Extended LCA/UCA

[mingo]

I have the RE 4.5 fixed short arm on my 89. The frontend sits about 2" lower than the rear.Was planning on adding the adjustable spring pads or a poly spacer to even it out. But it seems that it would pull the front axle back. My question is.... has anyone ever just extended the LCA & LCA to center the wheel back into the wheel well. I know a long arm would solve this. But $$ is a factor. I'm a fairly competent welder and can extend the arms. Just looking to see if its been done. Thanks in advance for the input.

[bshaw]

There's a lot of guys on here that run RE drop brackets for the the LCA's. Have you condsider maybe going that route. You'd save a ton of $$$ over a LA kit that's for sure. And a poly spacer would help even out your front too. Just my $.02, might give ya some ideas though. Good luck!

[mingo]

Will the drop brackets center the front end back into the wheel well? There about 3" from the back of the fender and around 6" to the front. I just want to get it centered and level it out.
I'm running 32"s and have the bushwacker pocket flares.

[bshaw]

In theory, yes. Read this page, was written by a guy from this site. This should help out a ton, did for me. Here's the link: http://www.yuccaman.com/jeep/re_db.html Just make sure you go all the way through the page, it explains what we are talking about here. Hope this helps.....