Is this a lift he installed or did he buy it this way?
He should take a pic of the LCA's tomorrow for us. I suspect it has the stock ones on it... Rememer the lift he has is not exactly a high dollar lift... Hope that didn't come out wrong... Please take no offense. Post more pics from under the Jeep. A good way is to take the Drivers side front tire off and shoot a pic from that angle. Also, it would be interesting to see what trac bar he has. Take a pic of that from the front.
Mike
By the way... can't remember if you said you can get it to rub turning right and turning left. Did you buy a new trac bar or drill yours towards the Drivers side 3/4"? When you look at your jeep from the front does the Drivers side tire seem to stick out further?

 

they aren't stock. I'll take pictures tomorrow of it. it one of my pics you can see its a polished black and says EZ-Ride on it. my stock ones are in my woodshed

 

well i have a 1994 and have the same tires i rub a full turn if you put bigger anything you got to lift it or trim the wells but the black rims will look great on it thoses are the same that are going on mine ill have pic up soon

 

to answer that.. idk.. its dark out. ill look tomorrow and get back to you during school. rubs both right and left. trac bar? is that the thing thats on both sides of the jeep? im pretty confused right now.. ill take a picture tomorrow.

im rubbing on my lower control arm

 

Don't spend money on wheels. Just get the LCAs. Should help a ton.

 

He said it's rubbing on his LCA. Correct me if I'm wrong... but putting in a longer LCA won't cure that. I know the longer LCA will have a bend in it but the current one most likely does also. I can't see that a longer LCA will change the distance from his inner tire to the LCA...
Mike

I suppose if the geometry of the longer LCA is different it might stand a chance of not rubbing.
I still go back to the idea of calling the lift company. Heck, maybe they have a solution and will let you trade the current LCA's for a different set.

 

Wait a minute here... How could that push the axel forward 1.5" if you only put in LCA's? Picture it like this...
1. Your upper (stock) control arms are holding the top of the axel in a fixed location.
2. By pushing only the bottom of the axel out you are in essence rotating the axel. Right?
Sure it would move towards the front of the Jeep some what... but since the axel was rotated the steering geometry has now changed, the front driveshaft angle has changed and so on...
Mike

 

You are right about contacting the lift co. Something is off here. There are a ton of xj's on stock wheels & 31s that don't rub the LCA. I was thinking he was rubbing his flares. Tire definitely too close to flare.

 

I live in Oak Harbor, all my grand parents live around chehalis and thats where my parents are from

 

I work tonight grave yard so i wont be able to call today but i will tomorrow. Really? where at in chehalis?

 

my parents went to WF west my grandparents live in winlock and i have family in toledo

 

Hey 87, your dad was trying to talk my dad and I into goin to Reiter on sunday. What kind of wheeling is that? Tahuya is about the extent of how extreme i've wheeled. Mines a DD so cant be too careful lol. Its gotta drive there and back in 1 piece lol.

 

Pardon my unclarity. I realize all that, It was just easier at the time to say that it pushed the axle forward instead of trying to explain all that. And yes, it did rotate front axle to a desirable angle, but upon measuring the distance between the tire and quarter panel, the space has increased by about 1.5" That was all I was trying to explain.

 

When you lift you increase the both driveshaft angles to the pinion. By pushing the bottom "out" or "rotating it" you have further increased your angle to a less desireable position. Or am I missing something? Your steering geometry will also change... How much longer is the 4.5" lift LCA than the 3.5" LCA.
I remember when I installed my 3.5" lift and comparing the new LCA to the stock one and if I'm not mistaken it was only around 3/8" longer. Maybe someone can clarify that.
Mike

 

Mass picture time:

First of all. Im rubbing on my my right side
Second. i dont think its the LCA at all because they are dirty and they would have rub marks on them from rubbing.. my spring did tho. only when i turn all the way to the right.. buts its tiny. if you can even see it.. heres a picture



heres my LCA



Trac bar i believe



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