Have scoured the internet on this topic and there seems to be lots of differing thoughts out there. Want to hear from the Mud community. I'm pretty young and somewhat new to the game here so bear with me. I've recently installed OME suspension that gives about 1.5" lift. Obviously, the axle has shifted slightly to the right. Took measurements from frame to outside of tire lugs on both sides and here are the rough distances: passenger side ≈ 12 5/8" to 12 3/4", driver side ≈ 12" to 12 1/8". So, at the most, roughly a 3/4" shift to the passenger side.
There are advocates out there for Panhard/track bar/lateral control rod (technical name from Mr. Toyoda) correction via brackets, both frame and axle mounted, as well as using an adjustable or custom length Panhard. It seems like all of the OG makers of frame and axle mounted brackets (i.e. 4Crawler, Downey, AllPro) don't make them anymore so, in my mind, the only option is to make a custom Panhard (cheaper than buying an adjustable one). In my mind, it also still makes sense to have a custom panhard because there's no way that thing came from the factory parallel to the ground. Reference the photo below. Height difference from center bolt to ground on both panhard mounting points is ≈ 4.5" (marked "b" in photo). No way a 1.5" lift raised it that much from parallel. Apologies, photo marked up for Pythagorean Theorem.
Would love to hear thoughts from the people, if any, before making a final decision. Maybe an adjustment isn't even necessary and I'm overthinking this...
There are advocates out there for Panhard/track bar/lateral control rod (technical name from Mr. Toyoda) correction via brackets, both frame and axle mounted, as well as using an adjustable or custom length Panhard. It seems like all of the OG makers of frame and axle mounted brackets (i.e. 4Crawler, Downey, AllPro) don't make them anymore so, in my mind, the only option is to make a custom Panhard (cheaper than buying an adjustable one). In my mind, it also still makes sense to have a custom panhard because there's no way that thing came from the factory parallel to the ground. Reference the photo below. Height difference from center bolt to ground on both panhard mounting points is ≈ 4.5" (marked "b" in photo). No way a 1.5" lift raised it that much from parallel. Apologies, photo marked up for Pythagorean Theorem.
Would love to hear thoughts from the people, if any, before making a final decision. Maybe an adjustment isn't even necessary and I'm overthinking this...
