Alignment Question after Sport to Rubicon suspension swap

[Sarge502]

The only thing that changes by lifting - which a spring swap and/or spacers does, is throwing the front axle slightly off-center. That's because the track bar swings in an arc so raising the truck off the axle makes the right end of the track bar swing down and move the axle a bit to the left.
That will throw the steering wheel off center. How much depends on the change in height.

Swapping springs, a lift, spacers, whatever, will not change any angles - it won't change caster or camber and it won't even change TOE.
It only changes the axle centering which changes the steering wheel centering.
In short - you can put the steering wheel back to center yourself (basic adjustment)

If any of these are off after a lift, they were off BEFORE the lift or spring swap -
camber
caster
toe
And camber and caster can't be adjusted or changed without changing parts.

Great clarification. Which makes sense why the ONLY noticeable difference I seen when doing mine awhile back was the steering wheel not centered. Which I fixed myself as I said. Good to know. I've been racking my brain and putting off the possibility of needing an alignment for a little while now. That puts me at ease a bit.

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[Aonarch]

Mac and ShadowsPapa are spot on.

This is because these are solid axles front and rear. Independent suspension gets funky, and each manufacturer, model, and even trim of car will have different ways or possibilities of alignment.

I just aligned my Jeep today, but I have a short arm kit and adjustable track bars.

https://jlwranglerDOTCOM/threads/write-up-basic-diy-jeep-jl-wrangler-front-end-alignment.1118/

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