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The Radium King · 01-04-2012, 06:23 AM

perfect or not, with the introduction of the 's' model in 2000 they added the 6-speed without changing most other aspects of the suspension/chassis geometry. the 6-speed is longer than the 5-speed transmission, hence the greater offset on the drive shafts and resultant increased cv boot wear.

01-04-2012, 06:23 AM	#3
The Radium King Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 3,149	perfect or not, with the introduction of the 's' model in 2000 they added the 6-speed without changing most other aspects of the suspension/chassis geometry. the 6-speed is longer than the 5-speed transmission, hence the greater offset on the drive shafts and resultant increased cv boot wear.