I'm in a confusing situation. I recently put a OME HD lift on my 2010 Jeep and I ran stock 17 inch wheels with 35 inch tires and a 1.5 inch wheel spacer, until my new wheels came in.

The handling was the same as stock until I put on my new wheels. The new wheels are 17x9 with -12 offset. And as soon as I drove it, it pulled hard to the right and jerked around

turns going left, to a point to where I felt like I would lose control. I got it aligned and it drives fine in a straight line but has sensitive steering, and still flighty going around left hand

turns and pulls right. The air pressure in the tires are the same when I had stock wheels. We also measured and found that the tires stuck out the same on both set ups (stock

wheels and wheel spacers vs. -12 offset). My question is, why did my handling go down the drain when I changed wheels only, but still had the same air pressure and backspacing?

HELP!!!

 

how did you balance the wheels/tires ? im guessing you checked to make sure all the lug nuts are tight ?

 

They were balanced at the 4x4 shop with weights stuck on the inside of the wheel.

 

What tire pressure are you running? You may need to lower it. The way tires are now on a 9in rim is different from the stockers 7 in width. There should be more contact with the road but not necessarily the same pressure in the tires as with the stock rim. Play with the pressure.

 

Right now its at 29. I might just have to get an adjustable trackbar and lower control arms.

 

Yeah, you should with that lift.

 

i agree.. that will give you more adjustability to dial everything in . i think you would be much happier if you did that.

 

That's what I was thinking too. Is there any particular brand that is better than the other?

 

But still play with the tire pressure in the meantime.......

 

How low is too low for the air pressure?