Today's goal is met. I got both CVs out, those mecatech boots are garbage. The one that wasn't torn, is already showing signs of cracking. Complete waste of a 125 bucks. I am sticking to generic boots from now on. Much cheaper. Hopefully with the diff drop, I won't have to worry about it anymore.

The CVs look good, I kept greasing them weekly while the boots were torn. I tried to stay out of the mud too..that is harder for me than you would think.
Although I have been running around on 30" ATs, which look ridiculous with the amount of lift I have...but it is peppy and steers a lot better. Didn't notice any kind of braking difference?

I will take the axles into local hobby shop and use their parts cleaner to clean em up all shiny again. I will paint the center parts of the shaft red...to match the axle tube and diff. I plan on POR15 the axle tube and diff, then caliper red the whole thing. I find that caliper paint is pretty good stuff. It handles high temps and grease very well and it dries very quick.

I may grind the diff brackets down and paint those today as well...but probably not, the xbox 360 is calling my name very seductively. Kinect is the best invention ever.
I figure I can be done by Friday, just in time to take the wife shopping and start putting up xmas lights.