LMAO. That's a pretty big stretch man. The reason these threads eventually get closed has nothing to do with clutter and everything to do with not following the rules. We could BS in a friendly fashion all day long and this thread could be a place to do that. That probably won't happen though. You know, with the internet dickwad theory and all. More on that later.
As far as new people trying to find good info that's why the search function is there. Now let's say someone searched for "3rd gen power steering BS". Maybe, just maybe, this thread comes up in the tenth page of that search. I don't know about you but I never make it past page three in any website or Google searches I've ever done. So if random newb ends up here truly looking for answers he's probably not gonna be smart enough to fix his issue anyway.
So far we've all managed to keep it civil but the only BS'ing has been about the thread itself. So to answer your question about my favorite mod to my 97. Tires and rims. I've done a lot of other stuff to it but ground clearance for the type of wheeling I do was the best bang for buck. It was a lot of buck too. MB Motoring 352 17x9 -12 offset paired with Nitto Ridge Grapplers 295/70/17. There a beast of a tire and if you search the site I'm not the only one with that impression. The thread on them here is one of the main reasons I went with them. Now back to my favorite meme of all time: