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Originally Posted by MercedesTech
forget custom built. Your talking 3-5k for an axle !!
Buy em used. Don't need em powdercoated, unless you want. I would just have the rebuilt, and painted. You can use a rattle can designed for chasis and frame painting. Good stuff, real tough.
Dana 44's ??? Did you tell him what size tires you want ?? He might be thinking 35-36" tires. Your rear end alone is MUCH stronger then any Dana 44. Maybe Dana 44 with chromo innards, but thats pricey. I would go Dana 60's. 5.38 gears. Source them from a local junk yard. Get out a phone book and start making some calls. Also check craigslist.
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No dana 60s with 5.38 gears and i talked to a custom axle shop and he told me just go out too a junk yard and take out the whole rear axle out of a 250 or 350 and maybe spend a couple hundred in it for gears and whatever needs to be done. Does that sound good?