x 2!!

 

L s d

 

1uzfe swap!!

 

Find a matching set of gears..
Weld the front (because who really needs to spend money for a gearset that only sees activity 10% of the time it's driven)
Buy some cheap 33's..
Buy some steel and fab up some sliders, and a bumper.

 

If you find CHEAP 33's let me know.

 

There WAS a set up north from me for some 33x12.5 BFG A/T's at about 50% tread on some wagon wheels for 200 bucks :/
Post was a month old when i found it.
Check craigslist lol

 

buy a Jeep

 

I had always found an excuse to put off doing gears, but Once I did it. Now I think it is the single most impressive modification anyone could do. Gears with a Spool that is.

 

....dude wtf? lol you cant be serioius. any thousand dollar sheep is gonna be a rust bucket. even if not, you still have a weak and worthless jeep.

lol i would rather piss a grand away on strippers and beer than buy a jeep.

 

Depends on what you want to do. I would say if you're doing any crawling to get a locker, sliders, low-profile t-case crossmember, and high clearance rear bumper for $1k. Tires and gears would be the next $2k, then the next $1k might consider front locker and some gears or front bumper and winch.

If you're doing non-rock wheeling then I would go for lockers F/R and a set of mud tires in like a 31" tire since you wouldn't have the gears to run larger. Next $2k would be gears and bigger tires - if you sell the old tires you might be able to get a mild lift too.

 

Miller 180 welder!
My Miller has saved me THOUSANDS of dollars on my builds. Best purchase I have made!

 

^that's a good one right there. For someone like me though it would cost more than the $1k for a welder since my garage would require a new subpanel in order to run the thing.
Off to buy lotto tickets...

 

dual cases and a locker

 

Actually ill change mine.
If I had a grand id finish up my heep.

 

Wow lots of good ideas on here. i was thinking i would do BJ spacers and diff drop from 4 crawler find a set of 4.88s out a junkyard or donor vehicle and replace the ball joints and tie rod ends etc.. while im at it. then probably add a set of shocks with what i got left over. Cuz mine are basically non-existent.

 

^^ this. Always armour first! I learned that the hard way.

 

My '83 is pretty much stock, but I would like a set of OME springs/shocks to help offset the load of the new plate winch bumper that's going on my truck.

 

With the exception of tires, every thing you see in my sig line was about $1000. But I did get the tires at a ridiculously low cost of like $79 per brand new tire. I bought everything used, except for the t-case gears and the sliders. I was in no rush, so I waited around for great deals on used parts. A lot can be done with not much money.

 

I agree also with the welder. Opens many doors and options you would not have other wise. first task with the welder, build all the armor you need.

 

63inch rear leaf springs
snorkel
and a way to tell the wife "I spent another $1000 on my
truck"..