But how many people have seriously swapped in solid axles on the VX? I have only heard of one or two people possibly doing it and that was just rumor as far as I have read. I know Billy(Triathlete) talks about wanting to do it, and I have heard mention of it being pretty pricey. Before owning a VX I have done little to no offroading, save for getting out into the mountains to go shooting or playing some paintball. My reasons for lifting the extra inch were for tire/fender clearance, and the deeper gears were simply to regain that power loss of the slightly larger wheels. I really don't plan on doing anything even remotely extreme as far as offroading, since I really don't have the skill or inclination to do it anyways. On the original post of this thread, I said something to the effect that I am really just trying to make this lift as reliable and bombproof as possible, and I think that for the envelope I am expecting to use the VX in, it will be just that. A SAS is a little extreme for my intents, and for its steep price I think I could definitely afford any amount of CVs I may have to replace doing the generally more minor offroading that I would ever do. Do you, by chance have any good (pictures) walkthroughs or how-to's on doing this indexing by chance? I just don't want to screw it up if I end up doing it. I think I'll go measure the angles of the A-arms and see what they would potentially be at if I did go the extra inch vs. what they'd be at at just 3", and their lengths too. I do appreciate all the help by the way since it seems I would be running into some pretty serious potential snags if it weren't for the things you guys are bringing to light.