No, that's not quite it either. Like Smiley said, that back is of little or no concern, you can increase the travel back there and not have to limit it. Up front, what I'm saying is it's not the a-arms themselves that will increase travel -- they don't really change the geometry of anything except the alignability (sp?) of the front tires. It's the altered bumpstops that the CALMINI kit includes that will give you ADDITIONAL travel, and that's the concern with the 98+ front-end. If you add additional travel (downtravel, esp) you run the risk of overextending the rack and pinion steering and blowing it out.

In other words, the altered bumpstops the CALMINI kit gives you for the front will allow for additional travel in the front, not limited travel. But that being said, additional travel in the front might not be the thing we really want here...

-Chris