Doug are you saying you regret the axles and should've stayed on 37s?
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Well, here is a little history lol. I've owned about 20+ Jeeps since 1978.
I built the first one and then bought, enjoyed, and sold for profit the rest until I started crawling on rocks, and then I spent my life savings on them
2000 TJ on 44/8.8 on 35's
2008 JKUR on RockJocks/40s
2009 JKUR on Tons/40s
I wish i had my stock pristine JKUR in the garage on 35s and a 2.5" lift, a MUCH better road car, and a tow pig and trailer with a tough trail rig that I don't need to be concerned with body damage, and has a cage to take the lean scrapes rather than pretty sheet metal, and doesn't weigh 6000#s. I could have a VERY CAPABLE trail rig and a LOT OF $$ in the bank and be happier with my ability to hit the trails.
This sums it up IMHO from doing it wrong a few times... If you want to wheel bad ass, really bad ass, you need less body and weight than a JKU, tires and lift big enough that you don't want to drive it in the wind to KY, suspension that might not love the highway, approach and departure angles that are very custom, and lightweight simple everything.
Everything you do from here to your JK to wheel bigger stuff will make it heavier, more susceptible to damage that will accumulate over time, less on comfy long road trips, and more of a single purpose vehicle. Mine needs more horsepower bad since I have the 3.8 so maybe yours would drive fine on the road with 40s.
If you are going to buy more axles, put them under a comp cut TJ or LJ with some 42 PB's or 43 stickies and go do it all.
Jared undid his JKU, and didn't share what it cost but it had to be some coin to undo the build and body damage, returned it to new, sold parts, and built the ideal LJ trail rig, however his is much prettier than I would have... i just want to get up stuff, all stuff, everywhere.
Without the WORRY. Like Danny going thru The Lions Den. Like that. Boss.