Run a lift and bigger tires, and your steering geometry changes. Tie rods and drag links that were fine before are now working at new angles and wearing differently. Most people notice the wandering feeling on the highway a few months later. A few had to find out the hard way on the trail. Either way, the fix is the same.
Quadratec's Jeep steering and brakes catalog covers the hardware you need for Wrangler and Gladiator builds. Tie rods, drag links, stabilizers, the works. Do this at the same time as the lift, not as an afterthought.
Most newer riders typically start with the flashy stuff. Wheels, a leveling kit, maybe some lights. That is fine, but the builds that hold up on the trail are the ones where the fundamentals got sorted first. Here are seven upgrades worth doing, and the order actually matters.