Friggin BigJim ia walking wealth of knowledge on fords I would say.. Ok Im swaping out the 35c from my 99 TJ and was going to do D44...but they are expensive so I was going to go with a ford 8.8 if its not to damn difficult....so If I understood you right....Exploders have the stronger 8.8 due to the diameter of the axle outer and the more splines....Ok ty and I will check on these to see the cost