I’ve been wanting to regear since my Jeep was at 90,000 miles. It’s now at 158,000 and still running the stock 3.73’s with its 245/75R16 Duratracs. It’s livable but I am towing more than I used to and want more power.
I’ve decided that since I never have enough money saved up at any given time to be able to regear my Jeep to 4.10 or 4.56, that I would start a “regearing fund.” Eventually, maybe, if hell doesn’t freeze over and the creeks don’t rise, I might have enough to regear. After November I am officially at $40!
Just kidding, I know at that rate it will be almost 10 years before I have what I need. And by then my Jeep will have turned into a pile of iron oxide. I am hoping that I’ll be able to squirrel away a little more here and there and reach the goal more quickly. I am thinking I’ll probably need $2-3,000 for the job, here in the east coast where things are more expensive. I know saving large sums is the same issue many run into when planning for a good quality lift kit like OME or JBA. With my JBA Lift I got parts of it used and filled out what was missing by buying new parts from Marlin. So I never needed to purchase the whole thing all at once. Does anyone have any tips, tricks, or strategies (legal, of course) for building up a lift or regearing fund? Let’s hear how you did it.