I spent some time today finally testing out bump stop on the front of my TJ, for both the shocks and the tires.
Everything was going great until I did full stuff, one side at a time, and then turned the driver tire to the right. I noticed the front edge of the inside tire makes contact with the coil tower well before the full steering lock. The same occurs on the passenger side turning to the left.
The steering stops have already been set to not contact the CAs during ride height steering. The steering stops are a good distance away when this tower rubbing occurs at full stuff.
It looks like I would need to have at least 2.5 inches of bump stop for this to be just barely clear at full turn. Putting that much bump would be a bummer as the tires still have a good 2+ inches from the inner fender. Also, this is with 29 psi ...
I see people say all the time the 31x10.5s fit the TJ totally fine on stock 15x8 wheels, besides having to add washers to the steering stop. Are these people not cycling their suspensions or am I just unlucky?
Everything was going great until I did full stuff, one side at a time, and then turned the driver tire to the right. I noticed the front edge of the inside tire makes contact with the coil tower well before the full steering lock. The same occurs on the passenger side turning to the left.
The steering stops have already been set to not contact the CAs during ride height steering. The steering stops are a good distance away when this tower rubbing occurs at full stuff.
It looks like I would need to have at least 2.5 inches of bump stop for this to be just barely clear at full turn. Putting that much bump would be a bummer as the tires still have a good 2+ inches from the inner fender. Also, this is with 29 psi ...
I see people say all the time the 31x10.5s fit the TJ totally fine on stock 15x8 wheels, besides having to add washers to the steering stop. Are these people not cycling their suspensions or am I just unlucky?
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