No worries. I appreciate all the info and it's definitely all useful.

Thanks for the tip, Slicky. Did you mount the springs long end to the front as they come stock, or short end to the front with a custom shackle like 97CargoCrawler? I'm in Sonoma County in Northern California, btw.

Thanks guys, very helpful. My understanding is that stock 16x7 alloys have a 31mm offset. The "Size | Bolt Pattern | Offset/Spacing" for the wheels I'm looking at is 17x8.5 | 6x5.5 | 0/4.75" http://www.methodracewheels.com/collections/street-wheels/products/standard-matte-black . They...

Hey everybody, long time reader, third time poster. This site is fantastic! I'm about to lift my '03 AWD a la Marktanium, Snodrtrider, etc. I have the 3/1 S10 springs from SDTruckSprings.com and six 2" aluminum spacers from SpeedyMetals.com. (BTW, in both cases, shipping was more than parts, bu...

We have very close to the same overall miles re: idler arms. Thanks for the greasing tip. I'm curious why you went with the s10 truck springs (1350#) rather than the s10 Blazer springs (1450#). Not a huge difference, but inquiring minds??? I've never been able to find a rating for my stock 2+1 spri...

photo_van wrote: We have very close to the same overall miles re: idler arms. Thanks for the greasing tip. I'm curious why you went with the s10 truck springs (1350#) rather than the s10 Blazer springs (1450#). Not a huge difference, but inquiring minds??? I've never been able to find a rating for ...