Rookie Mistakes Buying Suspension
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- čas přidán 3. 06. 2024
- We are back with another episode of Rookie Mistakes. This time we are talking about rookie mistakes buying suspension. Whether it be your first time buying aftermarket suspension or the 11th time, we are all guilty of these mistakes. What's your biggest mistake buying suspension? Let us know in the comments below!
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I cut my springs
My m8 cut his springs, instant fuck up, ended up crashing the car
eBay coilovers... opened the box, lowered them all the way and threw them on. I thought i was ready for the low life. Oh was I wrong 😂
my dumbass trusted the sellers page when it said my bc v1s had camber plates in the front by default so i forgot to ask for those. welp at least i got extreme drop and custom spring rates like i asked
@@hectorbrito4362 how did that work out for you?
My daily is slammed on stiff springs. Does my back hurt? Yeah, but so does my face from smiling the whole time
DA9 Teg Heh... car guys 🚗
I feel it and already having back problems makes me loving cruising in my xj love having that auto some days when your daily is a st focus 🙃
@@itsjusta2v198I love driving low & slow, but for sure need a break every now and then
DA9 Teg definitely need a break some days but it’s hard when your jeep gets 9.6 thanks to my 4.5 lift and 20x12s 🙃 but I live in YE HAW country so oh well 🤠
Out of interest how old are all of you with back problems? I'm middle aged and cringing so hard!
No homo, just saying...
It ain’t a real FI video if Lil Uzi ain’t playing in the background.
Facts brother. I wish this could be the pinned comment for the video 😂
Fave artist 🔥 Fave informative car channel
@Webby lol and money grows on trees
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BRUH I THOUGHT MY MUSIC STARTED PLAYING! I was like whaaaaaaaaaaaat is going on????????
Order Tein springs for my mazda 6.... they sent me miata springs. I, super excited teenager ignored all the red flags and put them on. Result: drove a car on only struts, I visited the moon after driving over a small pot hole.
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How many times did you use beat of "XO Tour Llife" as a background music
It doesn't matter bc it is a great Song.....
xtrmx 00 it’s an ok song
So many it’s historic brother 😂
its pretentious
You are blessed
I laughed at the accused in the glory of the flower
So you want a lil uzi vert background music
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Spends 2k on coilovers*
Doesn't get a wheel alignment*
🤠
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It's better to get all the suspension done in one swoop. If you're getting springs, you might as well do the bushings, arms, sway bars, etc. Doing it all at once will save tons of headaches.
Just not the headache of my wallet haha
I have 800 dollar coil overs on my 2003 golf and it did the job. It's also my daily and only low enough to kill the wheel gap but the most expensive coil overs aren't always the best thing
My e30 went to gapplebees by a Subaru 😪
Volg_ Sawa sad day for us bimmer lovers 😩
福Death fr tho, time to add more boost
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This is why I still haven't gotten suspension on the GTO, I want it to be pretty stiff to track it but I don't wanna overdo it. I also want something extremely adjustable for different environments
If you drop your car, spend the extra $$$ and make sure you can adjust your camber, and toe, front and rear. And of course... alignment like Alex said. It's $90 from NTB...
"They're fun, they look good AND, don't go away I'm not done, they look good"
Got it
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The first mistake in Street Racing Syndicate is buying Eibach Drift-Drop® springs and a Koni Koilover Kit for a road race build and bottoming out your suspension, because they're two incompatible parts in the same suspension slot.
Same thing happens when you try to equip both ACT *_AND_* AEM lightweight carbon fly wheels on the same car, and they somehow fit.
*_...and you should have spent your spare cash after winning 30 large in your first race with Eddie's GTR on nitrous instead!_*
Progressive sptings: the progressive srping is usually achieved by the OEM manufacturer altering the coil diameter, as opposed to the wire diameter, for ease of manufacturer and cost. On the coilover set up, however, a progressive rate is achieved by stacking two or more springs on top of each other. A progressive srping rate starts soft and then "progressively" gets harder so that the suspension starts to travel, the spring rate is soft and comfortable, soaking up small bumps and keeping the tires in contact with the road. As load increases, the spring rate also increases allowing for control in more spirited situations.
Formula for obtaining overall spring rate is as follows.
Spring rate1 × spring rate 2/Spring rate1 + spring rate 2
Eg. 200×400/ 200 + 400 = 800/600 =134lbs/in
Blown shocks and lowering springs the proper cheap way to go :) many people are surprised by the ride quality in my car considering its not stiff and also doesn’t bounce.
You're so informative and extremely funny bro! I enjoyed this so freaking much! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's!
Needed this video so much bro. When I began doing research into basic car mods for my daily I fell on your videos and have continued using your context as a solid reference point. I just put some coilovers on my car and threw it on the road thinking that I would be good. Didn't look into any of the other add one that build up a complete suspension nor did a get an alignment. Mainly just cuz I'm a complete beginner with cars. So thank you. My car rides springy af now and I was wondering if you could help me understand why.
