I've considered that in the past with other vehicles but you have to remember that the windshield is designed to shatter into teeny tiny pieces in the event of a crash or large strike. Anything you had to keep it from breaking could possibly result in it coming loose in large sharp decapitating...
It's probably the windshield angle if I had to guess combined with the lower ride height. I had an old Pontiac Firebird that had such a steep angle on the windshield not even Birds would hit it. They would just slide over the top of the car. Never had a serious Rock impact
Propper lift with high end component. Want 1-2 more inches of height and suspension travel. More of a gravel stage rally car with a bed than a lifted truck. Of course, I live in the hills/woods and have a gravel 1/3mi "driveway" with about 100ft of elevation change so this is purely functional.
Anyone else interested in this? Who wants to be the first to pull the shocks/struts and do some measuring? I would volunteer but didn't order my maverick until the end of November so... There are likely already shocks that are the right specs to raise the truck 1-2". They just have to be...
Ok so I just did the math going off of generic diameter sizes of original 235 65 R17 versus 245 70 R17 and there is just over a 5% increase in diameter which means that you are actually getting 5% better fuel economy than you think
Yes but if you're going off your odometer your numbers are off. Because of the larger tire size you are actually traveling further than your odometer is registering unless you have somehow corrected that.
That is assuming that the speedometer / odometer is accurate from the factory with factory...