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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Doiron

And for everyone else: Update your signatures with complete info about your mod's. Otherwise, you risk your comments (that should be most useful) just adding to the noise.
ya be sure to put in all your info
it renders the search function totally useless
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Old_School
Realizing that my frame of reference is with roadracing cars and motorcycles AND I have a degree in engineering...

.... I had to tweak my suspension setup (complete 3" Teraflex) and tire pressures to get my Jeep to feel confident enough for me to use it as a daily driver.
I am sure tire brand/type has a lot to do with it.

Thank you Jeep for the JK.

I have been tweaking a little bit to find that sweet spot for my 2 door Rubicon suspension/tire setup. I have the OME HD kit with FT trackbars and FT upper front arms. The height is 40 3/4" from fender lip to pavement front and rear.
Centering the axles with the front and rear trackbars is a must at this lift height.
Correcting caster issues with the adjustable arms is a big help as well but tire pressure in particular is critical to proper setup.
Driving on road a little bit today, after airing the 35" Toyos back up from 15lbs offroad, I played around with the tire pressures and found the best setting yet for highway cruising up to 80 as well as driving in the city.
After sitting parked for nearly 6 hours I checked the tire pressure and it's almost exactly 25.5lb.
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Old Jul 12, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by edwin907
After sitting parked for nearly 6 hours I checked the tire pressure and it's almost exactly 25.5lb.
I have a 4dr and Im at 28 psi right now. When I picked up the tires they were aired up to 50 psi; max pressure on the sidewalls. I immediately took them down to 32 and have been going lower and lower. The KM2 is rated at 3000# at 50 psi so it can sure stand to be quite a bit lower..

As to the OP's situation; when you deviate from stock you have to assume responsibility yourself. This is especially true if you install it yourself; less so if, for instance, you went to Terraflex and had them install one of their own lifts where you can figure they've got things dialed in for that combination.

But hey, we're supposed to be self reliant right?
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