My rookie suspension mistake was buying the cheapest name brand coilovers i could find, throw them on amd not think twice about lowering it or taking wheel gap measurements. I later realized my car sits uneven and ive yet to get an alignment. Its been like this for a year now. Halp. (This is the first time modifying a car 😭😂)
I love whenever you post the mazdaspeed 3’s as your video cover😍
I make these notes for later when buying parts and a car. Have fun at it, ladies and gents. A summery of the video
Purchasing the suspension purely based off price alone - 1:29
Should be based off what you would be doing with the suspension instead. - MAKE SURE YOU KNOW!!!
There is a lot of different kinds of coilovers, spring rates, options, prices, performance type, etc.
Do other stuff when installing your suspension - 3:30
When taking apart your suspension and you see other damaged parts, replace and fix them. It’s not worth ignoring it and putting your coilovers back on or bad car karma will bite you in the ass while Alex will haunt you using a bedsheet. -
Fixing them will give you MAXIMUM performance out of your suspension
Ex.Look out for bushings, axle shafts, brake lines, lower control arm
It is not worth cheaping out or avoiding the problem
Doing it = worse performance
“Going to the extreme” - 5:13
Super high spring rate and super low coilovers = BAD IDEA for a daily driver
(Spring Rate refers to the amount of weight it takes to compress a spring a certain distance. The higher the spring rate, the stiffer the spring. ... Some springs are non-linear, which typically means the spring gets stiffer the more you compress it.)
Standard coilover and spring rate are a great place to start when installing new suspension for your car - For beginners getting into cars and spring tuning (coilovers)
www.fitmentindustries.com/search-wheel-offset-gallery - check it out to get a good reference
Getting other people’s spring rates can help lots
IT doesn’t end after installing aftermarket suspension and the correct surrounding parts - 6:30
You need to get an alignment to prevent excessive wear on tires and for a smoother and better ride. Generally, gives your car much better functionality.
“For your car to function without destroying a tire or fender”.
Especially true for people that track, with tight fitments and clean set ups.
Bought the Koni sport kit with H&R springs for my daily Mazda 3 sedan. They're going on this Thursday. Cant wait! My oem shocks are going bad and I've been eyeing the Koni's for a while. My Alice will also get new strut mounts front n rear and new dustcovers. She already had new control arms and ball joints. New swaybars will be next...
My 93 Sentra Se-R loves all the new Bushings I've replaced after installing my Fortune autos. 😏
Tein H-Tech springs over Koni yellows was a bit harsh for regular daily driving. The car crashed over manhole covers. A pot hole a few inches deep was painful. Looked good though, and stayed pretty flat.
Funny you just uploaded this while I was researching lowering springs
Wow the cam guy and the video man is getting so much better
Eibach Springs and Kyb AGX struts 😤😤
If I have made any suspension mistakes, I don't know it yet... Because I learned my lesson on going overboard, or under doing, from watching others do it.
First car was an 2000 s10 extreme ex show truck. Previous owner did the good old cut and heat on stock springs. When I finally managed to get it out the spring was almost at a right angle😂😂😂
I spent around 6 or 7 grand on suspension alone just lower my Camaro because the OEM suspension was trashed. 20+ years of abuse really showed, glad I watched these video before hand and took the time to do it right the first time
You get air? Otherwise, how'd you spend 7k
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My GTO had a full BC racing kit, Hotchkus sways, and peddlers bushings. It hugged the road and was basically a track car. Full price around 3000ish
"Going into that apex like arton senna" 😂 😂 😂
I drive a 1999 NB Miata.I bought "super low" option coilovers from Silvers USA thinking that I would have to thread down. Instead they shorten the body of the coilover buy sending the coilover with a smaller bottom (where the coilover mounts to the lower control arm). I still tried them on, but just the front because the rear was so small i just knew I wouldnt be able to drive my car normally. After I got them on and drove for a couple days on them I called the company (Excellent customer service by the way) and they sent me the bottoms of the coilover that I could replace on the coilover for the standard heigh that i was looking for vs what the super lows made the car sit at. So if you want your car low but not too low just make sure to ask around on how low what brand of coilover goes to the height you want to be at. The "Super Low" option on some of these $900+ coilovers will indeed put your car on the ground lol.
I took the rear perches off my rear springs on my BC to get my rear end lower 😅
What's your opinion on ksport suspension system.
Great vid! It makes a whole lot of cents, amd saves a whole lot of dollas! Working in phases to get suspension dialed in, amd payong attention to fitment. Next up bushings, sway bar(s), and whiteline roll center kit...can anyone give any feedback on megan racing parts? For a toybaru...
