I've owned Isuzus since 1990. My first was the Spacecab (RWD) pick-up that I had for 10 years. Only problems I had was toasting the head. The aluminum heads are easy to toast if you get to hot, I assume Toyota has the same?

In 1999 I traded it in for a 1999 Rodeo (the 4 door Amigo, or should I say the Amigo is a 2 door Rodeo?) RWD again and still drive it as my daily driver.

For wheelin I bought a 1990 Isuzu regular cab short bed pick-up. Took it on the Rubicon with open/open, 3" lift and 33's. Shouldn't have, but made it through with a lot of new body styling. Still going strong. As for lifts, the IFS can handle 33's safetly, 35's your pushing it.

Aftermarket support for Isuzus are very limited. Most of the stuff for building the 4x4 was through group buy's. These include Tera 5.38 gears, ARB locker for the front 10 bolt, and Tera has some trf case gears (3.07). The diff gears and trf case gears i believe are limited to whats left on the shelf.

I'm not real sure as to what will fit the newer (2nd gen) Isuzus, there is lots of info over at the Isuzu forums.

Depending on what you want to do with the Amigo, Toyota's have a much wider support for aftermarket parts.

I by no means want to discourage you away from Isuzu, we need all the exposure we can get. There are some good suppliers (Joe @ Darlington off-road, Matt @ Independent4x and others).

Yea, I like my Isuzu's <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/baby.gif" alt="" />

Good luck