ON ROAD wheel alignment suggestions?

[Racer X]

I know a lot of you are off roaders. There are some of us that use our Jeeps on road. I am curious if anyone has found running differing wheel alignment may help the Jeeps steering/ wandering some. No question lowering tire pressure made a big difference. If a pressure change can make that big of a difference, an alignment change could make a difference as well.
thanks for any input.

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[Dyolfknip74]

I know a lot of you are off roaders. There are some of us that use our Jeeps on road. I am curious if anyone has found running differing wheel alignment may help the Jeeps steering/ wandering some. No question lowering tire pressure made a big difference. If a pressure change can make that big of a difference, an alignment change could make a difference as well.
thanks for any input.

Align what? You can't adjust much on the JL during an alignment. Caster is king, get that correct and you're pretty good.

 

[Roky]

I know a lot of you are off roaders. There are some of us that use our Jeeps on road. I am curious if anyone has found running differing wheel alignment may help the Jeeps steering/ wandering some. No question lowering tire pressure made a big difference. If a pressure change can make that big of a difference, an alignment change could make a difference as well.
thanks for any input.

If you are stock, then get some lower control arms from Mopar lift and install them. They’re identical to oem just longer, so if you’re freaked out about warranty, don’t be…. It will be a big improvement……..

 

[Racer X]

I come from the road racing world where even the smallest adjustment in alignment can make a difference. That’s where my reasoning comes from. Just didn’t know if anyone played around with adjustments for better behavior on road.

 

[Jtclayton612]

I come from the road racing world where even the smallest adjustment in alignment can make a difference. That’s where my reasoning comes from. Just didn’t know if anyone played around with adjustments for better behavior on road.

Pretty well known caster is low from the factory, some adjustable control arms/the longer lower mopar control arms can put it more in the range of 5+ and make it feel better driving on road.

 

[Clayton Off Road]

If wandering is your issue, adjusting the caster angle is typically the most effective cure for this. A set of front-upper adjustable control arms would allow you to correct this relatively easily! For best results, you should aim to get your caster angle somewhere between 5.5 and 6 degrees.

We have these arms available in our maintenance-free Overland Plus style arms, feel free to check them out!

https://www.claytonoffroad.com/prod...upper-control-arms-2018-jl-jt?sku=COR-1709101

 

[AnnDee4444]

Camber is adjustable, but I'm not sure what the effects would be on the axles... probably not good.

In addition to more caster, consider tightening the steering box and adding a track bar mount brace. This made a noticeable difference on my stock JLR, and I don't even have the lower bolts in yet: https://metalcloak.com/jl-wrangler-front-track-bar-reinforcement-bracket.html

 

[AnnDee4444]

Not exactly alignment related, but this stuff seems to fit the theme of this thread.

• Front swaybar tuning: the JT Mojave bar is 20% less stiff (than either a Rubicon or Sport... not sure). Bushings are available from Energy Suspension. Antirock has various swaybars with different thicknesses.
• Rear swaybar tuning: The 2-door & 4-door have unique sway bars, and are likely different thicknesses. Hellwig makes an adjustable rear. Bushings are available from Energy Suspension for OEM bars.
• Rear trackbar brace is available from Synergy, not sure how effective/necessary.
• Sector shaft braces are available from Metalcloak, Steersmarts, & Synergy. Steersmarts & Synergy's products are combined with the front track bar brace, which adds a hinge point that I think is unnecessary. Metalcoak separates the sector shaft brace from the track bar brace, looks to be a better design for distributing load to different points on the frame.
• Trackbar mounting point relocations are available, which would change the roll center. I think all require at least 2" additional bump stop.
• Progressive bump stops are available from Teraflex & Metalcloak
• Shocks... could write a whole book.
• I've also been exploring the possibility of different bushings in the control arms. Metalcloak claims their control arms result in a better ride. They are obviously heavier than OEM arms, but still might result in a better handling Jeep.
• Aluminum control arms could potentially reduce unsprung mass. Eliminating the steering shock and/or front axle disconnect could also reduce unsprung mass.
• Control arm drop brackets are available, could be used to tune antisquat.

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