It wasn't easy at least for me setting all of it up. It was really my first non-bolt on undertaking for this thing. I also did it on a lift where I used to work when I was in college so cycling, welding, and cutting everything else off was much quicker due to being able to stand underneath. That being said it still took me two full weekends with the help of 3 friends to finish the rear suspension alone.
It also does have the one major compromise of wheel spacers. I'm at around 3" of effective backspacing and I still barely rub the coil at full flex. I always knew when I built this that a wider axle would be in this rig's future so it doesn't bother me. If you had an lj or tank fuel cell in the "bed" maybe you could sink the shock towers past the frame and probably mitigate those problems but it would open another can of worms. I've been running this setup for about a year and a half and am extremely happy with how it does.
I think the jk axles, front c/o setup, tuning the shocks, a rear swaybar, and an atlas would leave me with a very nice wheeling rig that still does fine on the street. Keeping the ability to drive it on the street to trails or work is important to me. Too many people I know got burnt out on rigs that lived on the trailer making moderate trails like the rubicon not as fun. If I lived 30 min from JV I wouldn't waste my time with Jk axles, but its also a budgetary thing too. I also built everything on this round of mods with 37s in mind, so I really shouldn't have to change too much when swapping stuff over.
It solves a couple of problems. Nice adjustable bumps and axle pad.
