What are the advantages and disadvantages of installing flanges on cars?
Time:
2021-11-09
The advantage of adding a flange is that it is more stable when turning sharply. The following is an introduction to the advantages and disadvantages of adding a flange:
1. Advantages of installing flanges on cars:
(1) The body posture of some models is unsatisfactory, and the wheels protrude slightly after adding flanges, which can make the vehicle more powerful from the appearance, and the wide-body modified cars will appear to have concave tires, which can be perfectly solved by adding flanges this problem.
(2) After the flange is installed, the coaxial wheelbase of the vehicle becomes longer, and the vehicle flutters and the roll feeling can be improved when driving at high speed and making sharp turns.
(3) The material of the flange is usually aluminum alloy, which will not add too much weight.
(4) Modification of large brake calipers and installation of flanges can give way to the calipers.
2. Disadvantages of installing flanges on cars:
(1) Vehicle bumps will be severe when walking on uneven roads, which will cause certain damage to the half-axis universal joints.
(2) The quality of the flange is uneven, and once the flange is damaged, it will affect the original wheel hub.
(3) One of the factors in the vehicle suspension adjustment is to reduce the abnormal wear of the tires. Adding flanges to change the wheelbase will cause abnormal wear of the tires.
(4) The vehicle should not be overloaded, because the reason mentioned in the third point will cause the tires to wear abnormally and sometimes rub against the wheel eyebrows.
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