Lift Installed, Alignment?
#1
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Winnipeg, Mb.
Posts: 367
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Lift Installed, Alignment?
Last night (with the help of my buddy) we swapped my JK Sport springs 14/57 to 18/59 and Rubicon springs along with the Pro Comp (Daystar Comfort Lift) 1.75" Spacer lift. Looks like I gained around 3", I forgot to take before measurements
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
#2
JK Super Freak
Last night (with the help of my buddy) we swapped my JK Sport springs 14/57 to 18/59 and Rubicon springs along with the Pro Comp (Daystar Comfort Lift) 1.75" Spacer lift. Looks like I gained around 3", I forgot to take before measurements
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
And yes I would get one.
#3
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Winnipeg, Mb.
Posts: 367
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Lots of shops offer a two wheel alignment in Winnipeg for around $45-$50 and a 4-wheel alignment for $70+
#4
Originally Posted by p1llar
Last night (with the help of my buddy) we swapped my JK Sport springs 14/57 to 18/59 and Rubicon springs along with the Pro Comp (Daystar Comfort Lift) 1.75" Spacer lift. Looks like I gained around 3", I forgot to take before measurements
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
Didn't run into many issues, the ESP light came on after we adjusted the drag link. After a few more tweeks it went off and drives great, no DW or rattles but my steering wheel is slightly off center.
I'm assuming most (if not all) guys do an alignment after adding a lift? Do people do a front end only, or a 4-wheel alignment?
#5
JK Enthusiast
Good to hear you got them installed. Definitely get an alignment and make sure they center your steering wheel. Off center steering sends the wrong message to your traction control system.
#6
Alignments
Anytime, let me repeat again anytime you change or readjust anything that has to do with your suspension, get a realiginment done. It will save you from the heartache later.
#7
JK Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Spring, TX
Posts: 494
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
You should really read the writes up in this forum on how to recenter your steering wheel. WayOfLife did a pretty damn good write-up on a home alignment.
http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...-end-alignment
http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...-end-alignment
Trending Topics
#9
JK Enthusiast
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Winnipeg, Mb.
Posts: 367
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
With regards to the wheel being off center:
We set of the drag link and had the wheel dead centered, we went for a test drive and the traction lights came on. We had to adjust the drag link an 8th of turn and it corrected the traction lights and the car drives good, but the wheel is ever so slightly off.