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Fixing minor wonder and bump steer.

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I like it. Like I said, I wasn't really having an issue. But I wasted to try it out to see if it mattered. It tightened my steering a little bit. I know my Jeep, so I can tell when there is a difference of the response of the steering and it's driving ability.

And, unlike the other brands where the trackbar and sector brace are one piece, metalcloak's is two separate pieces. If there is an issue with one, you're not having to deal with the other. Such as in for awhile, with the other brand, people were having and issue with having to grease them a lot. Especially if they went offroad a lot or they would go bad and the company would have to send out a replacement. With the metalcloak, you only would replace one part. And also, no need to buy the other part if you don't need it.
Thank you, it is good to hear from someone who is using the brace. I bought one a few months ago during a MC sale with the intention of installing it when I changed out the shocks. The brace ended up taking longer than shocks to get here so it has been collecting dust in the garage. It is about time to rotate my tires again so I'll put it on. My handling is great now so I've thought about leaving it off but I'm going to give it a shot.
Yea. I can definitely tell a slight difference. But the good thing is that it's not a complicated or all day installation and it can't hurt, damage, or make the steering worse. Lol

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My 22 Rubicon with stock suspension wandered quite a bit when I got it last February. Within a month I swapped the OEM front lower control arms to the LCAs from the Mopar lift kit and that was a huge improvement.

I assume you are still happy with this mod, no downsides to it? The steering on my new Rubicon (totally stock) feels like how my Ram truck's did when I set the caster to almost nothing when trying to lighten up the steering. It feels twitchy, like it wants to oversteer at a moments notice. That and it wanders. I lowered the tires to 34psi which helped but it feels like it needs more caster. I was surprised to find it is not adjustable. I should also get the toe checked to see if it is within spec.
 

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I assume you are still happy with this mod, no downsides to it? The steering on my new Rubicon (totally stock) feels like how my Ram truck's did when I set the caster to almost nothing when trying to lighten up the steering. It feels twitchy, like it wants to oversteer at a moments notice. That and it wanders. I lowered the tires to 34psi which helped but it feels like it needs more caster. I was surprised to find it is not adjustable. I should also get the toe checked to see if it is within spec.
Yes, I am still happy and have had no trouble with the longer LCAs. I've got a little over 15K miles on it since installing the arms. The difference they made was even noticeable by my wife from the passenger seat.
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