OK guys i have my 4 in superlift on now and i am waiting on me tires and wheels. Do i need to go ahead and get a alignment? or should i wait for the new ites and wheels? and what about this castor stuff shouldnt that be taken care of during the alignment process? If not who can do it and how much should it cost? BTW will be running 35x16x8 with 4.5 backspacing hope that will work

 

Due to the design of the new JK steering system, your toe-in will not have changed. Also, since your lift did not come with adjustable upper or lower front control arms, you will not be able to adjust your caster angle. If you kit came with cam bolts, I would NOT recommend installing them to get your caster set as they would require you to notch out your lowre control arm mounts and make them into slots (a mod that is not easily reversable). And, in my experience, it is very difficult to keep the bolts from loosening up. So, with all that said, the only thing an alignment shop will do for you is recenter your steering wheel and you can do that in your driveway with a 15mm wrench and 5 min of your time (see step #89 in the write-up below):

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ation-write-up

 

Hey WOL do you mean those D Shaped bolt i already installed? i still have all my stock stuff do you recomend puting the stock bolts back in there? and if i do that all i have to do is get my steering wheel from being turned to the right to get it centered? then when i get my wheels and tires all i ahve to do is throw them on there? and ill be done?

 

If you already notched out your control arm mounts, the damge is done and you're better off just leaving the bolts in. In fact, if the damage is already done, you might as well try to adjust your caster as much as you can with them as it will help to get your Jeep driving straight. As far as all that you need to do goes, yeah, just recenter your steering wheel and you're done.

 

I didnt notch anything i took the stock bolts out and slid the D ones in the holes easy with not notching or banging or anything ??? did i put them in the wrong place? I put them in the contol are that goes from the fram to the front axel and i put it in the slots by the front axle. was that wrong?

 

Actually, you didn't do anything wrong at all. If you did not notch your lower control arm mounts, you just won't be able to use the cam bolts to set your caster but that's okay. When you are able to, purchase a set of front adjustable upper and lower control arms as they will do much better to set your caster

 

so should i keep the D shaped bolts in there or put the stock ones back since i didnt do any notching. i could just slide the D out and the stock ones back in? Would that be fine?

 

Yeah, that would be fine. Whatever you do, just make sure the control arm bolts are tightened to 125 ft. lbs. of torque with the weight of your Jeep on the ground.

 

Ok thanks WOL you help a buch will be posting pics of my silly jeep with 4 in lift and stock tires