Part of me wants to say, whatever, I'll just get some rock crawler rims and some used 35s and run that with 3.50s up front, 4.88s rear (no front d-shaft until regeared) and open front, mini spool rear. But the other side of me says just wait til I can afford the ARBs for the front and the rear, and get nice rims and tires. I think the "do it right the first time" side is winning. 
I found a guy who will do my rear gears (make sure they were installed right by the previous guy) and install the ARB for 100 bucks. He's also installing the front 4.88s and ARB for 150. 
Really though, I'd rather pay ATLEAST the 100 for the rear to be checked for proper installation and the ARB installed so that I know it's street AND trail ready. I sure as hell don't wanna ruin some gears by driving it and thinking that the rears were installed correctly. I'm also going to buy the front gears, but I may just install the axles and then save for the ARB and have all of that stuff installed. It just makes it easier to do it now though since that price only works if the front axle is completely stripped down. I guess I'll just wait and see what happens. 
I'm ordering it tonight or tomorrow after work. 
Then, JasonB and I are going to plasma cut some caliper brackets for my 9" and his rear Waggy d44 under the Sami. After that, I'll need brake lines and some minor stuff and this is pretty much good to go. I'm ordering the 4.88s next week from Dejello. Hopefully I can get this thing done so we can all go on a wheeling trip. I'll give you a call when I figure out when it's all happening and let you know where to pick it up at.Oh trust me, so am I. But you've got to realize this was started when I was 17. I'd never even pulled off a drum brake before. My budget was LOW. Now I'm way smarter than I was when I bought the 9" from all of the research I've done. (Or atleast I like to think soFROADER said:j/k bmx. Ready to see it done though.
) Just waiting on $$ and a break from school where I can take my truck out of commission for a couple of weeks.
I checked with NAPA and they said that the rears would cost me 146 for both rears, plus a 132 dollar core charge (since I don't have cores) So that is COMPLETELY out of the question. I am instead buying some 25 dollar ones off of ebay (used, but I'll see if I can rebuild them or something) or a set from a junkyard I found that has them for 50, and it's "grade A". Either way I'll see about rebuilding them. Hopefully I'll have all of that stuff ordered by the beginning of this next week. 
Most likely I'll be using the JB's (aka JasonBstretch said:
). Him and I are helping each other out with stuff and I just got him some rotors (free) for the rear of his and turned them at school for free as well. He's gonna be making some for his Sami when he gets a chance and since he's only 5 minutes from me, I'm going to see if they'll fit my 9" as well. If they do fit, or just need some grinding to fit on there, we'll just make the same ones. If not, I'll just trace out the size and shape I need and we'll just cut it out.
The swap hasn't even started yet. I'm ordering my wheels this week or so. The radius arms are being ordered as soon as the guy on FSB gives me the final price w/ shipping. The coil buckets are being ordered soon, along with the front calipers, and I'm building a rear bumper w/ hitch, back up lights, d-rings, etc, this coming week! Hopefully it'll all happen soon. 
