- Ah, yes, December.
Time of the year where everyone goes on the Internet
and gets in fights if eggnog is actually good or not.
Which, spoiler alert, eggnog is the best
damn thing in the world, okay?
If you complain about it, don't get eggnog.
Go get something else, like orange juice and then brush
your teeth right before it, okay?
Now, people complain about whether sliding around the snow
is technically drifting or not.
I'm not even gonna go into that one because that one
is straight hellfire, all right.
But now you have people praying that the old
tax refund check that's coming back in February is gonna be
big enough for you to maybe buy, you know, like some
wheels and tires.
You're definitely gonna save a little 'cause you wanna
tell your mom that, you know, you're not spending all of it.
But let's be real, if you have a $2600 Federal Tax Return
you're probably gonna spend $600 of it
in your savings account and the 2,000s
gonna go to stuff, all right?
Probably gonna buy it from us, your favorites,
it's no big deal.
Now, that doesn't mean that you have to go run
a three month hiatus on car parts because it's cold outside.
Because, guess what, unlike me, most people
can just grow a beard and some good old, you know,
put on some good old warm clothes, jump out in the garage,
you know, throw a little space heater in there,
maybe a little propane heater that burns your eyes,
and you're gonna be good to go.
You can still spend a little bit of time with your car.
All right?
I'm Alex, alex.fi on Instagram and today we're gonna be
talking about the best bang for your buck, suspension.
So you don't have to wait all the way to the tax season,
or you don't have to spend your entire tax refund, you know?
I'm looking out for the mothers out there that are looking
for their sons and daughters to save money, okay.
And in case you haven't gotten the word of the bird
and you're looking for after-market wheels, tires,
or suspension, be sure to check out fitmentindustries.com
and don't forget to subscribe so I can keep sitting here
and staring awkwardly at the camera until it transitions.
When looking at bang-for-buck suspension, our biggest focus
is making sure that you're grabbing a good enough value
for dollar, it gets the job done, and it's also readily
available, because there's actually nothing worse
than seeing a great old set of coilovers
that have a great price and all the fancy lingo,
but then it's never stocked and then you put the money in,
and then it just never comes back out, and it's just
literally impossible to get ahold of the company.
Now, okay, so we're going to stay away from that.
But the first bang-for-your-buck suspension product
out there, that we would say that you'd want to go towards,
is the Fortune Auto 500 Series coilover.
Now, the 500 Series is definitely, like, a daily driver
friendly coilover system.
They're rebuildable, which means you can build it up
to another series coil over, or you can repair a piece
if it fails over use, or time, or anything
in the Wintertime, because there's this thing called
salt on the ground and it sucks.
Now, it has a five-year warranty, it's individually tested
prior to shipping, and it can come in your own fancy,
spring rate or a swift spring, if your cold,
little heart desires.
Now, the reason the Fortune Auto 500 Series hits
the bang-for-buck category is because of the value.
You get the foundation needed for a proper coil over.
Now, Fortune Auto does all their own stuff in house
and if you met them, there's not that many people
at Fortune Auto.
They all are just, kind of like friends, they just
do it for fun and they make pretty good products.
And they want you to keep the product for years,
not just a season.
And if that's not enough, the finish is pretty decent.
And green's a cool color, okay?
Next up would be the Tein Flex Z coilover kit,
is a banger of a coilover kit.
Now, it's lower in price but not the bottom of the price
point when comparing to other coilovers in the Tein lineup.
And that's purposeful and there's a reason for that.
Because it comes with an upper mount.
It has a twin tube structure.
It has some rustproofing on and it has full
damping force adjustability.
All that means is that you can adjust it,
it stays alive longer, and it doesn't rust, okay?
It's compatible with Tein's EDFC tech, which,
if you go to upgrade.
But the biggest thing that makes the Flex Z such a
bang-for-buck coilover is the fact that there are so
many applications for this platform, for this coilover.
Like, pretty much a million of them and I'm not joking.
Tein, they somehow have like 9 billion applications,
and they're usually always in stock and ready to fire.
Sometimes Tein is seen as a more affordable option,
which is true!
But, with the Flex Z it flushes out most of the shortcomings
that cheaper coilover kits have within their lineup.
Another bang-for-the-buck suspension would bring us to
the good old BC Racing, BR Series coilover.
Now, BC has been someone that's been all over the place,
especially with platforms.
Now, again, in the middle of the price range for coilovers,
the BR Series sits right in between daily driving,
and the occasional track day on your weekend
for you to pretend like you're Lewis Hamilton.
If you're watching Formula One Series, I am so sorry
for everything that's happening this year.
The BC Racing coilovers have the height adjustment options
that you want, because, I mean, we all want to slam
our cars on the inside, right?
They've got camber plates for you to do the dut,
but really what it is for is so that you can
fit everything in.
It's got a mounted tube shock design, has available custom
valving and spring rates and fully rebuildable,
just like Fortune Auto.
And although it doesn't have as long of a warranty,
it does come in some good applications
for most vehicles, as well.
BC Racing has gotten especially popular due to its value
for dollar and it's a great entry into the BC lineup
without having to pay a fortune.
Unless you want to pay it for a fortune, in which case
I could recommend some seriously expensive kits because
they're out there, Bud.
But we're not about that life all the time, you know,
if you want us to talk about five, $6,000 coilover kits,
we can do that.
You'll probably fall asleep watching the video, though.
And last but not least, we bring it back to the old classic
coilover that has always been around.
Old and trusty, Silvers.
Okay, so Silvers is a newer name to the game when it
comes down to the U.S. market, but they've been around
for quite some time.
Their biggest focus is making the coilover itself
as strong as possible, so they put a bunch of fancy lingo
on the description so that you know it's got 5W damper oil
for longevity, it's got carbon steel, seamless shock tubes,
6061 front camber plates, and height adjustability through a
lower bracket versus a perch or a preload.
Now, another interesting note is that Silvers line
does cater to some more unique platforms because
we do have a tendency to get it all the time.
They're like, "Yo, I got a 2001 Toyota Yaseena something
or another that's a four, 2.4 liter right hand drive,
it was made in Ukraine and I shipped it to Australia
and I was just wondering if you could ship it overseas,
do you have a platform?
Do you have any coilovers for that?"
And we're like, "Bro, no."
But a lot of times, Silver's actually does,
which is kind of interesting, okay.
That's why we've seen them do so well overseas
is because they meet a lot of those niche platforms.
Bang-for-buck coilovers doesn't inherently mean
the cheapest in the bucket, but we're not talking about
the $3000 option, either.
Because not all coilovers are made equal.
But when you get up the ladder of price, not all coilovers
have insane differences, either.
And that's where it really comes down to what you
really want to get.
If you're looking to jump into a decent set,
that gets the job done, I'd start by looking at
the good old Johnnies listed above.
Because really, we're just a bunch of car guys and gals,
and if it were up to me, I would just always
buy the best bang-for-buck, because a lot of car stuff,
ahem, is extremely overpriced.
Let us know what you think below and of course
don't forget to subscribe so we can keep making
bangin' videos like this.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries and we will see you later.
Peace!