I placed my reservation opening night 7/13/2020 10:55pm I was trying to submit the reservation from 8pm. It completed the build on 10/25/2021 It was delivered on 11/05/2021. The deposit you put is between you and your dealer, mine was great and didn’t require any. If I didn’t like the bronco I was able to walk away but I’d have to get back in line.
So I haven’t driven my bronco since Friday, I finally swapped with her. Boy what a night and day difference in steering. Tonight when she gets home I’m going to check which LCAs it has. I’m guessing your right and they’re the stock jl ones they put on all of them. For $60 it’s worth a shot before I go with adjustable arms for $400.
Bfg TA KO2. 315s. The sector shaft brace is on my list. I think I’m gonna start with the mopar arms and go from there.
Here's a great run through on the LCA swap if you need it:
Yeah I put LCAs on my 3” lifted JK, and it’s still drives like a SFA Jeep, but it made a noticeable improvement.
I would do the control arms for sure. The stock JLU sits around 5.5 deg caster. With the stock lift it runs to a bit less causing the issue. I set mine to 6.5 and with the 2Dr lifted it tracks way better. Here maybe an issue is your pinion angle though. My JLR is not AWD. Front does not spin all the time.
https://metalcloak.com/control-arms-jl-wrangler-lower-front.html I would go with the metal cloak ones.
I’ve been thinking about how the awd would effect changing it. I’m gonna start with the mopars and see if they help. For $60 why not. Then move to metal cloak for sure eventually.
Psi was the first thing I did. Before I left the dealer they were at 37 well it was only 7 degrees that day so I’m sure they shrunk a lot. In the garage the next morning they went up to 42psi. I know I don’t never drive like the bronco and it does track straight down the road it’ll just dart left or right every now and then I also think I’m getting quite a bit of torque steer when I get on it.
I bet you are getting torque steer. I wish I could justify the purchase of a 392 right now. I am sure in 10 years or so that is going to be a classic. Soon most SUVs and trucks will be electric which in most ways is better than ICE but the nostalgia of a solid axle V8 for the sound and experience will be prized possession. I know Broncos ride better on the road and the torque of the Turbos is good but soon IFS with an electric motor allowing longer control arms and frees up a bunch of design limitations an ICE car has. If I were to guess when they work out electric SUVs they will be beasts but there will always be a place for the classic V8. It is like the 60s muscle cars. Sure they make less HP and Torque than todays 4 bangers and they wander like a boat but they are just cool.
It’s all my fault, i put her in a SRT Grand Cherokee and was hoping to trade it for the bronco. We’ll we drove one and it wasn’t fast enough for her.@Monster1926 Steve, your wife's a badass wanting a 392 Wrangler.
As suggested, lower the psi in the tires. When I drove my JLUS home is was like a rutterless ship. I checked the air, and the tires were at 42 psi all around. It was riding on the crown of the tires. I lowered the pressure to 32 all around, and it drives much better. Still drives like a Jeep, but no one can change that.
I created a monster. I ended up getting rid of my truck and getting the bronco and I couldn’t be happier.
