| One of the major parts of four wheel driving is | | | | angle are those with the tires located right at the |
| the angle that you can drive your car at. Entry | | | | very front and rear of the car, although this |
| angle refers to the angle from the bottom of | | | | causes poor ramp over angle. |
| your front tire to the first thing that would hit a | | | | Ramp over angle refers to the angle of ground |
| rock if you were to drive into one. A lot of bull | | | | that you can go over without the middle of your |
| bars limit the entry angle because they hang | | | | vehicle hitting it. A car that has a driveline which |
| down low. A well designed four wheel drive will | | | | hangs down or wheels too far spread apart will |
| have a good entry angle, so they don't hit the | | | | often bottom out which is quite often even |
| ground or rocks when they are four wheel driving. | | | | worse than having poor entry and exit angles. |
| Likewise, the departure angle is the angle | | | | Lifting the vehicle helps a lot, chopping panels out |
| between the bottom of the rear tires and | | | | of the way and fitting larger tires will give you |
| whatever would hit first as you are departing a | | | | better angles. Alternatively, people fit bar work at |
| hole. Often you will find that when entering a mud | | | | the front and back to ensure that if anything |
| hole the front drops down without a worry, but | | | | does hit, it won't damage the panel work or fuel |
| the back hangs out too far and hits the ground as | | | | tanks. |
| you go down. The best cars for entry and exit | | | | |