Marlin is good and you can't go wrong with his stuff.

The difference between Marlin and Alcan is that Marlin and most others build a "one size fits all" spring. In other words, they basically build one type of spring and how it performs is going to vary a good bit between a stock weight truck and one that is a fully loaded light duty expedition type rig, like mine, or 4Crawler, for example.

Alcan custom builds springs to your exact specification, including weight, type of driving and type of off roading.
They ask you a long list of questions and you have to visit a scale, before they build your springs, unless you just opt for a generic specification. But they are spendy too. They're a good alternative when you have a really unique rig or requirements, especially wieght requirements.

If your rig is not super overloaded, I don't think you could go wrong with a set of Marlin springs, although I wish he sold 3" springs instead of just 4 and 5 inch lifts.

ARB's OME 2" lift would be something to consider if you decided to just go with 33s.

So when I had orginally posted this I had just bought my new play toy(well not new.but you know). You can check it out over here at http://home.comcast.net/~kotrin515
No I am not a web design person so it's not the best =(

Haven't posted the new pictures, got it running it has new tires to even took care of that nasty little wrinkle on the passenger side. Still haven't decided on springs, but I think i'm going to start with the chevy's in the back and the front marlin's..

So I went out and got some springs, in the process of putting them in over the next few week's when i get some time. I keep reading and seeing that I may have to adjust my steering box. Is this a HAVE to or is it a suggested for durability and strength?