You're going to wear that forklift out JB!
That's actually a good point. There's more bang for the buck available in selectable lockers / Truetracs and appropriate gearing than there is in properly setting up for 33" tires with a TJ. Add in a good tummy tuck to go places and do things.
Yup. Lockers in a Dana 35 with 31" tires are perfectly acceptable. It's advisable to upgrade to the alloy 30 spline shafts for reliability reasons. If you are in there and putting a locker and gears in, doing the axle shaft upgrade is not a big deal. If you put the Trutracs in instead of lockers you'll need to go with 27 spline alloy shafts, but you'll still be just fine. A Super 35 kit in a Dana 35 is overkill for 31's. But it is one less thing to worry about. As a matter of fact a stock Dana 35 will live a long time with 31's and absorb a lot of abuse. Sure, you can break it, but given enough time and effort you can break anything including a Dana 60 or a 14 Bolt.
wow anymore flex and I'd enter your Jeep in the Olympic Gymnastic team
You're very welcome. There's a lot of mild and very capable builds here on the Wrangler TJ Forum to use as models. When you get to the serious planning stage post up your ideas and there will be a lot of helpful advice available.
Not to worry @Chris. I netted out 1-1/2" of lift with the H&R springs, and had to add zero additional bump stop. Most of the people who run the H&R's get about that much lift out of them. You get an additional 1-1/2" of stuff out of those springs and about the same droop as stock. You're actually gaining some overall suspension travel going that way. And it's "balanced" suspension travel vs. the unbalanced suspension travel you get with a lot of other lifts. The stuff approximately equals the droop in other words.
