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New Tires and wheels

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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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OK guys i have looked and searched for about an hour now and cant find what I'm looking for so I'm posting this and i apologize in advance if this is here somewhere and i didn't see it. anyways i have a 4 dr X with stock lift i just bought 33X12.50X17s on 17X9 XD HOSS wheels. my question is as soon as i put them on and got to driving it a little bit i noticed that at higher speeds like 50 and up when you turn the jeep feels like it kinda is floating and the steering is a little looser then it was with the stockers. i retourqed the wheels thinking maybe they were loose but to no avail. anybody have an answer to this? maybe its just the nature of the beast in that case i will learn to live with it but if not i want to know so i can fix it.

i also thought maybe it will get better when i put the lift on i have a teraflex 2.5 coil lift sitting in my living room now i just don't have the time right now to put it on.

thanks guys
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 11:40 AM
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Not being used to the new tire width, tires over-inflated, and possibly toe-in? I'd check inflation first.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by nthinuf
Not being used to the new tire width, tires over-inflated, and possibly toe-in? I'd check inflation first.
x2 check the inflation. Remember that now that you have oversize tires you wont be going with the manufactueres specs. Probably gonna end up around 30psi.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 09rubicon
x2 check the inflation. Remember that now that you have oversize tires you wont be going with the manufactueres specs. Probably gonna end up around 30psi.
ok ill check that thanks.
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