I need some advice from lifted community. I recently upgraded my suspension using a 3"OME lift (just HD shocks and springs for the front and rear on my 4 door JK). Also changed my tires and wheel setup to Pro Comp 17's with 33" Pro Comp X treme AT. Since then when I exit the highway I can feel and hear something rubbing at the wheels. I thought it was my brake pads and/or rotors but that wasn't it. Thought maybe my E-brake was catching on something but that wasn't it (although not sure if there is enough slack for the E-brake). Any ideas what it could be? The other day the ESP even kicked in while exiting the highway and the rubbing was pretty bad! I appreciate any help anyone can provide.

 

Recenter your steering wheel should clear the ESP light

 

The ESP only kicked in when the rubbing happened. This only happens when i am turning on a bank while exiting the highway. Never happens while driving in the city or straight on the highway. Do you think an adjustable track bar would fix this?

 

Does the rubbing sound like it's coming from the front?

What backspacing are your wheels?

 

It is hard to say if it is coming from the front or back. I don't think it is a back spacing issue these are 17x9 Pro Comps with 4.5" backspacing, the rubbing sounds like metal on metal not rubber from the tires.

 

This sounds obvious, but are you sure your lug nuts are tight? Loose nuts could cause a sound like this.

 

I made sure they were tight when I replaced the front pads and rear pads and rotors.

 

If none of the other ideas cover you problem, how about the front driveshaft rubbing on the skid plate? I know it doesn't sound quite right, but it should be easy to look at to see if it has rubbed.

 

When the esp kicks in on on/off ramps it sounds like rubbing ,scrubbing. Your axles need to be centered(adj trk/bar) and get some adj frt lower ca's to adjust castor. Wheel also needs to be perfectly centered. It wasn't until I did these things that I was able to keep it from going off on tight cloverleaf ramps. But this was my experience. Some people get away with just the adj trk bar. Some people get away with just re-centering the steering wheel.

 

I got a similar setup and agree with MKJeep.

Did you just add HD shocks and springs and nothing else???

You should have also added at the very least track bar brackets to center you axles. I went the route of adj. trac bars to center the axles with no issues. Also, did you add longer rear sway bar links and switch your rear SB links to the front?

The rubbing at highway exits is your ESP kicking in, your steering wheel is not centered correctly. Check out WOL easy write-up to center steering wheel. This should help with this issue.

Also, is your steering floaty??? If it is you should invest in longer front lower control arms (adjustable) to get your caster closer to stock.