Hi everyone. i just found this site after some moderate searching for some trooper tech. i have been going to itog.com for a few years but didnt know there were other site(s). anyways, i have a 4x4 trooper S with a manual trans. it was my wife's DD until she finally bought a new car. so it is now my toy <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> so far it has a waag front grill guard, waag side steps, waag rear bumper guard and waag taillight guards. i know, big mods right? also have a monster K&N cone filter with piping. I plan to raise it 3" and slap some 285/75s on the stockies, then probably go to Rockcrawlers. i spoke with the guy at independent4x and learned much about lifting it. i plan to twist the torsion bars and flip the bjs. out back, i was going to go with ome coils and spacers. ind4x said i should go with 1" spacer and 912 coils to achieve the 3" in the rear...which is a little different from what i found from searching. anywho, i also got the crazy idea in my head to add some air shocks to the trooper when i saw that they sell front mounts (to place rear shocks up front). i did a search on air shocks and read about air springs some of you guys have. i couldnt find a definitive answer so ill ask this: do the airsprings add any lift to the stock coils? in other words, can i be cheap and just get the air springs without having to buy the coils and spacers for $300? or are the air springs not going to accomplish my goal just by themselves... i was also thinking, after viewing some of your guys' pics, that when the vehicle is articulating(?) the body will remain level while the suspension twists all up. im wondering if the big fat tires would come up on one side and rub on the fenders.. are the air springs just an all around bad idea for off roading. i plan to do this with my trooper as i have done some light off roading with it before. i am not concerned with towing or heavy loads.