Hey y’all, I have a 2016 JKU Rubicon with a rubicon express 4.5 inch lift that came with the Jeep. I’ve been slowly upgrading it to metalcloak components. The Rubicon express lift kit came with adjustable upper control arms, but not adjustable lowers. It did have a geometry correction bracket in the front. I’ve just replaced all of those control arms with metalcloak adjustables.

My question is, will there be a benefit to leaving the geometry correction bracket on with the adjustable control arms that I’ve just installed? I do take it at least twice a year on the Rubicon and it does just fine. But I would like to be able to drive it long distance on the highway as well.

I do understand the reason to have geometry correction brackets (ride comfortability) versus the reason to have adjustable control arms only (clearance). I’m just trying to find out if there is a benefit to having both since I already own them and it won’t cost me anything to keep them on. When I installed the adjustable control arms I left them at the same length as the non-adjustables that were on there. I will be getting a four-wheel alignment at my local shop.

As an addendum, I will say that I have tried removing the geometry correction brackets in the front and just leaving the new metalcloak adjustable control arms on there; however, it did appear that the axle did not droop as far as when I had the non-adjustables and the geometry correction bracket.

 

IMO. with that big a lift getting the correct Caster is vital for on highway driving; getting the control arms (whatever you have) as close as possible to level or parallel would be most capable to get to the Caster Specs. Brackets probably assist in articulation travel too.

 

as jay noted, the flatter your control arms are running from the axle to the frame, the better for pavement purposes. the trade off is bit of a loss in ground clearance. if that is not an issue, then you are better served to leave them on.