TJ: Reviving the TJ: Phase 1 - Lift and Protect

[Kaffa]

Lift Kit / Suspension
Savvy/Currie 3" Lift
Progressive Springs: 3" Progressive Springs [maybe 4" ?-- ultimately building 33" w/ tummy tuck]
Rear Trac-Bar: No Trac-Bar,TJ Relocation Bracket
Aluminum Control Arms: Aluminum Control Arms
Front ANTIROCK Sway Bar: No ANTIROCK, Equip JKS Disconnects
Extended Brake Lines: Stainless Steel Brake Lines
Front Trac-Bar: NO Adjustable Front Trac-Bar, Already Equipped

Wheels (5x4.5, 3.5" backspacing, 15x8") -- currently running 32x12.5 tires on stock wheel with some rubbing... 3.75"BS to resolve that..
Steel Series 51, 15x8 with 5 on 4.5 Bolt Pattern (cheapest @ ~$45/wheel.. considering alloy @ 2x-3x the cost per wheel $100-150)

SYE Kit
Teraflex TJ 231 Extreme Short Shaft Kit (shortest... an extra degree or two for the driveshaft?)

Driveshaft
Tom Woods most excellent shaft, dude.

Oil Pan Skid Plate -- oil pan is still scarred but functional from this TJ's previous life playing on the rocks
Nth Degree Mobility Oil Pan Skid Plate

Steering Box Skid Plate -- haven't hit it yet *knock on wood*
Rugged Ridge Steering Box Skid Plate (cheapest @ $46 bucks shipped.. alternatives welcome but they all look to be about the same design.)

and potentially.....
Trail Cage
PSC Trail Cage+PSC Heavy Duty Header Bar Upgrade
or
Essentially Off Road Trail Cage



Saving some change for tools / unexpected parts that I'll need to get the job done. What y'all think? Any vendors that I might want to check out or should I pull the trigger already and start slapping this crap on?

[Trailabite]

I have a steering box skid plate for $25 if your interested.

[Kaffa]

I have a steering box skid plate for $25 if your interested.

Definitely interested!! I'll shoot you a PM, perhaps we can coordinate to meet up at the Long Beach Jeep event in a few weeks to avoid dealing with shipping.. Thanks a bunch!!

[Trailabite]

Definitely interested!! I'll shoot you a PM, perhaps we can coordinate to meet up at the Long Beach Jeep event in a few weeks to avoid dealing with shipping.. Thanks a bunch!!

Works for me, I already have the event in my calendar.

[Tumbleweed13]

I did the PSC trail cage+ HD header bars. Great product. cage went together easy. fitment was great. No real modifying, just grinding the ends for better welds. I would recommend.

[Kaffa]

I did the PSC trail cage+ HD header bars. Great product. cage went together easy. fitment was great. No real modifying, just grinding the ends for better welds. I would recommend.

It is their full cage offering, but this is ultimately the reason that I'm leaning towards the PSC trail cage:
http://i.imgur.com/yZFkGzh.jpg
http://imgur.com/a/aK5pw#0
original source+discussion[reddit]:http://www.reddit.com/r/Jeep/comment...0_cliff_twice/
So even though not the same cage, with two 100ft falls and the thing is still in-tact. I feel that says *something* about the engineering behind their products.

Fortunately, the only person I personally know with the EOR cage has never had to use it so there's nothing else to compare it to in that way. Thanks for the +1 though on the PSC! I'd be willing to bet both choices are excellent at this point since they've been making them for so long

[Tumbleweed13]

It is their full cage offering, but this is ultimately the reason that I'm leaning towards the PSC trail cage:
http://i.imgur.com/yZFkGzh.jpg
http://imgur.com/a/aK5pw#0
original source+discussion[reddit]:http://www.reddit.com/r/Jeep/comment...0_cliff_twice/
So even though not the same cage, with two 100ft falls and the thing is still in-tact. I feel that says *something* about the engineering behind their products.

Fortunately, the only person I personally know with the EOR cage has never had to use it so there's nothing else to compare it to in that way. Thanks for the +1 though on the PSC! I'd be willing to bet both choices are excellent at this point since they've been making them for so long

Anything put together well, and mounted correctly will do the trick. Easy flops or slow rolls, won't hurt any good cage. Anything serious, a hwy speed crash, or a 100ft roll, is most likely gonna destroy your jeep anyway. As long as the cage does its job, you are alive to toss your smashed jeep, and start a new build.

[Kaffa]

New control arms and springs are in!
MJR Rainbow Cyn Pre-Run.GPX

Still more work to do.... next up is probably the rear axle components.