At this point I don't think it matters what we say.Most likely he is a stubborn teen that thinks he knows it all and is going to do it no matter what we suggest.

Here is what I think,You should have bougt a used tj instead of a new one if you was planning on doing this in the first place. after all your pratically tearing the whole thing down and replacing everything.Or like someone said find an entire fullsize blazer and place the tub on that.

Since most Likely you wont listen anymore,as if you are anyway, I am going to do like my Dad did when I was like that. I am going to sit back let you find out on your own that you made the wrong choice and refuse to help when you beg for it.

Yes The best rigs are built not bought,but at least with the rubi he had a better starting platform, incuding the transfer case which from what i've read is higly sough after due to the ratio. I could be wrong but i think Adv adapt was looking to make one like it. And even if he did change the rubi stuff out he could sell it to someone wanting to upgrade their tj to offset his costs.

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