Buy the 8.8 and front D44. Go sign up for the welding class at Waynesville Tech Academy. Buy a mig welder. Learn to weld and do it in your garage. Or take the brackets, axles, and Jeep over there for the class and see if they will let you fit and weld the brackets on using their equipment and supplies for your class project. I plan on doing this for some bumpers. You could even fab up some trusses in the class too.
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