What's Behind The Wheel? {with scratch-n-sniff photos}

[Rajiv Vaidyanathan]

Okay, no scratch and sniff, but YES on the photos.

So, last night, I went to Discount Tire to get my Michelin X-ice snow tires installed along with new rims to make life easier for me. When the wheels were off, I snuck in there to get some photos. Even the installer was impressed with what he saw behind the rear wheel. Something like "Wow! There's a lot of interesting stuff going on back there."

Enjoy.

First, the more interesting rear:


And a closer up view ...



Now, the less interesting front.



And a closer view of the front:

Not sure if this is interesting or useful to any of you ...

 

[ab13]

Lots of rear suspension points. They must be needed to support the weight.

 

[Kendalf]

That's up close and personal with Honda's multilink suspension!

 

[PHEV Newbie]

Mostly aluminum!

 

[dstrauss]

Awesome photos - that's a pretty complex rear suspension

 

[Everbody]

5 point multilink suspension was pioneered by Mercedes Benz. Here's a Wikipedia page on the technology with diagrams, animations, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-link_suspension