well here I am , after owning big dodge trucks for years, have gotten sick of gas prices and not fitting in tight spots that jeeps can go into...

everyone around me has a jeep, I wanted something different, soooooooooo

I bought a 1997 Suzuki Sidekick JX, 4 door, man trans, man hubs, 118k on it, runs and looks great.....

Now onto the plans and please feel free to offer any advice you may like to...

First off, this will be a 50/50 vehicle,,, onroad and off.  Here in Wyoming we get quite a bit of snow at times, so yeppers, must be able to get around... Here are my thoughts

31x10.50x15 tires with a few inches of backspacing
2 inch suspension lift, (looking at this one) www.ironmansuspension.com
2 inch body should clear the tire combo I mentioned (don't know where to get this yet)
roof rack for camping gear etc (haven't found one yet)
front and rear rock bumpers, have seen some I liked, made by SHROCKWORKS
Winch (what lb rating would you suggest)
regear the axles (what ratio would you all suggest?)

who knows what else in the future...

have looked around a little here, looks great so far, hope to learn lots
thanks

you have the right idea as far as your lift, but that one company you have linked to is in australia and as far as i know is not distributed in america. if you look down the right side of our home page there are lots of vendors here that have suspension and body lifts availible. some other links also; www.bds-suspension.com  www.boondoxmotorsports.com . because your truck is a hard top you can buy a thule rack or something similar for it and then find a basket attachment for the rack. you might have to do some trimming to the front fender wells to fit 31's but nothing too serious. look for a 15x7 wheel with 2.5 - 3.0 inches of backspacing. your truck should have 5.13 gears in the diff so your only option is for the hard to find 5.83 gear sets. good luck with your new truck!

derek

87? I thought that 89 was the first year.

ahh, typo, I read a little further...97

yeah, my bad on the typo....it's a 97

anyway, thanks for the links, will have to look around some more..

looks like regearing/and power mods are the only way to do it...

must do more research, hmmmmmmmmm

looks like regearing/and power mods are the only way to do it...

must do more research, hmmmmmmmmm

You might not *need* to regear for 31's, at least not right away.

A 6000 or 8000 lb winch is what I see on most zuks, a good way to check, is have a look throught the readers rides thread, and see what everyone had put into their trucks.

http://www.zukiworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=35.0