It's finished the 4.5 rough country on the front. All seems basically aligned but I'm goin to get it checked out Monday for sure. The only thing wrong is the steering wheel isn't straight when the wheels are. That's common, i know, but what do I need to do to correct that?

on the drag link loosen the two 15mm nuts and put a pair of vise grips on it and either lengthen or shorten it accordingley

Just like my Sig says align after lifting, no excuses.

Makes sense

Which is why I said I was going to

Did you adjust your toe in at all? That deffently needs to be adjusted.

If your going to pay for an alignment make sure they adjust your caster with shims. Most places will just do the toe which is easy enough to do yourself.

Just making sure. Lot of members come on here asking why their jeep shakes after lifting.

X2. Make sure that if you have adj control arms they are set to the correct length

Now: rear shackle angle. I know everyone has a pain getting the full leafs to line up so there's some prying involved. Well I can get it to line up but my shackles are angled way forward. That's not correct I think. Yes? No? Solution?




I know the bolt is backwards too. Ha ha

Relocation bracket

There is no relocation bracket with the 4.5 full leaf kit. At least they didn't send one.

NM My dumb self forgot I looked at the relocations the other day. I guess What Im wondering is: Is it safe to drive without the reloction brackets? Will it damage my jeep if I don't have them, and does it reduce my actual lift amount with the shackle that far forward? I read some similar threads, but they were inconclusive.

Never dealt with that myself but just thinking of the engineering of it.

Shouldn't damage anything. Definitely won't reduce your lift height. But for the big point, at that angle it won't allow your spring to move back so it can compress. Therefore essentially eliminating the up travel of your rear suspension.

is xj on ground in that pic?