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welcome to another episode of mighty car
mods probably supported by US car
insurance yeah there's a long list of
very important modifications you can do
like fluffy dice and subs in the boot
Martin and fake caliper things that
stick over the top of real calipers and
fake nos purge systems fake gauges not
even connected to anything I saw her
going to Commodore he had a clock
sitting there I'm not joking it was
actually a clock he put it in a bracket
and stuck it on the pillar so people
would think that he had boost voted most
ridiculous thing I've ever seen
important modifications like suspension
whoo we're gonna do some suspension in
fact we're gonna show you how to lower
your car no not in standard but in
height and we're working on our Daihatsu
shocker let's lower it Martin's do it
let's lower the springs Martin let's
have a great time while we do it and
let's make a video about we can put on
YouTube this is our 2001 dye hat suits
your it started very stock and very
broken we changed the engine
turbocharged it made a custom body kit
and painted it mighty mods green
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we install a set of Recaros big breaks
in Decorah
and then went to Japan to get some
wheels we revealed the car at just car
insurance Auto Salon 2010 and if you
want to check out the build it's the
first three episodes of Mighty Car Mods
season 3 now we were very happy with the
car but a couple of nine-year-old kids
on school holidays wrote in saying the
car should be lower so today we're gonna
change the springs so today we're
putting in a set of our SR lowered
springs these are from Japan and they're
made specifically for this car now these
were brought in for us by import monster
they were only a hundred and fifty bucks
for a set of four brand new now these
are progressive springs meaning you had
a lowered car but you still get ride
comfort I'm like really hard Springs
that have to track you so let's put them
in all right I'm here to make you guys a
suit but before I do that we're just
gonna measure where the car currently
sits height wise so we can get a gauge
of just how much we've dropped up once
we put the springs in so the way to do
this is measure from directly in the
middle of the hub to the guard so on the
passenger side this is coming in at
exactly 38 centimeters you may find the
different corners of the car have
different heights this car was a Korea's
van and has two hundred and eighty
thousand K's on it so I wouldn't be
surprised if the driver's side actually
has dropped a bit more than the
passenger side so once again measuring
from right in the middle and going after
the guard 37 centimeters so this side
has actually slumped to one centimeter
so when we put in the lowered springs
you'll find that the car's gonna sit
better all the way around because the
springs in you these are the tools you
can need you can need a jack and jack
stands for safety a socket set spanners
spring compresses a rattle gun makes
this really easy either electric or airs
fine and your load Springs it's kind of
either
in fact I reckon if you can take off
your shoe and put it in between your
guard and your tire your car's too high
unless it's a four-wheel drive that
should be the test that we do from now
on yes the shoe test for sure tell you
dude deep-dish it's how you do lowered
suspension yep so this from now on is
the shoe test take off your shoe right
now pause the video go outside take off
your shoe if it fits in there then you
need to lower your car you know that's
cool
that's called science first jack up the
car yep this time you actually have to
jack up the car and don't forget your
axle stance Ken Martin take a wheel off
within 10 seconds we're about to find
out seven point four seconds but once
you've put your car up on stand you
ready to start undoing stuff now's a
good time to check the service manual to
make sure you know what kind of
suspension your car's got if your front
struts have camber bolts be sure to mark
their position so you can put them back
in the same place our car has a really
basic suspension setup with two bolts
holding the strut to the wheel hub and
another to holding the struts the
shedder
a rattle gun can make suspension work a
breeze the battery type are also
portable and fit into tight spaces
easily there's one tool you must have
when you change Springs and that is a
set of spring compressors that takes the
tension off the spring I mean you can
take this top hat off without it
exploding and killing people now it's a
good idea to use a spring compressor
each side of the coil some are under a
lot of compression so make sure that the
top hat feels loose before you take it
off you'll need a rattle gun or through
socket and hex key set up to get the top
hats off easily don't hold the shock
absorber shaft with vice grips you'll
ruin it this is why you need spring
compresses if you don't have them look
what happens now that is a shock and
spring with very little tension in it
that can be fatal if you've got one with
a lot painting things with lights so you
can see I'm owning the Archibald prize
yet Martin you're in the art of balls
prize this is the factory spring that
came in the car and this is the RSR
aftermarket spring now if you wanted to
change your shocks now's the time to do
it but us we're just putting this over
the factory shock so let's do it
seek the spring in the bottom of the
strut and make sure the rubbers are in
good enough condition to be used again
or replace them you'll need to compress
the new Springs although probably not as
much as the factory ones
the strut then goes back into the car
the studs at the top can be quite
fragile so don't force them
line everything up and then bolts it
back together
check your service now you'll put torque
settings for the bolt if you use a
rattle gun double-check them with
spanners and a torque wrench to be sure
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now under the rear of the car suspension
doesn't get any simpler than the
Daihatsu simply undo the lower shock
bolt and slot in the new spring and
you're all done remove the axle stands
and drop the car down and then do your
lowered car dance
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the last thing we had to do was to check
and see if our Seventeen's would still
feel it's tied but they just make it
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difficuit on that lower screen
yeah feels like a proper car
so there you have it it's a simple one
you can do in one afternoon and make
your car look heaps better and a lot of
the time it makes it handle bit too
exactly now remember when you're
lowering your car is actually changing
your cars center of balance and
drastically affects the weight handle so
make sure you check with a professional
first and make sure you use equipment
that's designed for your car don't heat
your Springs
don't cut your Springs it ends in tears
it's run it's a good idea to get a wheel
alignment to you once you're done Martin
I need to align my wheel right now
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