It's not that I don't like ABLS (I do) and I adore the street ride of the IFS, but the front diff is so puny.

If Nissan could have kept the same lug pattern, we could be rolling on titan hubs and IFS diffs with maybe shorter X specific half shafts.

this argument aside.. the bronco D44 on coils might be the way to go if you can't afford to keep replacing busted parts up front. Just too bad you can't get it that way from the factory.