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- Suspension is a doozy.
Every time we talk about it it's like someone
in the comments section is pretty much like,
so listen bro, I heard what you said,
but could you say it again for my friend in the back
because he didn't understand like anything.
But in all honesty, suspension and just
the whole dang tamale can be a bit dodgy
to understand, and we get that.
So today we're gonna be talking about it from the basics.
We're gonna talk about some rookie mistakes
people make when buying suspension.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries
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On this episode of This Is All You Want,
we're talking about the one, the only, the Nissan GTR.
If you're looking for suspension,
FitmentIndustries.com, just trust me, we gotcha.
So, going back into the basics,
the first mistake that many people make
when it comes down to buying suspension
is purchasing a product simply based on price alone.
Now this goes for the people all the way in the back
looking for a quick investment to slam their car,
and it also goes for those that buy
the expensive suspension components
because they just wanna tell everybody
that their stuff was expensive.
And because it was expensive, therefore, it is
automatically just better than everybody else,
which, stop it, get some help.
Pricing is a terrible way to determine
what sort of suspension you should get.
And it should be instead be based on what
we plan on doing with the suspension.
Now, if you got a new car and you want
friends to stop making fun of that
monster truck status you've got going on,
but you happen to have an electromagnetic suspension,
I wouldn't recommend just going over
and deciding to pay $4,000
because your friends convinced you that
that whole coilover setup is way better
than the lowering springs that were $300.
But, in fact, the $300 lowering springs,
with your stock electromagnetic suspension
or some sort of OEM super-fancy suspension
will actually do almost the exact same thing
if not behave better than any sort of static coilovers
that are less than $4,000.
And the same thing would go for the boys and girls out there
that are trying to keep it as cheap as possible on the track
and treat every coilover the same.
It's not.
It's just not how it works.
They just aren't.
The more affordable, or dare I even say,
cheap coilovers under any sort of performance metric
will misbehave when comparing it
to a ton of OEM suspension options.
And you really wanna research what you need the product for,
find out if you're gonna use it,
buy it from us and be happy.
But the thing is, is always allow yourself to understand
what you're gonna be using the car for
before you go and buy the performance parts
because there's a lot of different coilovers
at a lot of different sprint rates
and different sort of options and pricing
that a lot of times, you don't need to go
from one ditch over to another ditch.
There's a happy medium.
It's not that, you know, it's not that tough.
You know, you don't have to get
peer pressured by your friends.
Lemme tell you another rookie mistake
people do when they buy suspension.
And I need you to come up, just come up a little bit,
come up closer.
They don't do the other stuff when installing suspension.
So, prime example numero uno.
You get your BC coilovers or your Tein coilovers
from my guys and you're happy,
and you're in the garage,
you just tore into the car faster than a Christmas present
and it's torn apart way more
than it actually needs to be
because you got really excited,
you figured if you tear every apart,
you'll definitely put it all back together
even though you and I both know that's not gonna happen,
and you're gonna realize that you're gonna break
half your skid plate things
and then it's just gonna let the skid plates
stay in the back of the garage
because you know, you got it.
So, you're ready to rock and roll
and you look underneath your sturdy steed
and as you shed your $14 advance out of light
into the wheel, well, you notice some,
we'll it funky stuff.
That funky stuff are your bushings being cracked,
your axle shafts being torn,
brake lines cracking,
bet lora control arms,
and maybe just a little frog
that decided to meet your car one night and never left.
Either way, it's no bueno, my man.
You're gonna want to do some other work, as they would say,
especially while you're going in there.
And unfortunately, for most people,
they just decided to install the suspension,
they kinda put it back on the ground
and they say, you know what?
If I don't see it, it ain't there.
Fix those items because it's just gonna help you,
you know, you really do have two options.
You can fix 'em because Alex said so that one time
because it'll help you get the maximum
amount of performance out of your suspension
and vehicle as a whole,
or, like I said,
you close a blond eye and stow your coils
and go straight into a full send.
We would recommend don't sending it.
And don't say send it, please,
those little things are what make
your car's suspension truly rock and roll
and if you skimp out on it,
I will haunt you,
I will haunt you forever,
I am already pale, all I need is a bed sheet,
I promise just do it and be done with it.
Bushings help with absorbing the road,
axle shaft roots help with keeping
those moving bits cool with grease and love,
brake lines help with braking.
Do it all and you'll have a new whole car, I promise.
Another big mistake people with buying suspension
would be having a tendency, and it does exist in this world
right now a little bit more than previous years,
and that would be going to the extreme.
Here's the thing.
You love low cars, and so do I.
They're fun, they look good,
and they're quite good looking.
However, a super high spring rate
on some super low coilovers,
it may not just be the best idea for your daily driver.
Just, I'm just sayin', you know?
There's a whole reason that we have the Good Old Gallery,
so you can see exactly which suspension specs
and what somebody else is running
and how it actually looks
and if they like it or not.
Because if you're lucky, people might even
bless you with their spring rates, which helps a ton.
I would realistically say that
if you're picking out suspension,
the odds of you needing super low
straight out of the gate are actually pretty low.
Your standard coilover and standard spring rate
are usually a great place to start
if you're just delving into the world of suspension.
You don't need to go insane with air
or with super tight spring rates
or super lows or anything like that
because what's gonna happen is
is you're gonna get your car into a, you know,
state of unfunctional.
I mean, we've done that before.
I don't know if you've kept an eye on our E30,
but that has happened.
It looks great.
It's just a thing, you know?
Going into having a standard coilover
and not going extreme one way
or another's just gonna help you enjoy the car more.
You never wanna build a car out of your case of enjoying it,
and that happens a lot.
Another common mistake people make when buying suspension
is they do all of the previous, right?
They get the suspension,
don't want to say what their specs
because, you know, they use their resources.
They replace everything,
they install it all correctly,
and then they are done.
That's it, right?
Wrong.
Even though you're just buying aftermarket suspension,
that doesn't mean you should say you're done
when the parts actually get installed.
We gotta go get an alignment there, bud!
You gotta make sure that the old,
their axle geometry is all proper and fit so that,
you know, you don't get the excessive wear
on your tires and your driving habits
can actually resume at a proper state of mind
without any sort of excessive, you know,
play at high speeds or low speeds
or braking or turn, all that sort of stuff.
So even on vehicles where people say
you don't have to do an alignment,
which seems like a very odd argument to make,
you probably should.
This goes especially true for everyone
that goes hard in the suspension game
with tight fitment and clean setups.
Dialing in that alignment and all that jazz
allows you to rest easy
that the vehicle's actually gonna be able
to function without destroying a tire or a fender.
That goes especially true
for those are running on the track,
especially as you consider the amount of effort
that you're gonna be putting into the car
and all of the heat cycles and stress
that you're gonna be putting onto the suspension components,
making sure that you got your alignment dialed in to a tee
is gonna make the difference between
you lookin' like a fool just goin' out into the grass
or just hittin' a wall,
and, you know, you goin' through those apexes.
Like ya Art Townsend, you know?
If you feel motivated enough to pick up some suspension
after you've listed to this face talk about for it a while,
hop on over to FitmentIndustries.com,
where we got your air, suspension, coilovers,
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telling us what your suspension mistakes
you've made in the years
and we will either laugh or we will cry with you.
Either way, I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
We hope you enjoyed.
We will see you later.
Peace.
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