I too like 3" body lifts. Every lifted Toy I have had had a 3" body lift. It makes pulling the tranny soo much easier and it allowed me to do a 2" drive train lift. The type of lift springs you buy depends on how hard you plan to wheel. I had 3" Genuine something (the cheap 4wheelparts ones) thats what came on it, and they worked pretty good and it drove well on the road. I switched to Marlins 4" which gave me 6" of lift and I discovered what real flex is. With that lift and 3" body lift, axel moved forward 1.5" I was hitting the fenders hard with 35" Pit Bulls. Just trimmed them back to the body mount and havn't tried it yet. Blocks for the rear are not prefered but every Toy I have had had 3" blocks too and I never had a problem. I still have 3' blocks now with the Chevy spring swap, shocks mounted in the same position as stock but all of the mounts have been moved. I wheel most of the hard stuff at Tellico and River Rock and have had no problems and my suspension flex is awesome. The cheap springs I had before were much better to drive on the road. The Marlins and Chevy rears are too soft. It leans around corners alot but I have gotten use to it. Ithink it all depends on what you plan to do with it. Sorry so long.