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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 06:19 AM
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i am getting ready to order up an ome lt kit (and other stuff) and have one last thing i need to decide on. i was going to go with JKS adjustable LCA for the front until i saw a post where someone said these lca's restricted his turning radius. the guy said that the front tires rubbed the lower control arms when turning fully to the left or right? this would be bad on my unlimited as the turning radius in the tight wooded trails is bad enough already. the guy was running 35/12.5/17 tires with a wheel backspace of 4.75. can someone recommend the lca that have the most tire clearance for turning?

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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:32 AM
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That's why TeraFlex control arms have a bend to them.


http://www.teraflex.biz/products/jk-...-flexarms.html
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:50 AM
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You could save a good bit of money and try the AEV Front control arm brackets?

http://www.northridge4x4.com/proddet...od=AEV-20410AA

I just installed them on my Jeep with a 4" lift and 35's and it corrected by caster, and made a huge diff. in how it drives... Well worth 100 bucks!

Got my at northridge 4x4...

I am extreemly happy with them and they made a huge difference and saved me a lot of money.

install took me about an hour
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:51 AM
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That's why TeraFlex control arms have a bend to them.


http://www.teraflex.biz/products/jk-...-flexarms.html
Thank you . it looks like most front lower CA's for the jk have a bend in them. they all have to start and end in the same spot. the bend however can be located in a different part of the arm and at a different angle. do you think your teraflex arms allow the most space compared to the others for tire clearance and turning radius?

i am probably going to use your arms. maybe i should just get the complete teraflex lift installed. i have never seen a negative comment about teraflex 3" lifts on here. people seem to love them.
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Old Aug 24, 2010 | 07:57 AM
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am getting ready to order up an ome lt kit (and other stuff) and have one last thing i need to decide on. i was going to go with JKS adjustable LCA for the front until i saw a post where someone said these lca's restricted his turning radius. the guy said that the front tires rubbed the lower control arms when turning fully to the left or right? this would be bad on my unlimited as the turning radius in the tight wooded trails is bad enough already. the guy was running 35/12.5/17 tires with a wheel backspace of 4.75. can someone recommend the lca that have the most tire clearance for turning?
Teraflex , currie, FT and JKS all have a bend in them and they all clear pretty much the same. I have seen some people put them on backwords and have the bend pointing out and that will cause this problem.

We have installed a ton of JKS, FT , TF and Currie arms and never have any rubbing issues.

David
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