I love it! My son and I have been talking about starting a new Jeep project with a CJ and most likely going to put a 4bt in it as well. We already swapped a 1.9 diesel into an old Ford Ranger for kicks and no matter what we did, we just could not get it to put out the power we wanted. However, that sucker is still going a couple years and who knows how many miles since we sold it. I see it around town...but I digress. You mentioned a few wish list/to do list items I wanted to chime in on. That being said, advice is free (I know you didn't ask for any ) and you get what you pay for
First i'll make the qualifying statement, done this particular model before, here is where I went left and should have gone right.
1) Body lift 1'ish inch will do a world of good for tire clearance, no matter what you do suspension lift wise. I didn't at first and ended up flubbing my fenders. This was with 35s on 15s which I simply loved.
2) I run a 10k warn with synthetic line, very mucho expensive. But I ran a 12k badlands on a 1985 full sized bronco (with 100ft of synthetic line i'll never run steel again its not safe) and loved it. If I had to purchase a winch again, it would be a badlands, best bang for my buck. Oh and Harbor Freight sucks for anything you might have to bet your families safety on.
3) I cant say this enough times, for the inside of a vehicle, Rhino Lining bad...a short story to go along with that in an effort to explain. My friend and I did it to his TJ (mentioned above) with the following results:
Day 1) Jeep smelled like fresh chemicals to the point we were forced to drive with the windows down and the back open
Day 3) see day 1
Day 80ish) see day 1 and a new development. apparently the product decided to do two things, peel away from the floor in several areas causing large bubbles and while investigating we noted wear thru and I mean all the way thru where one rests their heels while driving. Hopped in went to Albuquerque, talk to the installers, were told that's not covered and 2 days later, after ripping it all loose had linex do it. That was 5 years ago, its been problem free.
Just some Jeep thoughts, sorry. I get excited when I see a new project Jeep roll in.
And if you want I can give you my sticker guys contact info, he can make you a REMNANTS OF HOPE sticker that would be perfect across the top of that windscreen
David