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Alright, your woman and my woman are similar. Mine said the same thing. But it was different when I took her wheelin’. She was like, pulse 120, freaking out. I literally had to look her in the eyes and say, “Calm down, girl!” But she wants me to get bigger tires. Ok, I can live with that!

Yeah, my better half has expressed some reservations about anything more than a forestry service road. And to be honest, I'm not sure to just what extent I'm willing to go, myself. Both of my knees are pretty bad, and while rock crawling fascinates me to no end, I doubt I'm agile enough these days to get out and deal with terrain that rugged. I'm just going to have to see where this goes for us, but in the mean time, I get to wrench on the rig and make it right. I've always been happiest in my garage, don'tcha know!
 
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Yeah, my better half has expressed some reservations about anything more than a forestry service road. And to be honest, I'm not sure to just what extent I'm willing to go, myself. Both of my knees are pretty bad, and while rock crawling fascinates me to no end, I doubt I'm agile enough these days to get out and deal with terrain that rugged. I'm just going to have to see where this goes for us, but in the mean time, I get to wrench on the rig and make it right. I've always been happiest in my garage, don'tcha know!
Garage, the last true MAN CAVE!
 
Welcome aboard, @Squatch !

My wife almost insisted that I put the Dana 44 in, rather than just replace the blown rear end with another (decidedly cheaper) Dana 35. You have to love that kind of support!

Yea, for now. Just wait until you really get started on it. She may begin to rethink that support :D

Regarding really getting started, I do have an idea of where I want to go with it. I'm not looking for a monster, just a highly capable rig. I like the idea of an Eaton E-locker, and think that will happen this summer. As I plan on keeping the 3.73 gears it has, I was thinking maybe a 2" suspension lift with an SYE, and 31" tires. Like I said, not a monster. We plan to retire to the Idaho panhandle eventually, and the TJ and her XJ would be ideal vehicles to have around (along with my diesel Dodge, my Gremlin, my '56 Ford, etc.) Hey, I agreed to one wife, not one car!!! :D
 
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Here is my wife airing down on the Jeep run she put on.
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Regarding really getting started, I do have an idea of where I want to go with it. I'm not looking for a monster, just a highly capable rig. I like the idea of an Eaton E-locker, and think that will happen this summer. As I plan on keeping the 3.73 gears it has, I was thinking maybe a 2" suspension lift with an SYE, and 31" tires. Like I said, not a monster. We plan to retire to the Idaho panhandle eventually, and the TJ and her XJ would be ideal vehicles to have around (along with my diesel Dodge, my Gremlin, my '56 Ford, etc.) Hey, I agreed to one wife, not one car!!! :D
Sounds like a solid plan.

My wife doesn't care what I do to mine. She just walks out in the garage and asked, "What are you doing to it now?" :D