- So if there is an opportunity to pour one out,
as they say, for uh, the homies.
It would be for our passenger quarter panel fender area,
as Erik, our boy, our social media rep,
decided to take on an incline into a parking lot
in a slammed E-30 in the winter time.
And it was brought to our attention that this is because
of the fact that Mr. Erik has a tendency to not drive
slammed cars, at all.
And we probably figured that there's a couple people
out there that probably don't drive slammed cars,
and it results in, you know, crying moments,
such as that, when the car comes back and you notice
that it's missing paint, and then you find out that
there might be a little bit of rust underneath there.
And you just wanna duke it out.
You just want to throw some elbows, drop some hands,
choke some necks, and, (clears throat)
not that we're upset, but we figure this would be a great
opportunity to talk to people about some tips.
Some tips for driving a slammed car,
because it's not as easy as what everybody says.
It's not just like you slam it on the ground
and you go into a straight line and you never turn,
you never have to deal with anything.
Well, obviously you have to turn, Erik!
And when you're turning at 30 miles an hour,
or 20 miles an hour in the winter time,
yeah, you're going to do some damage.
You're going to do some damage.
Erik, if you're watching this, I'm so sorry,
I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
But anyway, I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
Don't forget to subscribe if you're looking for
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that's the sales plug, let's get into it.
Tips for driving a slammed car.
Now you might be watching this thinking,
Alex, why are you giving me tips for driving a slammed car.
First off, I know more than you, my car's lower than yours.
And that might be true, but that still doesn't mean that
I can't give you a couple tips on driving a slammed car
because, well, we've made the mistakes, we've done it before
and we're here to let you know that when you crack that oil
pan when you're going over the Walmart roundabout,
or you're going over the speed bump in front of TJ Maxx
and you crack it, you just know that you should've watched
this video to begin with.
So the first tip that we have for you is obviously,
watch the potholes.
Now that's a pretty obvious statement,
so I'm going to push it one step further
and just assume all potholes are gateways to hell.
Because when you really think about it,
no matter how small the pothole is,
you should not touch it with any facet of your car,
with any, there's not even limbs on a car,
but it shouldn't touch any limb of your car
at any point in time at all.
Here's the reason.
Even small potholes can cause enough damage in terms
of like pop-up, if you don't have the appropriate
spring ray, and then it hits the fender and you're
not surprised, or you are surprised because you didn't
expect the pothole to be as big as it is,
and then it's a three-piece wheel, and you bend a lip,
or it's, you know, one piece cast and you shatter it
or you crack it or something like that,
you start losing air, it all happens because sometimes,
really it's not that we hit potholes,
we just assume the pothole or the bump wasn't that big
to begin with, and then you hit it, or you're going 65
miles an hour on the highway, and you don't realize,
it's as big as what you thought it was,
which by the way, that's what she said.
And you just kind of are taken back and you're like,
wow, that was huge.
Also, that's what she said.
And here's another thing that you probably thought
that you had under the bag that you really don't
would be speed bumps.
And I know, up here in the north, they're,
and north, down under, and the whole accent
about the Wisconsinites, there's not a whole lotta
roundabouts or speed bumps or anything that
you really gotta worry about in terms of having
to slow down as the car goes over the bumps,
but if you're going to the bigger areas,
you're going to notice that there's a lot of speed bumps,
and if you're driving a slammed static car--.
I can't do that anymore.
If you're driving a slammed static car,
a lot of times we get, probably, well, I mean I do,
agitated every single time there's a speed bump every 20
feet and you just end up saying, you know what, if I just
send it, I'll probably be okay, and maybe we'll just get
through it, but then you realize that the first speed bump
was like a tutorial level, and then the second speed bump
was the real, it was the big (bleep)
and then you go into it and you don't expect it,
and then you peak over the speed bump and you just float
there because your car's too low to have the front go up
or the front go down so then you try to rock it,
if you guys have ever rocked your car over a speed bump,
I know it sounds pretty petty, but,
you end up having to do that.
What we usually recommend is that if you see a speed bump
or you see more than one speed bump,
just avoid it.
And if you are going to do it, go at it at an angle,
straight wheels, straight steering wheel,
don't try to curve because you're going to end up having
some damage to the fenders anyway if it starts clipping,
and you definitely don't want to do that.
Keep it straight, go on over, and if you're gonna send it,
just make sure to do it full send,
and just go all the way through, don't stop halfway through
and sit there as you're teeter-tottering in front of PetCo
where your mom is staring at you oddly as you're trying
to get your car over a speed bump,
and she reminds you that it was really pointless of you
to slam the car to begin with because it has absolutely
not functional purpose but then you have to say
it looks cool mom, and that's just the way we do it,
and Fitment Industries was telling me it was cool!
Here's another thing that you probably didn't think about,
which would've been, uh, well, ya know, driveways.
Now I know you're thinking, Alex,
I get it, driveways, you have to go at an angle,
you gotta keep the steering wheel straight,
you have to do the same thing as you're going out,
I get it.
But knees weak, arms sweaty, there's vomit on your sweater
because of mom's spaghetti, he's nervous,
there's other things in this statement,
it's a rap, I don't know, there was some guy that sang
it one time, just kidding.
I know Eminem.
Rest in peace, MGK.
