run anything over a 31 on.

Actually those are decent axles. Easily handle up to 35s.

[hurley842002]

He spent all that money and still has crappy axles. Another rig built to look cool. Lots of money in lockers and gears in axles that you shouldnt run anything over a 31 on.

Yeah not true, the 8.25 especially is plenty for 33's.

[T-Giv]

Yeah not true, the 8.25 especially is plenty for 33's.

Especially since I have wheeled with the Jeep in that ad....35's are no problem for it and it'll run whatever trail you think are good enough to take it on. If I had the cashola I'd buy that XJ.

[condoor]

if you can drive the dana 35 is a fine axle. 33" or smaller tires.

seeing as the 35 is the stock axle for oh i dont know, about 2.5 million jeeps, staying away from it will be almost impossible

i know plenty of guys who have wheeled the crap out of a dana 35 with no issues, you can brake any axle, i have seen 60s snap going over a 12 inch shelf


best bang for the buck is a cherokee, 1996 and newer are safer, that is when they went to a structural roof, anything older you will want a roll cage if you do ay serious wheeling at all. i know this first hand.

+1 the Cherokee. I think it's one of the best values in a 4x4. If you bump to a 97 or newer model with the 8.25" rear axle you get 29 splines instead of 27 and strength approaching a Dana 44. (Late 96s had 29 spline as well). A cherokee on 31s with a drop in locker like a Spartan will take you lots of places and get your feet wet wheeling until you find out what you really want.

[condoor]

He spent all that money and still has crappy axles. Another rig built to look cool. Lots of money in lockers and gears in axles that you shouldnt run anything over a 31 on.

To the OP:

The Jeep in the linked ad is mine. If you or anyone else has any questions please feel free to PM.

You can save a ton of money buying a built rig. I added up my "mods" Friday and they came to just under 13K, and blue book is somewhere in the 5-6K. That said, I priced my Jeep very high for what it is. My jeep is NOT a "good deal", but it's a solid rig cheaper than you could build the exact similar rig yourself.

Building a 4x4 is not unlike building an AR - there are 100s of different directions you can go. Look at what you want and intend to do with the rig and build from there. A 20" barrel and 10x scope isn't the tool for room clearing, likewise an SBR with red dot isn't a 600 yard champ. Middle St Vrain and Cooney Flats isn't much fun on 40s, but it's a hoot on 31s. I built my rig for the trails I like to do and it's done well. My interests have shifted to two wheels offroad, so I threw an ad up to sell the Jeep.

The internet is full of great information and opinions and, just like with an AR - take it all in with a grain of salt. Most people consider the 8.25" rear axle with 29 spline shafts very similar in strength to a Dana 44. The low pinion Dana 30 found in the 2000 Cherokee, while not as strong as the high pinion 30s found in the SWB Jeeps and -99 Cherokees, is more than adequate for 33s if you wheel with some common sense. If you add alloy shafts to these axles as I did, the general consensus is that they are good for 35s with a light skinny pedal. That said, I still carry spare shafts for front and rear.

Good luck with your purchase - welcome to the addiction.

31s crossing the Golden Crack in Moab -

[tmleadr03]

To the OP:

The Jeep in the linked ad is mine. If you or anyone else has any questions please feel free to PM.

You can save a ton of money buying a built rig. I added up my "mods" Friday and they came to just under 13K, and blue book is somewhere in the 5-6K. That said, I priced my Jeep very high for what it is. My jeep is NOT a "good deal", but it's a solid rig cheaper than you could build the exact similar rig yourself.

Building a 4x4 is not unlike building an AR - there are 100s of different directions you can go. Look at what you want and intend to do with the rig and build from there. A 20" barrel and 10x scope isn't the tool for room clearing, likewise an SBR with red dot isn't a 600 yard champ. Middle St Vrain and Cooney Flats isn't much fun on 40s, but it's a hoot on 31s. I built my rig for the trails I like to do and it's done well. My interests have shifted to two wheels offroad, so I threw an ad up to sell the Jeep.

The internet is full of great information and opinions and, just like with an AR - take it all in with a grain of salt. Most people consider the 8.25" rear axle with 29 spline shafts very similar in strength to a Dana 44. The low pinion Dana 30 found in the 2000 Cherokee, while not as strong as the high pinion 30s found in the SWB Jeeps and -99 Cherokees, is more than adequate for 33s if you wheel with some common sense. If you add alloy shafts to these axles as I did, the general consensus is that they are good for 35s with a light skinny pedal. That said, I still carry spare shafts for front and rear.

Good luck with your purchase - welcome to the addiction.

31s crossing the Golden Crack in Moab -

You forgot to put a price on the thread in expo forums.

[electronman1729]

To the OP:

The Jeep in the linked ad is mine. If you or anyone else has any questions please feel free to PM.

You can save a ton of money buying a built rig. I added up my "mods" Friday and they came to just under 13K, and blue book is somewhere in the 5-6K. That said, I priced my Jeep very high for what it is. My jeep is NOT a "good deal", but it's a solid rig cheaper than you could build the exact similar rig yourself.

Building a 4x4 is not unlike building an AR - there are 100s of different directions you can go. Look at what you want and intend to do with the rig and build from there. A 20" barrel and 10x scope isn't the tool for room clearing, likewise an SBR with red dot isn't a 600 yard champ. Middle St Vrain and Cooney Flats isn't much fun on 40s, but it's a hoot on 31s. I built my rig for the trails I like to do and it's done well. My interests have shifted to two wheels offroad, so I threw an ad up to sell the Jeep.

The internet is full of great information and opinions and, just like with an AR - take it all in with a grain of salt. Most people consider the 8.25" rear axle with 29 spline shafts very similar in strength to a Dana 44. The low pinion Dana 30 found in the 2000 Cherokee, while not as strong as the high pinion 30s found in the SWB Jeeps and -99 Cherokees, is more than adequate for 33s if you wheel with some common sense. If you add alloy shafts to these axles as I did, the general consensus is that they are good for 35s with a light skinny pedal. That said, I still carry spare shafts for front and rear.

Good luck with your purchase - welcome to the addiction.

31s crossing the Golden Crack in Moab -

Thanks for the offer! I think I would like to stick with a wrangler or samurai. (once i learn to drive a stick)

[Firehaus]

How much of an advantage would it be to have a diesel in a wrangler?

http://www.bruiserconversions.com/je...el-conversion/


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[tmleadr03]

How much of an advantage would it be to have a diesel in a wrangler?

http://www.bruiserconversions.com/je...el-conversion/


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Saw a thread on dieseltruckresource.com where the guy did a 4BT in a Wrangler and was getting about 30 on the freeway.