What makes the Raptors wider?

[swamp2]

It’s subtle

Hmmm, anyone who thinks the Raptor fender flares are subtle couldn't have actually seen them (in person nor even in pictures).

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[ThatWilsonGuy]

Thank you for correcting me. It’s subtle but no doubt about it another different part! Thanks for the good catch.

Less about correcting you and more just a realization that I took pictures of the difference earlier this year . I never realized it until we had the two side by side looking to see if the Raptor hood would fit all full size for another user (it does).

 

[EasternSierra]

the king pin axis is an imaginary line that travels through both the LCA and UCA attachment points on the wheel knuckle. The UCA knuckle attachment point is further inward than the LCA knuckle attachment, so the axis is slightly off vertical (it has some camber and caster). I think the king pin axis is between 20-25 degrees in the camber plane.

The distance between the tire centerline and the king pin axis intersection with the ground surface defines the scrub radius. So as tire diameter increases, the tire centerline needs to move outward to maintain scrub radius. Hence the decreased offset wheel for SAS.

Decreasing effective wheel offset with spacers and maintaining same tire size will increase scrub radius.

Thanks for the explanation!

 

[BroncoZan]

Hmmm, anyone who thinks the Raptor fender flares are subtle couldn't have actually seen them (in person nor even in pictures).

For sure the flares are not subtle. In fact I’m always so distracted by them that I didn’t pay enough attention to notice the actual fenders themselves are also different.

I wonder what raptor fenders plus non Sasquatch regular bronco flares might look like on a 2-door. Similar ability to hold 35s I’d guess.

 

[TLO]

What about going from the factory +55 offset on the Bronco to a +30 offset which is what the Sasquatch comes with from the factory? The Sas I test-drove handled just great.

Maybe there will be some sort of eventual effect on wear and tear given a huge number of miles. However, we're not seeing Sas Broncos with factory offset having premature bearing etc. failures on this forum AFAIK even after a lot of miles.

Didn't realize there was a diff... Maybe 25mm isn't much to effect it.

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