At 04:07 PM 8/31/2011, Alistair Bell wrote... >if non stock tire/wheel size increases the "resting angle" of the cv >joints over the stock set up, then the boots will be flexed more >during everyday driving. How would changing the wheel/tire size change the angle, which is dependent only on the amount of sprung weight (all else being constant)? i.e. a larger diameter tire would end up raising not only the wheel hub, but the whole vehicle. Beyond that, tire/wheels size changes are almost always done so that the rolling radius stays very close to stock. So - not even a change in how far the hub center is from the ground. |
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