Rookie mistake on my end, I put lowering spring on the car, absolutely love the look of the car, however I cant dial in the alignment cause my control arms don't have any adjustment...
The adjustable control arms are coming in today......
“I’m already pale...all I need is a bed sheet” dead bro! 😂
so I am not sure if someone has mentioned this but if you install some new coilovers and lower it you of course have to get an alignment done but also keep in mind that since you changing suspension geometry you may need aftermarket parts to gain a correct alignment. Ex i lowered my 2000 impreza 2.5rs only 2 inches or so and I needed new rear lateral links to get my toe corrected.
Hey thank you for the insight on this! 🙏🏼
Suspension can make or break a car (literally)... A bad purchase (or corner cut) can make any minor divet in the road painfully noticeable lol. My buddy has a CL-S and that thing went from super comfy (OEM springs) to nauseating (after-market Tien-s).
KW V3's street and slight track
Me: Whoops there goes 1300...
My Bank: -_-
“I’m already pale, all I need is a bed sheet”
Ready to take that out of context
I took it quite deeply in myself...
"Cool with grease and love"
How far are you going to take that?
Oh guys I swear 👀😂
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I see you took my advice somewhat for doing mazda speed3 next but I didn’t mean as the thumbnail 😂👍🏼❤️❤️❤️
Installed racelands but didn’t get them tight, so brakes plus took them out and fixed everything then aligned it all
That white focus ST thou.... 😀
My first suspension setup mistake was installing lowering coil springs on oem like chocks, resulting in bouncy ride. Since I got koni yellows, I know what a real suspension is!
OEM or parts from a tunning company approved by the manufacturer should alwats be your first thought. I got some tte (toyota team europe-basically the same as ford performance for toyota in europe) lowering springs that where ment to be put on the stock suspension. Got the lowered look i wanted + I'm kinda not nervous that I'm going to need a new suspension after a while with just springs.
No way. Those parts almost never have any adjustable settings and rarely ever outperform the original part.
@@Datboi_Mo often is "adjustable suspension" put to max stiffness anyway.
Golden intro
I hope that the person reading this will have a good day
You too fam. 🙏🏼
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Thank you
I got bc racing br coilovers for my FR-S. Do I let the springs settle in then get an alignment? Will the car drop lower after setting in?
What size would fit the 350z video plz and thank you. What happened to that series actually?
Just got JHM lowering springs and Rohana CR 22's for my S5. Am I a cool kid now?
Thank you for this learning videos
A rockie mistake is doing everything single power mod before even getting stock handling suspension back.
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What's good about those rev9 coilovers . Need a video on them
Buying a new 2020 Honda Accord Touring 2.0t. What kind of lowering springs do you suggest then not to screw up my new car suspension??
What's that 5 spoke rim behind your head
I like it
Hey bro what’s your opinion on greddy x kw on on a g35 coupe
do yall sell single coilover, I may have busted one of mine in an accident
Alex you reading my mind 😂👀
Looking to get coil overs and lowering springs installed. Will I have a smoother ride over bumps if I keep the regular springs instead of the lowering springs?
I would say on the lowering spring it will better but you will need to upgrade your shocks to really get that ride quality at its best!
Just learned that when you lower your car you need yo set up your end links with some pre load. Or you destroy them.
Do you have any videos on jeep? I want to lower my jeep renegade and I don't want to make any mistakes.
Do I have to replace from axle or sway bar when I add a new quality coil over ?
Alex i always watch ur youtube channel. Im a rookie in building cars. What suspension can u recommend me for my honda fit.. hope to get the free set of wheels. Thanks.. keep safe
slapped some BC BR series coilovers on my tib didnt fuck with the ride height cause it was on point from out the box lol
Nice
So listen bro i heard what you said.
But could you...
😜😂😂😂
What is the best suspension for comfort on a mid size SUV?
Gxnzalez with the thumbnail goin hard
Wish I would’ve watched this now I gotta take my car to the shop cause I think I bent my lower control arm
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I have been hearing good things about Yonaka I would maybe choose something a lil more expensive but there isnt a lot for my car because for some reason I find accords more bad A then civics so Im kinda out of luck on that. BUTTT i am also a broke ass 18 year old lol and yonaka seems like a good choice. good qaulity and since i want to track my car I feel like it could be a good 50/50 choice what do you guys think?
saw the icon of mazdaspeed, need more videos on those cars, I love mine.
They are super underrated cars!
