axel swap question
 

Ok so to start no I didn't use the search button and for 1 reaason :

I'm using my blackkberry, since I have no internet at home no more

So nnext year I want to swap out my whole suspension for either
Toyota 6 bolt or gm 6 bolt solid axel but modified for coil spring and
Not leaf springs

Which spring would give me a ~ 6" lift ?
Which is more reliable gm or toyota ?
Which can take full lockers the best ?
Which is more solid ?
If toyota which year from tacomas ot t100's
If gm which k series is best ?

All this will be custom made at a local offroad fab shop near my house

Thanks for all the info

im not familiar with the toyota axles but i love running the gm 10 bolts just cause parts are everywhere. you can go into any junkyard or craigslist any day and find parts, but i wouldnt run anything more then 33s with lockers with those axles.

as far as which ones are the best... they are pretty much all the same. i believe the 89-91 came with 30 spline axle shafts up front instead of the more common 28spline. i hardly doubt that matters much though.

I've been wondering the same thing on the axle swap. Looking to do a conversion on the front from independent to a solid and same with the back. I myself was looking at just some dana44's for the front. Idk if I need an off center axle or not. I don't have experience with axles at all and this is my first project so I don't exactly know what I should be looking for...

My current idea is a Dana 44 off of a jeep cherokee. Not doing the spring over axle conversion. I want to put on detroit lockers in front and back if possible. Back I'm not sure yet. Was looking at the GM10 bolts. Just haven't followed through yet as I want to do both at the same time. I already know what I want for axle shafts and so forth just not WHICH kind of axle I should throw on. I'm not the richest guy on the block either..

I have a 2001 GMC Jimmy SLE 4dr 4x4. Any help for a nooby would be great.

if you run fullsize gm 10 bolts they are way wider then your truck, mine stick out like 12 inches on each side. the jeep 44s as you stated are a common swap from what i read about s10 sfa conversions. they are more narrower.