I haven’t heard of this problem…local shops does a couple each week and many JLs and JTs over the years. Except for the FAD being a weak point, I feel like they were trying to sell you axles. On the flip side, metal cloak makes reinforcement brackets because there are places on the jeep that...
I love my 285/75/17 BFGs. I don’t think you can wrong. My lift is in my signature. I cruise all day long in 8th and still get 16-17 mpg. I do see 7th a bit quicker in hills.
I would not have left Poughkeepsie Gulch off your list of Colorado Trails, since it’s right by those other trails.
Another Colorado Trail that I am partial to is HalfMoon Gulch out of Leadville, so it is even higher and probably cooler. The Champion Mine is really cool. There is a lot of...