all right i know this isnt a jeep but you all are such good help i figure ill ask your opions i plain on doing a straight axle swap on my dd and its an s10 blazer and im wondering what your thoughts are for alxe combs front and rear. im trying to keep it narrow so i thought a dana 30 up front but not sure if it will work?/?

 

I would think you would be ok with one, as long as you weren't looking to run really large tires and what not...

 

how are you planning on hanging it?

 

by haning are you meaning if im going to have it leaf sprung?
right now im just interested in it im still reserching about it and i know its gonna be alot of hard work

 

I've seen a few newer toyota tacomas that have straight axle conversions. they come out pretty cool.

 

yea im wanting to do the sas but im debateing with myself casue i know its more durable and i want something that can stand up on the trail and hold its own

 

It's about the same track width..

I've seen many done using a XJ as a donor.

I also know of a father son pair that both have 4 door Blaszers (S10 style) with SAS's done. One used a JK D44 front and coiled it using the stock brackets and the other used a Waggy 44 and did leafs.

Before my buddy's S10 Blazer was foudn to be beyond repair I had been planning a lift with it using a XJ as a donor for the axles and set the lift so I could always use a XJ lift kit down the road.

It's not as hard a job as some think..

 

Ok thanks for the thoughts I've seen a s10 of a different forum he did the sas and ran coils on it and he did a good job on his build

 

Would there be anything special I would need to do to run coils?

 

To run coils you'll need to fab up the coil mounts on the body/frame of the vehicle. and depending on the donor vehicle axles i'm sure you can use the stock axle perches if you do go with the right axle

 

I've seen it done on a Ford Ranger. The coil buckets lined up and used the same size coils as the dana 30, it was sick. They also used a y-link radius arm set-up. It was an easy swap.