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Originally posted by Muzikman:
SAS it. It's probably not too out of your price range if you are planning on spending $9k any way.

This will solve the lift problem, locker problem, tire problem and weak front diff problem all at once.

It will also fix your VDC problem as it won't be there any more.

Or, go the route I just took and find a nice used Rubicon for a bit more than you want to spend modding the X and use it as the trail rig.
A Rubicon is impractical for week+ trail camping with a family, but the new stretched/ limited 07 is looking awfully nice.......

Then again a Jeep is boring, everybody drives one. Seeing a 100 Rubicons on the Rubicon is the norm, but a Montero? An Xterra? And the Jeep could not deliver the comfort of the X, will still require lift and tires. So build wise you are only saving a couple of things, like skids and spare tire mount. Of course you do get a Solid Axle.....

I have been a ginny pig for years on the Montero, and would prefer to wait on the challenging SAS.(remember rack and pinon also!) True, 5-7K would get me a SAS, of which almost 2K would be saved with a cheaper lift, but that is still alot of dough, and alot of experimenting for a year old rig. And I would still need the other 5K+ in other stuff anyways.(winch, tires, skids, bumpers) I have to be honest, I do like the stock look as well.

I have excluded a front locker for now as well, since the stock traction control works so well.