I have SASed my truck, I love it, never regretted it for a minute, wouldn't enjoy another truck without it...

BUT...

You can do a boatload of wheeling with IFS and 31s-32s-33s, with few if any breakdowns, and it will make you a better driver to boot. For $3K, you are not going to get a SAS worth having. On the other hand, you can build a decent IFS rig for that budget, that will get you over 90% of the roads open to us. And, it will get you to work.

As stated, depends on what you want to do with it.

-Bill
'87 4Runner w/ '96 5VZ-FE, 'Red Chili II'
'97 Taco XtraCab 3RZ-FE, 'BlackBean'
TLCA # 13257, Rising Sun 4x4 Club Land Use Coordinator
"He who stops being better stops being good." -Oliver Cromwell