Well I think one of the problems is, if you do have ESP you cant add lockers I thought????

Having a locker in the rear and a True Trac in the front will not stop you from blowing the front housing, I have both and still blew mine. You don't have to be going fast to get the front tires in the air, just a bump and they're up. Crawling doesn't always get you where you need to go, and sometimes you have to just put your foot in it a little.
When the spinning front tire gets air borne and then drops on a surface where tire suddenly grips is the problem. Droping on a slick surface decreases the chance of breakage since the tire doesn't grip on the slick surface and generally keeps spinning.

Lets face it, our front housing sucks

Not at all(the JK Rubicon has ESP and lockers),my biggest reason for hating ESP and ABS is you first should be able to drive without those techno gizmo's before having them,that's why SUV's got a bad rep for being to easy to roll,poeple don't know how to drive,PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So your saying I could put a couple of ARB's on if I wanted, and the ESP wont matter???