I hope you guys are all doing well, I miss you big crazy bunch, and I do miss my H3.

I hope everyone had an awesome Thanksgiving!

I'm really enjoying owning my Jeep, and it is starting to come together.

I managed to secure a set of wheels and 35" BFG KM2's like new, no street miles, and about 3-4 trail rides on them. I've also got a 6" long arm lift sitting and waiting. The madness begins in two days on Thursday night when we start tearing everything down and putting the lift on!

 

You'll have fun with the Jeep. There is a ton of aftermarket support for building them. I had an '05 Rubicon myself for about 4 years but recently sold it to get an H3.

With the move to 35's, are you going to use the Vanco big brake kit or just upgrading pads and rotors for now? What gear ratio and axleshafts did you settle on? 4.88's are usually the minimum for 35's, but I'd go with 5.13's for best all-around driveability. Do some research on the axleshafts as many of the import allow shafts aren't much better than the stockers. Good luck on the build and post up some pics.

 

I'm going to stick with upgrading pads and rotors for now. I have a 06 Rubicon Unlimited so I'm going to see just how miserable the 4.10 gears are first before I go making any plans or purchases.

 

I ran 33's on the factory 4.10's and it was tolerable on the road. There are plenty of guys running the factory gears with 35's as well.
Unfortunately I had the 4speed auto (which was a crossover DC part) and the OD was virtually useless. I just learned to flip the OD off everytime I got in the rig.

 

I have the six speed manual that showed up in the 06!

 

Careful, too much Jeep talk and Doc will close this thread [sic]
Good to see you're well. How about some pic's ?

 

I promise I'll post some by the end of the weekend, before/after pics for sure!

 

The 6 spd. is much more tolerably of bigger tires with the factory gears.