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Currie ones do to the most part (draglink contacts my steering stab relocation bracket so had to re drill and grind this).
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The other thing that it might be, is a low caster causing a steering wobble. I had this with the 2" OME installed, when I hit either a pothole while cornering, or an angled bump in the road.

In my case, it was not DW and was fixed with a set of AEV drop brackets.

This may, of course, not be what you are getting, but you didn't mention any caster correction, so it might be a possibility, particularly as you have already torqued the major suspects.
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ARB can sell you a cheap caster correction plate. Is just a square tab which sits in the control arm bracket and shifts the axle forward in the brackets.

Cheaper than control arms and drop brackets. Might push your caster a bit more than you need but not the end of the world.
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Should have mentioned, I'm already running the Arb castor 'kit'. Pretty much running the whole arb 4in kit with the lower coils. Banshee your symptoms sound like mine. It may not be death wobble, i guess that's down to everyone's own interpretation. What I get starts as a small slow wobble after a bump and feels through the steering wheel etc and quickly graduates to the whole car feeling like its shaking its tail until I either speed up 110+ or slow down 80-. It may be steering wobble. With the drop boxes, do you find you get hung up on them much?
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I might have scraped one once, but never got stuck on it. Fuel tank, I have got stuck on, though!

With a 4" kit you are less likely to get them caught than my ~2" lift.
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I hear you on the fuel tank. Mine resembles a raisin! I might give drop brackets a go if I don't find anything obvious on the weekend. Did you remove your arb castor washer kit when intalling them?
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the control arm brackets won't change anything if you already have the right angles.

rotate your tyres, or, i have some brand new tyres on mine which you're welcome to throw onto yours and see if the problem persists? You work for ARB retailer - perfect, I need to order some bits. haha

i went through something similar a few years ago. nearly sent me grey (and not 50 shades of it)

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