I'm in the process of adding a little more storage space to my TJ: A good friend of mine had a LJ tub that he was going to use on an aborted project, so I bought it from him. It was used by a parts supplier to Jeep for testing, and was never primed, painted, or bolted to a frame. I figured since I was starting from scratch I would make a few changes along the way. I decided to strwtch the wheelbase so I would end up with the same overhang as a stock TJ. I ordered Crusher corners from Poison Spyder with the wheel well moved back and cut the wheel wells out on the tub further back. With the extra length I decided to run a doubler between the trans and the transfer case. The doubler uses a stock NV 241 planetary gear giving me a 2.72 to one low range. After thinking about the gearing options I decided a Rubicon 241OR with the 4 to one low would be a great option, non I can run 1 to 1, 2.72 to 1 (Doubler in low TC in High), 4 to 1 (Doubler in high TC in low) or 10.88 to 1 (Doubler and TYC in low) My TJ is already running Rubicon 44s with Alloy axles, 4.88 to one gears, and front lockout hubs. While I'm doing the swap I am also going to swap the 4.0 for a 5.9 Magnum and bolt it to the AX-15 trans. I should end up with plenty of power and gearing options. While the axles are out I am going to sleeve the tubes with a kit I bought and upgrade the brakes to Vancos. The pics below are where I'm at so far...
When I stretched the frame I also cut off the side body mounts and relocated them 1 1/4" higher on the frame as I am running a 1 1/4" BL on my current TJ to clear the flat skidplate. This way I don't need spacers, and the mounts are higher up off the ground. I also welded in Ford shock mounts frenched into the rear frame to outboard mount the rear shocks and raise the lower shock mount above the centerline of the frame for laee things to drag and hang up on
