The idea would be to use some sort of long arm kit with the TJ design in mind. I could use the coil & shock retainer found on the TJ's but still use a long arm system. I would think that a rig with rear leafs and front coils would be a lot better on the trail (flex) and allow for a better ride on the highway. Maybe I'm just stupid and so are all these guys who change out their rear coils in their TJ's for leafs?

I never said I would go to a wrangler axle, nor would I want to. That was someone else's reply. It would be a downgrade. I don't want to move the fuel tank and wouldn't have a lot of room to do so with the kilby skid plate. The idea is simplicity and inexpensive and extending the rear wheel base seems (to me) to be more fab work than I want to do to my rig. I just found that Shaffer Offraod offers a front kit for $700 which is a lot cheaper than what I could fab an extended rear end for.

No the CJ frame isn't a YJ or TJ frame, but it isn't a piece of string cheese either. If set-up properly I see no reason why the frame (in good condition; no dominant rust) wouldn't hold up to a front coil conversion.

Chris