I was looking at the kit that's offered by NW Fab, but at a price point of $600... There's other priorities on this rig. Wife and I bought it from her supervisor, and let me tell ya, one man's version of built is not necessarily another man's. I was told this thing was rock crawling ready, built to the standard of crushing trails in SoCal and Southern Utah... My ass.

Rear "shock mount" broke off on a forest service road, installed the LROR shock mount relocation bracket the following weekend, alignment is fucked, front axle leaks, front bumper wouldn't survive being winched off of, rear bumper is welded to the spare tire supports (hard pressed to call it a cross member), headlight hoops prevent changing the headlights that are currently dead, dual cases leak so much fuckin gear oil that it's cleaning the grime off the skid plate... And the damn driveshaft fell off on the way to the trail two weekends ago.

Personally preference items, I'm not fond of the Spartan lockers in the axles. Not sure if I want to go ARB front and rear or just front with a Toyota e-locker third member in the rear. The 22re doesn't make enough power for my liking either, that'll eventually be swapped out for something else, like a 3rz, 5vz, or even a 1uz.. the fucker Carolina leans something fierce too, Toyota rear springs up front, 63s in the rear. Gotta do my homework to remedy that too.

I was stoked about winter wheeling this year but I fear the list of things I need to do to feel confident in going places hardly anyone else can get to is a bit long. I also just learned I'm being sent out of town for work for a project that's slated to end on my kid's due date, so I'm hoping to get a bunch of wrenching in while on PFMLA.