Mines a dd as well, ive never wheeled there in my jeep, but i went there when i was little with my dad when he had his toyota, it not too crazy i think there bypass trails for the hard stuff so you should be fine

 

In this picture there is a picture of the trac bar. It is the gray bar running from higher on the drivers side to the axel on the passenger side. Did your lift include one of these? When you lift and don't get a longer one of these or redrill the hole (on the axel) towards the drivers side, the lift pulls the whole axel, wheels included over towards the drivers side.
Down and dirty... if you hold a straight edge against your front fender flares (right at the center line of the tire) then measure the distance from the sidewall of the tire to the straight edge are both sides the same?

I bet the one on the drivers side has less distance from the tire sidewall to the straight edge.
Mike

 

Here's a good link for you. Shows you how tomeasure the axel side-to-side and redrill trac bar if that may be the problem
http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoTrackbar.htm

 

I would definitely suggest adjustable lower arms, I'm not trying to plug mine since I don't have vendor status here yet but an adjustable LCA will allow you to scoot the axle forward more and uppers and lowers will actually allow you place the axle where you want it while fine tuning your caster angles so the jeep drives well. Fixed arms give you nowhere to go so you are stuck at whatever dimension the manufacturer decides you need. The problem with that is that different jeeps have different weights making springs sit at different heights making a fixed arm pretty useless. All of the big parts companies make adjustable arms with a lot of options. I would be happy to talk to you about mine (lowest price adjustable arms on the market) but more importantly is that you end up with what YOU need! The bushwhacker flares don't give a lot more clearance but they look mean. Its kind of a toss up with how much money you wanna throw at this. Good luck that's a great looking XJ
Andy- ironman4x4

 

That rubbing can be solved with properly backspaced wheels. Changing LCAs will just screw up the axle's caster. 3" is the breakpoint for the need for a different trackbar/re-drilling but you can get by unless you go taller. If you are getting new rims then specify 4" of backspacing and your rubbing will disappear.

 

alright.. i got some krauger soft 8's with 4" of backspacing.. just got em today. caps will be here soon. ill post a picture of them when i get em on.


Thanks guys

 

heres are the rims i got.. i got bored and i dont have my caps yet so i put them up to my jeep to get an idea what they look like. im super syked to put them on... cant wait!

out of the box



propped up against my jeep.

 

Did you do any side to side measurements?
Mike

 

What do you want me to measure?

 

Alright.. What else should i do to my jeep. Suggestions please. make it look good and perform good. I got a new differential cover and i will power coat sometime next week when i get a day off. im thinking of a roof rack. what do you guys say?

 

Look up the page a few posts. Look at the post I did with the link. Read that link it shows you what to measure.
Take a deep breath and stop throwing money every which way. You don't need a roof rack or anything else until you follow up on your lift questions. One thing at a time.

Did you figure out if your track bar was a new one? If not did you check to see if the hole it mounts to on the axel was redrilled? Take a picture of the front of the axel and post it if you still don't know what a trac bar is. We can help you tell if the lift has issues.
Mike

 

Alright, take it easy. My bad. I went and got my rubbing fixed. It was only rubbing on the passenger side spring. bbbbbbarrrely, so i went and got another alignment and it fixed it. I got one before right after i got my lift but this one did the trick.

No, I have stock trac bars. I believe something was drilled because they wouldnt fit so i had my uncle do something to them and i believe he drilled new holes.

 

Those Soft 8s look good Blake

 

Here they are. Put them on. Chrome stems, painted brake pads black and behind the back wheels. dont know the name? rotar cap? ehh? lol and im gonna go get a alignment friday after school. I love em. my rubbing went away. they look good. Im very happy

pictures of them and pictures for mike.











Mike





and for all the people that want rims like these.
Cragars soft 8's 15x8 very cheap

 

That s a stock track bar in a relocation bracket i had one till i got my rustys adj bar, it does ok for the mean time until u wanna up grade. The front wheel still looks far back in the second pic but ok in the third ...i dunno hard to tell.