- You know, one of the best things about this job
is that I get to work every morning
and usually they're like, "Gels,
we got some boxes for you to open up
and take a look at some car parts."
And that's just fantastic because
I don't know a single car guy out there
who doesn't like to open boxes that have car parts in 'em.
The only real (beep) things is that
I don't really get to keep it,
I just get to look at it and talk about it.
What's going on guys?
Gels from Fitment Industries,
and today we have a box from
BC Racing.
Now, if you don't know BC Racing,
BC Racing has like the pinnacle of stancy coilovers.
So we get asked a lot, why are BC Racing coilovers
so damn popular?
Well today, we're gonna go ahead and talk about that,
take a look at a coilover that they sent us.
So first off, let's see what we got.
So one of the other questions that we
a lot is you guys have Tein,
you have Eiboch,
you have airlift,
you have Acuary,
you have KW,
Why do you not have BC Racing coilsovers on the site?
Well, good news.
By the time you're seeing this video,
we do have BC Racing on our site.
So head on over to
fitmentindustries.com
if you're already looking at getting a set of
BC Racing coilovers.
And if not, stick around for the rest of the video
because we are going to talk about it a lot more.
So, first off, BC Racing hooked us up with
a ton of gear.
We got a thousand and a half lanyards.
What else we got in here?
We got a bunch of different handbooks and stuff like that.
Bunch of packing peanuts.
T-shirts.
We got can-koozies.
Oh man, they really-
License plate frames.
We got a bunch of good stuff.
Some really nice hats.
You know what, Greg?
I think we should give some of this stuff away
because there is just so much in here.
We have forty people working here
and there is two thousand items that they gave us.
So no only are we gonna included some free gear
when you guys order a set of BC Racing coilovers,
I think we are going to go ahead
and do a giveaway on this video.
So what I want you guys to do is go ahead
and drop a comment right now on this video
why you would run BC Racing coilovers on your car.
We'll pick from randomly from the comments section
and send you out some gear.
So getting into the main part of it here,
they sent us one of their
DS coilovers.
Now BC Racing has many lines of their coilovers.
They have the BR which is more
of an entry level coilover.
And they have their DS which is more
track rated.
It has a little bit more adjustability,
more function rather than form.
And they actually included this really cool stand.
Which is really nice.
I don't have to hold it the whole time.
So the coilover they sent us is the DS series.
Now the DS series is BC Racing's new
proprietary, digressive piston coilover.
Now that is a mouth and a half in itself
but basically what that means
has a lot to do with the damping,
the force on the piston at lower piston velocities.
And to break that down even more,
in a more simple terms,
it basically relates to a lot of what you feel
when you're driving the car
with your pitch and your roll and your dive
and everything like that.
So the DS series as a whole
is meant for the most driver feel.
And with the price point of around 1300$,
you're really gettin' what you paid with this.
If you wanted to look at something
a little more entry level,
a little more, nah I don't wanna say like,
form over function but not as technically advanced,
you're lookin' probably around the BR series
and you can get a set of those for
right around 900-1000$.
But going into more on the DS series here,
with the dampening you get a nice
thirty click damping adjustment.
And what I mean by click is that when you do this,
you can actually feel it click.
It locks into position.
It's not moving anywhere without some force.
And what's nice about that is,
a lot of coilovers out there,
they don't necessarily have that click adjustment.
What they have is just a turn adjustment.
It doesn't really click into position
and after time with a lot of driving
they can kind of move and get out of position
that you put it in
and it messes with your settings and everything like that.
And as I was talking about with the BR series
being more of an entry level line
and this being the step up of the DS
they also have their other series
like the RM, the ER,
the HM, the ZR
they all get more and more advanced.
And like Alex has said in the past,
when you first get into a set of coilovers,
the first initial install whether it be the
BR or the DS,
the amount of impact it has on your vehicle
like performance wise is like this.
And after that when you start
going up in series of coilovers
it kinda starts to flatten out just because
that initial difference isn't there as much
when you start getting more technical.
Another thing BC is known for is their
more than high spring rates, I would say.
So, it's more of a stiffer ride
but it ensures the function
that you get out of the coiliver.
I'm kinda looking more into the quality here.
It looks like everything is very well made.
The finish is really good.
You get this nice dust sleeve here
to protect from getting anything in the piston itself.
I mean overall, just a really high quality product.
I mean, you can go around to anyone
that runs BC coilovers, they'll rant and rave about it.
We did a video with our guy, Rainey, a couple weeks back
or last week about why he switched
to static instead of airbags on his Lexus.
Ask him about BC coilovers,
he'll talk about 'em forever.
He absolutely loves 'em.
He's swears by 'em.
And so do a lot of other people.
Another really nice thing about these coilovers
is that they are highly customizable to whatcha need.
Like I said, the 30 click dampening adjustment,
damping adjustment, sorry.
They come standard with front and rear
camber plates
and even though you might hear that BC Racing
gets a little heat because they manufacture
coilovers for other private label brands
and a lot of people correlate the quality
of those brands into the quality of their
flagship brands, the actual BC, you know,
their product when that really isn't the case.
BC Racing puts a lot higher standards on their own stuff
to ensure the quality of their own product.
So don't neccesarrily correlate the two.
They do a very fantastic job with these coilovers
and it has been proven.
So to answer the main question,
are BC Racing coilovers good?
Is that why they're so popular?
And to answer that simply,
Yes.
They are good.
That is why they are so popular.
Look at a high quality product.
The finish is absolutely amazing.
You have that iconic copper gold color up here.
The black.
It looks very nice.
It's assembled just absolutely amazingly.
They last a very long time.
You can expect around 60-70 thousand miles
out of this coilover.
And some people have even stated that
they've even gone up to 100 thousand miles on a set of these
but if you ask me, and a lot of other guys out there,
I don't know many other people running close to
that 50, 60 thousand mile mark with the same suspension
set up on one vehicle.
So like I said, these coilovers
are very customizable.
You have the option to upgrade two swift springs
which in my opinion, is very well worth it
if you're lookin' to go that route.
If not, if you're not too worried about it,
you're just lookin' for more of the stance look,
you're not using it for of a function set up,
I would say that you'd be fine
with the stock spring that is on there.
And then I guess the final thing
of why BC Racing is so popular is
that they are willing to communicate with their community.
They're very vocal on the forums out there
of all different sorts.
The communicate with their customers
through the good and the bad.
They're always willing to take criticism
to put in to making a better product
for you guys, for us to put on our cars
to ensure that we have a good quality product going on.
Make sure that we don't
run into any issues and have a good time.
So that has been the unboxing of
BC Racing DS Series Coilover.
Like I said, by the time you're watching this video
we have them available on our website.
Go check them out.
Just take a look at 'em.
They're a reasonable price coilover for what you get.
They're a high quality product.
I know I've said that 100 times
but after just looking at this,
you really are getting what you pay for.
So go ahead and check them out.
Fitmentindustries.com
I'm gonna get out of here.
I have other videos to edit.
I got other videos to shoot.
But I'm Gels from Fitment Industries.
Don't forget to subscribe and we'll see ya later.
Peace.
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