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  1. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    Eventually I plan to have poison spyder front and rear bumpers and rock sliders. The front bumper I put on from them is quite heavy so I'm sure the rest will be as well. Then a roof rack with a roof top tent so prob atleast 400lbs in add ons and il have 4 people in my jeep as well. So mby...
  2. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    So far i have the poison spyder brawler mid front bumper and i really like the quality so id like to get the rest to match it as well.. Mine had 3.73 gears in it factory. No it is not a Rubicon, I will avoid using it to tow anything from now on it sounds like, and from what u guys are saying...
  3. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    Thanks for your reply, now do u think after adding a few hundred pounds in accessories the factory torque converter will be enough? or for a couple hundred more $$ go to a hd converter? I don't know much at all about transmissions, I just don't want to finally get time off to take a trip from...
  4. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    My biggest hope is not having to replace the trans again lol I know so much factors into that but... I have added a poison spyder front bumper i plan to a rear from them and side rails. They are all pretty heavy stuff and eventually I'm hoping to add a rack on top with a roof tent, then travel...
  5. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    Thanks for responding, so if I just got my factory trans rebuilt local shop says it will cost around 2400. They said they could do a hd torque converter for around 2800. Would that be a good idea to have done? I don't want this issue again and in the next few years would hope to make possibly...
  6. Spivey13

    42RLE transmission rebuild or upgrade?

    I'm new to jeeps i just bought my 2011 jku about 3 month ago it has 99k miles on it now and had 35s when I bought it with nothing else done really to support them. I just re geared to 4.88s. But before I could my torque converter has gone bad. I'm now needing to either rebuild or replace my...