Just to clarify...

[LD50]

So, I think I will install some of my parts (bjs, steering, ucas) in the next couple days. If I install my RC UCA's, do I have to crank the bars right away? Since I still have plenty of tread life left on my rubber, lifting more at the moment would just make it tippy without the wider meats that I will get when the current tires are done.

 

So can I install the uca's and not lift or will this create alignment issues? The steering is going in regardless so I thought I would do it all at once.

[88pathoffroad]

You'll need to crank them up at least a little to get your camber and toe close. Then you will need an alignment, yes. If you just put them in without lifting it will still likely need an alignment.

[RedPath88]

Yeah RC, SL and CM UCA's are all built to correct angles once lifted, which means that if installed and left at the stock height, then your likely going to have problems getting everything adjusted right when you take it in for an alignment.

 

AC arms however would not have that problem since, as I understand it, do not compensate for the changes in suspension angles once lifted. The problem that some have reported with them is getting it right once it is lifted.

[LD50]

Ah yes I recall hearing about this....would and inch of lift in front be enough to smooth out the alignment/camber issue?

Edited December 31, 2007 by LD50