Ok, I assume I am doing something wrong with the math...but this doesn't make sense.
I did my 5-lug conversion last week and noticed my car was sitting higher off the ground. Not only is it visibly higher, but my x-pipe used to hit the speed bumps and now it clears no problem. It is clearly higher off the ground....but I can't figure out why.
I used sn95 spindles and Ranger axles to keep rear drum, so the ONLY things I changed were the spindles and axles.
At first I was thinking that because I went from 16" to 17" rims, that must be it. But I couldn't really see that making such a big difference...so I did the math.
My front tires are 245/45/17 and my rears are 275/40/17. The old tires on my car were 225/55/16.
Doing the math I came up with this:
245/45/17: 25.7" total height. (12.85")
275/40/17: 25.66" total height. (12.83")
225/55/16: 25.76 total height. (12.88")
So right now, in theory, my car should actually be lower. The old tires were taller overall than the new ones. So how would that make my car ride higher?
I guess it is possible that my front springs might have slipped out of the groove in the lower control arm, putting the bottom coil ON the arm instead of being in that groove. But I didn't lower my control arms. Or am I doing the math wrong? Or am I overthinking this whole thing?
I did my 5-lug conversion last week and noticed my car was sitting higher off the ground. Not only is it visibly higher, but my x-pipe used to hit the speed bumps and now it clears no problem. It is clearly higher off the ground....but I can't figure out why.
I used sn95 spindles and Ranger axles to keep rear drum, so the ONLY things I changed were the spindles and axles.
At first I was thinking that because I went from 16" to 17" rims, that must be it. But I couldn't really see that making such a big difference...so I did the math.
My front tires are 245/45/17 and my rears are 275/40/17. The old tires on my car were 225/55/16.
Doing the math I came up with this:
245/45/17: 25.7" total height. (12.85")
275/40/17: 25.66" total height. (12.83")
225/55/16: 25.76 total height. (12.88")
So right now, in theory, my car should actually be lower. The old tires were taller overall than the new ones. So how would that make my car ride higher?
I guess it is possible that my front springs might have slipped out of the groove in the lower control arm, putting the bottom coil ON the arm instead of being in that groove. But I didn't lower my control arms. Or am I doing the math wrong? Or am I overthinking this whole thing?