@@FitmentIndustries I love mine, so glad I got one. At first, my father and I were at the Mazda stealership, and he goes Dave what about a hatchback, i said EWW.. doesn't look good at all. So, a few years go by, and I was running around in a 2007 Mazda 3. So, one day after work, I stopped down to a stealership, and wanted to know what I'd get as in trade in value for my car. Keep in mind I was already looking for another car, because I was to the end of paying off the 07 car, and or it was already paid off and wanted another. Can't recall sorry. So, at any rate, I stopped in, they did some number crunching for me, and I walked out of the stealership late afternoon with an 11 Speed 3. I told myself it's under warrenty I'll keep it stock. Yah!, about a month later I was buying parts here in and there. I've probably dumped over close to 5 grand into it so far. Maybe more. Up here in CT, we are over run by Subarus, and Evo's and that's all people care about at these shows. I'd love to get people more aware of our cars, but I Subaru's run the gambit. I do follow some women on instagram, that I'd love to have them model with my car. and Such, just gotta find time to hit them up and what not. I plan on getting myself another Mazda, granted the SPEED is dead.. Miata's look rad, but very underpowered, for what they look like. instagram.com/theredbaronspeed3/
I bought dgr coilovers for my mk4 bora expecting to get rid of the wheel gap turns out I’m 10 15 mill to short what have I done.. although its still low 🙈
Great song in the background song is it xo tour llif3? (Sorry if last word is wrong its just whats on my phones play list)
If you're just looking to replace old squeaky suspension on a daily driver and would be perfectly happy to keep everything OEM, is it still so bad if you just go for the cheapest option?
I bought the flex z for my 04 accord
Just slam your vehicle on Tarmacs and daily it 🤣🤣🤣🤣👊
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Anyone had experience with D2 Racing coilovers? Looking in the RS Series for my daily
Link to vid where the car part fell on the guys head that was fkn hilarious
If my car keeps wanting to bottom out when I hit a bump is that due to my suspension giving out or what? It's stock suspension on a 2000 Camry and it just started to do this in the last 3 months
When you first install coilovers should you let the springs settle before getting an alignment?
Yea
I'd buy coilovers from you guys but you dont sell any for a 19 kia optima sx. I see you sell some for the stinger though.
Im a simple man, I see a mazda speed 3, I click.
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it’s crazy i literally just bought my suspension setup yesterday 🤦🏽♂️. Y fitment Y?!!??? but i did good 😎
Either way we’re proud of you and you should at least upload your ride to our gallery! www.fitmentindustries.com/add-wheel-offset
did you rev that mustang with the symposer on high or low my guy?
i do a lot of traveling on the long road and want to drop my car but using an affordable solution that will last, would coilovers be a solution?
Best lowering springs with stock shocks for daily driving a 2019 WRX Limited? Not looking for anything crazy, just half an inch to an inch of drop to fill in the wheel gap.
On a WRX I would spend the money on coilovers and a rear swaybar. Lowering for looks is cool an' all but a full suspension set up on those cars will blow your mind. Just $1,200 and an afternoon of work (CO's are easier than springs because you don't disassemble the stock struts or use a spring compressor) will make your car so sticky you can park it on a ceiling. From the factory Subaru's have a ton of understeer because the entire engine and 1/4 of the transmission is in front of the axles= worst AWD design ever. It can be fixed with coilovers (not quite to Evo 9 status, but pretty close). New suspension will allow you to dial out the understeer by independently adjusting ride height and corner balancing pre-load via fully adjustable coilovers. So if you want to look cool, spend $180 on springs and knock your teeth out when you pull apart the stock struts. If you want to become a tarmac Samurai and double the handling and enjoyment you get from the Wrex, do what I suggest.
I need someone to help me with my 2014 Hyundai elantra! What's the coilover you guys would suggest!?
Can you make a video on BC coil overs. I want to go low but not on the ground idk if I need the BC extreme lows or the regular BCs and just lower it all the way.
Joey Lopez if you don’t want it on the ground then don’t go extreme
D2 coil
Great suggestion we also have a new channel were we might be posting more information videos on check it out! Fitment Industries Garage
So I looked on ur web site and you don't have coilovers for my 1995 Honda prelude can you help
I had a customer at work yesterday and he looked just like Alex but blonde. Whenever he was more than 10ft away I'd whisper "Alex from Fitment Industries here"
Do you need alignment when you have negative camber?
Hey what’s that wheel right behind his head ?
I have a 98 honda accord, I just want to close my fender gap. Not looking to be slammed or fully static yet until I get the wheels I want. Should I go lowering springs or coilovers?
Coilovers are more adjustable to get the look you want! Dont forget to check out some options at www.fitmentindustries.com
Coil over all the way.coming from using hard wood as a lowering block.I drive an Aussie g8 pick up type thing.,4K on MCAs.the cheaper the anything .the longer it wont last,its all in the weight of ya baby
Is a Volkswagen Jetta a good starter car to get aftermarket parts for, or should I wait and save for some other car in college?
There’s an extremely healthy aftermarket for Volkswagens. If you get one with a turbo it’s even better.
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I have a 2014 accord coupe I didn’t see any in your gallery I want to slam mine I want to do springs not coil overs any suggestions
And the wheels on it are 18x9