OME lift installed

Gilcano · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 7:53 pm

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Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:05 pm

Looks great! You got it aligned, right?

Gilcano · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:18 pm

Not yet, but isn't pulling. I'm getting new tires bet this-next week so I'll get it aligned at the tire shop

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:32 pm

Gilcano wrote:

Not yet, but isn't pulling. I'm getting new tires bet this-next week so I'll get it aligned at the tire shop

It's not some much the pulling. It's the camber. You kill the outside of the tires(positive camber), and the steering gets very flighty. I'd avoid highway speeds if you can. Just be careful until you get the alignment.

How are you liking the ride?

Gilcano · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:37 pm

Ride is very nice, I live at work (superintendent) so I don't need to move the jeep to go to work, lol. This is an advantage in this situation, I'm ordering the tires as late as Thursday-Friday. Haven't decide bet Goodyear Duratracs or Goodyear M/TR's

NAMoulton1 · **Joined:** Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1054

Bmxer524 wrote:

Gilcano wrote:

Not yet, but isn't pulling. I'm getting new tires bet this-next week so I'll get it aligned at the tire shop

It's not some much the pulling. It's the camber. You kill the outside of the tires(positive camber), and the steering gets very flighty. I'd avoid highway speeds if you can. Just be careful until you get the alignment.

How are you liking the ride?

Haha, after going to 4" lift and JBA UCAs I had massive positive camber and decided to be cheap and get a free alignment at gf's uncle's place in Manassas (120mi). Don't do it...getting on/off expressways was terrifying as I was floating going the recommended speeds and noticeably took a huge chunk of life outside of my tires...

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 8:54 pm

NAMoulton1 wrote:

Bmxer524 wrote:

Gilcano wrote:

Not yet, but isn't pulling. I'm getting new tires bet this-next week so I'll get it aligned at the tire shop

It's not some much the pulling. It's the camber. You kill the outside of the tires(positive camber), and the steering gets very flighty. I'd avoid highway speeds if you can. Just be careful until you get the alignment.

How are you liking the ride?

Haha, after going to 4" lift and JBA UCAs I had massive positive camber and decided to be cheap and get a free alignment at gf's uncle's place in Manassas (120mi). Don't do it...getting on/off expressways was terrifying as I was floating going the recommended speeds and noticeably took a huge chunk of life outside of my tires...

I mentioned it earlier to 12KK SFD. When first lifted I had a slight positive camber(not enough to effect drivability) and drove it for a week. Killed the outside edge. Once the lift settled a bit I got her realigned and fixed the camber. I can't fix the wear on my duratracs though.

Gilcano, MTRs are heavy mud tires. Look great and perform great offroad. On road, they hum and don't ride the best. I don't know exactly how long they last either, but most that run them love them. Duratracs are all terrains. Slight hum on the road, while still being great off road(for an all terrain). Tom has over 60k miles on his, so they do last.

Both will hurt mileage. The Duratracs not as much as the MTRs obviously. Also, you'll clear 245/75-16s nicely with that much lift.

Gilcano · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:02 pm

Great thanks, I had Duratracs (33's) in a lifted YJ and they perform great Off and On road so I think I'm going to choose Duratracs as I don't do much off-road. I personally don't like MUD and not a Rock-Crawling fan.

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:21 pm

Everyone loves mud. They just don't like cleaning up after lmfao

lfhoward · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 10:40 pm

Before the alignment you'll have bad positive camber as Bmxer and others have said, but you'll also be very toe-in until you get it aligned. Like Bmxer I drove too many miles before getting it aligned. I don't recommend putting it off. My Duratracs got louder as a result.

Gageraid · **Posted:** Tue Aug 26, 2014 11:39 pm

Are you just running OME springs and OME or Bilstein shocks?
Looks absolutely great and welcome to the lifted club.
I love black Jeeps! :mrgreen:

Gilcano · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2014 6:39 am

Gageraid wrote:

Are you just running OME springs and OME or Bilstein shocks?
Looks absolutely great and welcome to the lifted club.
I love black Jeeps! :mrgreen:

Thanks, Yeah OME springs and Bilstein shocks plus the Teraflex bump stops plus the hockey pucks in the rear. That's all. I love black jeeps too. Looking forward for the new tires.

Stang977 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 27, 2014 3:41 pm

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Nice!

Gilcano · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:03 am

Order new shoes :BANANA:

Goodyear Duratracs the will be here tomorrow, so installation and aligment on SAT......................... :-)r

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:11 am

What size did you go with?

Gilcano · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 11:22 am

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:02 pm

Nice. That's what I run....I want bigger :twisted:

Gilcano · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 1:31 pm

Ha Ha to go bigger you need a Wrangler
8-)

Bmxer524 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2014 3:09 pm

Nah, if I pound the pinch weld and maybe use a heatgun in the wells or get rims with different backspacing I could probably clear 265/75-16s(32s). I have a 4" kit to install, but need time.

If I had a Wrangler it'd be a ls3 powered JKU on 1 tons, and 37-40s :twisted:

silverkk · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:27 pm **Posts:** 637

I'm gonna have 33s under mine in 2 weeks

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