I have noticed that the front left ball joint on my 1998 blazer is bad and I am eager to get it fixed but I would like to just replace everything while I am in there doing stuff. I figure if one is going bad the other must be close as well. Is that sound logic? and if it is then what is a good kit that people have used that comes with everything I need to replace and tighten up the front end.

Also I am probably going to lift my blazer 2" with a torsion bar tweek and newly re-arched leafs at the end of the summer. Will I need longer shocks at that point or will the standard size be okay. Because if I dont need to get bigger ones than I will replace those too.

Thanks for any input I am a bit of a newb at this but very mechanically inclined and eager to do stuff myself.