Well I've got a lot of possibilities floating around in my head. Thinking about trading in the jeep on a good used truck. If I do that, then I need to go back to stock so that means I'd have some parts for sale. So to get a feeler out there, here is what I'm thinking of selling and at what price. I'd like to know if anyone is interested and throw out some suggestions on prices if I'm off. Remember, this is just a feeler for now (I'm looking at a used v8 ZJ today. If I buy the ZJ the JK has to go and the ZJ will be my new project. Thinking 35s or 38s, homebuilt long arms, and Ford D60/GM 14 bolt axles). I'm selling it to the wife as saving $$ (but really all the $$ I save would go into the new project )

So what I'd think about selling:

1) Front & Rear axles w/4.88s gears $2400.00 (plus your stock D30/D44)
Fr rubicon D44 with custom truss and Johnny Joint UCA mount and teraflex C-gussets and 1/4 thick LCA mounts
Rr non-rubicon D44

2) TeralFlex rock sliders (trimmed 1.5" front & rear for large tire clearance) $250.00 plus your stock
side steps. You would need new hardware for sides, IIRC it's 5 bolts & nut-serts per side. These are well used.

3) Stainless Steel Brake lines for 3-4" lift, set of 4 - $50.00

4) Front stubby winch bumper $250.00
Mopar offroad bumper cut down to a stubby. HD winch mount.

5) Skid Row Engine/Trans skid $200.00 with all mounting hardware
well used but in very good condition

6) 3" lift $450.00
3" full traction HD springs
Rustys ADJ front LCAs w/flex joint, BDS Adj UCAs, and BDS Adj Rear UCAs
Front & Rear bumpstops

7) OR-Fab tire and jerry can carrier $300.00

8 ) Smitty Bilt XRC bumper & tire carrier $400.00

9) Optima yellow top $50.00

10) Blk soft top with tinted window $375.00 or trade in the soft top and sell a slightly damaged
hardtop with tinted windows and hot head headliner for $800 or so.

11) Trail Ready BEADLOCKS $900.00
These are 5 on 135mm wheels, but come with adapters to the 5 on 5" bolt pattern for JKs
These were bare aluminum that are painted hammered black. They'd come with about half a
can of Rustoleum hammered black paint for touch ups.

12) (4) 315/70r17 Firestone Destination MTs $600.00
Two are BRAND NEW & never mounted, the other two have about 40%-50% left

13) Terflex Monster front adj trackbar $150.00

14) Evolution Offroad High Steer kit $175.00
(draglink flip kit and axle side raised trackbar mount and raised swaybar endlink bracket)

I'm caught right now. Getting rough on the kits driving in the Jeep everywhere (sweaty backs and my 9 month old keeps getting heat rash which exacerbates his eczema ). Also, it would be nice to have extra room and not have to wrestle in the carseat everyday. My options right now are:

A) Buy a good used ZJ / XJ and sell off the JK parts and trade in the JK for a lower pmt on a good used truck.
B) Keep the JK and buy an OK used truck cash as a DD and pray that the truck doesnt break down
C) Keep the JK and spend the $$ I have on JK upgrades and make this entire thread pointless

decisions, decisions

So the point of the thread... as John Quinones would ask, "What would you do?"

added a couple more things

sooooo... is the last part a poll? I pick B

I'd say B also. You might want to look into hothead liners to keep the heat down on the JK. There is also a company that makes a rear AC for the JK. But you'd loose your center console.

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I'd say "B" as well. To me, it doesn't make sense to start all over with a ZJ/XJ - either of those don't have too much more room than a JKU right? The only benefit I see is the V8. I'd try the Hotheads, window tint, and a sun visor first.

What about an older Civic/Accord as a DD? Those can go forever.

I might be interested in the OR-Fab tire carrier, depending on condition, if you go with "A". I will eventually get one but was thinking about the new Rotopax version.

I still have to put my 20 month old in the carseat but it isn't too bad. I just lift my 3 year old into the JK and he climbs in to the carseat and buckles himself in. It was annoying with the infant carseat though, which is the phase that I think you are in. I run with the hardtop 100% of the time and the AC with the kidos (wife too!).

Get an auto start alarm and leave the AC on. Start the jeep about five minutes before you go anywhere from inside. Roll the windows up and down.

Thanks for all the responses, you bastages aren't making it any easier for me .

It is a number of factors I'm looking at. But I guess I'm gonna lean towards 'B' and look for a well used $5-7K truck or suburban. I'm not under any time constraints, but I was/am about to pull the trigger on some upgrades and started thinking I could put the $$ towards a cash vehicle and lower my car payment by trading in the jeep. Then have a little more $$ in the pocket/budget to build a trail rig that I'm not still making payments on.

I'm gonna try to sell off some of the extra parts and see where I'm at. I'm looking into getting a 14 bolt rear and start building it up sometime in the fall. Then a front ford D60 (if I can friggin find one without getting my eyes poked out ). Hopefully (yeah "hopefully" by this time next year I'll have both axles built and ready to stick them under something

btw, I got the hot heads headliner and it helped alot. But I ain't dropping about 2 grand on a rear seat A/C unit and the damn jeep takes forever to cool off.

Thanks again for the responses. Guess the jeep will be with me for a while longer. Just didn't want to buy more parts if I was gonna sell /trade it in anytime soon. We'll see.

Yippeeeeeeeee! We won! We won! We kept another Jeep in the family. Great work guys and gals.