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When you raise a truck, aren't you messing with it's stability?

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TommyVercetti

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I am sure a lot of consideration goes into just the stability of an SUV or truck when it's being designed. But when you raise it, aren't you messing with it's stability? Higher = less stable?
 
Originally posted by: Reliant
Raising a truck will give it a higher center of gravity and thus it'll be easier to tip.
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yep, that's the basics of it.....spread the wheels out a bit to compensate, like monster trucks
 
Wider is better. Its kinda like drag racing. A long 235" dragster is a heck of a lot easier to drive compared to a short roadster.
 
what stability? that's like saying "if you feed a 400 pound man a big mac, are you messing with his slim figure?" there's a reason you never see old pickups with lift kits (minus the classic toyota rock-climbers). they all ended up upside-down in a ditch somewhere.
 
raising brings the center of gravity up
you raise so you can put bigger/wider tires on and that widens the center of gravity.
 
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