untchabl
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My brother just bought back a 97 TJ that he sold a couple years ago. He owned it for probably 7-8 years before he sold it. I'm an XJ guy and have zero TJ experience and I'm looking for some input/suggestions on getting this thing to drive better.
It has an unknown lift (think it was Black Diamond brand, all springs no spacers), it was on it when he originally bought it 10+ years ago and hasn't changed. And it has always drove like absolute garbage, it takes 2 hands and all your attention to drive it and keep it in your lane on the road. It's twitchy, has bump steer, wanders, etc. Pretty much everything bad driving trait except it has never had death wobble.
It's on 35's with 4.56 gears and stock fenders. We don't want to change tire size or do any kind of fender trimming or high line fenders. It is 100% a street Jeep and will not see any kind of off-road. Doesn't need to flex well, just needs to be able to drive 60mph with one hand and not try to kill you.
It does have a 2" or so body lift and that can stay. It does have a drop pitman arm and a track bar lift bracket on the rear. Everything else on the steering and the control arms looks stock.
Here are a few pictures I took of what we're working with now.
It has an unknown lift (think it was Black Diamond brand, all springs no spacers), it was on it when he originally bought it 10+ years ago and hasn't changed. And it has always drove like absolute garbage, it takes 2 hands and all your attention to drive it and keep it in your lane on the road. It's twitchy, has bump steer, wanders, etc. Pretty much everything bad driving trait except it has never had death wobble.
It's on 35's with 4.56 gears and stock fenders. We don't want to change tire size or do any kind of fender trimming or high line fenders. It is 100% a street Jeep and will not see any kind of off-road. Doesn't need to flex well, just needs to be able to drive 60mph with one hand and not try to kill you.
It does have a 2" or so body lift and that can stay. It does have a drop pitman arm and a track bar lift bracket on the rear. Everything else on the steering and the control arms looks stock.
Here are a few pictures I took of what we're working with now.
