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Really, what is the difference between doing a SAS and completely redesigning the front suspension of a truck that came SFA from the factory?

That is an oft-overlooked issue with "Why didn't I just get a Jeep to begin with?" syndrome, which I will totally admit I suffer from now and then.

Take a 93-ish YJ. Wheezy 4.0L straight six which is plenty good for 35's or so. But the axles are teh sux0r. Can you just swap D44's under there with little to no effort? No - all the same issues of angles and driveshafts and springs all come into play. The only difference being that about 10,000 people have done it before you. You can go the route that everyone else took and follow recipes for upgrades, or you can try to figure it out on your own.

To a certain degree, anyone that does an SAS on an Isuzu is doing the same here: taking little tidbits of other people's projects and incorporating them into their own.

But as the guys on the Harleys that passed me yesterday with the thumbs up can attest to, a beefy, SAS'd Isuzu definitely stands out a little. Probably speaks more to my personality than to my offroad needs.

HTH,

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