And when you're going into like, driveways,
there's a couple of things that you have to remember.
So first thing is is that if you're truly driving
a slammed static car, if you're truly just driving
a slammed car, a lot of people get nervous when they're
leaving a driveway because they end up scraping
their front lip or some sort of piece at the bottom
side of the car, and then they stop,
they go forward, and they try to straighten out their car
instead, which ends up doing more damage
because they actually can't make it out of the driveway.
If you are truly driving a slammed static car,
you can just like kiss you lip goodbye.
Because I can just promise you you're going to rip it off,
tear it off, you're going to disconnect it,
it's going to tear off by itself, you're going to have
the quick fasteners for the front bumper,
that's going to rip off at some point.
You just have to be okay with the fact
that at some point, a driveway is going to take the life
of something that you love.
And it's going to be your front lip or your front splitter
or it's going to be a rear diffuser
because you just thought you'd leave at 9:00 at night
and dip out super quick and you didn't do what you're
supposed to, which is angle out of the driveway,
you ultimately end up breaking it apart,
you put it in your trunk before anybody else notices
that you broke anything, you buy a new part and pray
that it comes in on time for the next car show
so nobody else notices.
I get it.
You might be asking yourself, Alex,
how are you a psychic?
And the answer is, it's because every single thing
that I've stated I've seen people do.
(laughs)
So, driving a slammed car on a driveway
is not necessarily like, a craft,
more than just expecting that you're going
to damage things over time because,
especially considering how aggressive driveways
will get with a slammed car, you're gonna hurt something.
It's better off for you to hurt the front lip
or your rubber polyurethane bush train, er,
polyurethane lip that you have on the front bumper
then to actually start messing with your wheels or fender,
so you're better off keeping that straight
when you're going back but at an angle
and having yourself a little bit of rub on the front lip,
or the back, or if you have any sort of exhaust system
that's on the bottom versus doing something
like going at it straight down because you're scared
that you're going to rip off your front lip and instead,
you end up just, you know, scratching your entire fender.
And the next thing would probably be automatic car washes.
So I know that you've gone to your car shows,
you're getting ready to roll, you're ready to pull up
into the car show, and then you realize you gotta wash
your car and you're like, oh (bleep).
And you try to go and you go onto Google and you're like
uh, car washes near me, and you find one and it's called
like Oh Suds In Me, or some sort of odd,
weird 2001 porno style like, car wash name.
It's just weird.
And you get there, and you look at it,
and you're like, this is questionable.
First off it's touch carwash, it's not a touchless,
so you already know you're screwed from the get-go.
But then you see it.
You see the little hooves that hold your wheel in place,
they're like, they look like this,
and you're like oof.
And then you see the bars that are running on both sides,
you know what I'm talking about.
And you're like, ehhhh.
But I really want a clean car.
So then you're going to pay the money into that old system
that doesn't actually take five dollar bills for some reason
and you're going to get the thing,
you're gonna drive in, and you're gonna make the mistake.
And you know you shouldn't have entered the car wash
to begin with, but you do it because you want a quick,
clean car, and you end up slamming your car,
either some sort of suspension component,
your side skirts, your side flairs,
your front lip, your diffuser,
your wheels, on some part of the actual automatic car wash.
So let me give you a tip when it comes to driving
a slammed car, because a lot of times when you drive
slammed cars, you're going to have some sort of error
that goes along with it.
Any sort of automatic car wash, you're going to want to
stay away from unless it doesn't have the hooves to begin
with, which not a lot of car washes south of like,
Quick Trip, actually host, so if you're looking at anything
like pre-2014, they're almost always going to have those
hooves on it, and anything like pre-2010
are always going to have the bars because that's how the
systems used to be way back in the day
because they just hope that you had a tire side wall
that would be able to take the impact
versus hitting the rim.
Whereas now, everything's kind of stretched or sports style
wheels or like that, so they've kinda gotten outdated
over time, but don't risk a clean car for damaging your,
well, your car.
And last but not least, our final tip is to stay away
from any standing water whatsoever.
So a lot of times, people love puddles.
I love puddles because, you know, it's fun,
and you get to drive through them
and you feel like a truck guy 'cos you're like, truck stuff!
And you go through and the water kicks up on the side
and everybody's happy and then you're wondering,
you know, what happened because now your TPMS sensors,
or your TPMS is going off.
Maybe you've got steam running from your engine.
You have a cracked barrel, or your wheel's cracked
because you just happened to go through a puddle
which was also sitting in a pothole,
which goes back to reason number one.
Just stay away from standing water on the side of the road,
especially if you want to keep your car alive
for as long as humanly possible.
Pretty much, car like, potholes, standing water,
speed bumps, and uh, car washes are the devil.
So if you wanna stay away and keep your car clean
and not actually damage it from doing anything,
you're going to want to just pretty much put it
in a bubble and never drive it at all,
because that's the biggest tip we could possibly give you.
Even though we know you're not going to do that.
So let us know what tips you have for driving a slammed
static car or if you'd just like to say send it
and replace barrels every single year like our boy
Brian in here likes to do, that's fine, too.
If you're looking for wheels, tires, suspension,
don't forget to check out FitmentIndustries.com.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
and we will see you later.
Peace.
(soft rock music)