New neighbor stops by to say hello.... Neighbor: Hi there. You getting it fixed alright? Cameron: perturbed because he is being interrupted because gearheads hate to be interrupted when wrenching unless it is a naked woman demanding sex... Cameron: Hi homie. Nice to meet you. I am not fixing it per se. I am modifying the car. Neighbor: Huh? Why in the world would you modify an automobile? Sounds complicated. Cameron: Not everybody likes to lead a pedestrian life and follow the path of lemmings that only do what others dictate. I pulled the digital fake sound module also. Neighbor: Sound module. What the? Oh, gulp, I never thought of that. I only do what my wife tells me. I can't even use a pair of pliers and never really had a man card. I cry when I get a paper cut. Cameron: Maybe you could hold the camera for me in the future and bring me a beer when I am finished. Nice to meet you.
Thanks for showing us your install. I've followed jobs people have posted on RUclips and doing it yourself is usually nothing like what you see on RUclips. I find RUclipsrs will usually edit out all the hard parts for car maintenance and installs.
SOOOO Happy for you man. That was really cool. I apprecaite the realistic weekend mechanic's experience you provide. Looks great, and I'm sure you'll find that perfect balance for the dampers as you drive it more. Great vid
19:32 Both. I was shaking my head wondering why it took you 3 days to do something that would take me 3 hours (granted that's if no bolts strip due to rust lol). But then you said you had never done this before, and I remembered my awful first time. Watching you learn through the process and doing it on your own, successfully mind you, for the very first time was pretty neat. I'll tell you straight up, I had to have my dad help me through everything in the beginning because I was hopeless. Stripped bolts, broken parts, not being able to get the holes to line up. But with lots of time and practice (changing out so many different parts), I learned how to do it all on my own, in a timely manner. It's all a learning process, just like everything else. The more you do it, the better you're gonna get at it. Great video, and sweet car.
No joke this is the best step by step coil overs swap for beginners; I appreciate how in depth you went on every bolt, it's good for people like me that don't modify car so often......and I'm sure other beginners will enjoy this to!!!!!
Congrates! Lowered over a dozen cars. If you like BC coilovers, you'll love KW, Bilstein, Ohlins, Koni. BC are just ok in my experience. My favorites have been KW. Now for an alignment!!
Loved the video Cam! It looks great man. I lowered my 06 Mustang about 7-8 months ago, and I’ve loved every bit of it so far. As you’ve seen, with lowering your car you get the reward of the awesome aesthetics as well as the performance boost they give when taking turns quickly! As you mentioned, scraping is always a possibility, however, over time you’ll learn certain spots you need to avoid and honestly, just going slow over inclines and taking them at an angle one wheel at a time goes a long way! Because you’re so low to the ground and because these performance suspensions are meant to be more stiff than stock, you’ll definitely notice an increased road feel, which can be great for joyriding, but sometimes it can be annoying feeling every bump and crack in the road when daily driving. But hey! Coilovers are for fun not comfort haha. Keep up the good work man!
Loved this video, reminds me of my first time doing some serious work on a car. Things I recommend are a good battery powered impact to make removing bolts and nuts faster, and jackstands to put the car on so you can use the jack to hold suspension up for coilovers install. Also relying only on the floor jack to hold up the car is generally bad practice, as the hydraulics in the jack could fail at any time.
DUDE! Thank you so much for posting this video and keeping everything raw. I hate when I'm following a youtube video and something goes completely south from what you're watching. Being in a similar boat as you which is new to working on my car, I always feel like I seriously messed something up. I'm looking at getting a 2023 GR86 in a few months and I can't be more excited! This will be one of the first youtube vids I come back to when modding the car. Keep up the good work and keep posting mod videos!
I lowered my 9th gen si with springs and I loved the way it looks. My first lowered car too and at first when I started scraping I almost didn’t like it and I was going to go back. But now, I’ve gotten used to it and I just try to avoid it. Love the way it looks. Can’t wait for the next episode
Yo the music at 2:00 slaps! I'm enjoying your content man, going through all your BRZ videos. Good stuff. Ordering a 2023 in the exact same spec as you. Your car is beautiful. Hope you are enjoying Florida!
take the BRZ to an autocross event, this way you can drive the car to its limits in a safe environment and not too expensive. Also, get an alignment after lowering the car.
im using this type of coil overs but for the 10th gen civic... makes a real difference. lowered it a bit only compared to stock as daily driving and set the hardness to the middle... been on it for 2 years now and really transforms the car handling. less body roll and car feels more planted.
I lifted my truck 6". Never had done anything like that before either...lemme tell ya, cutting into your frame with a Sawzall will make your butt pucker! Nice job brother!
I'm laughing and crying this whole video I'm a technician so I know the pain and how much harder your doing things but we all got to learn.. and I love the just loosen the bold while your looking at a nut its just great can't wait to put some suspension on my 2022 brz
not a tech here but i've been working on cars a long time and holy fuck I couldn't agree more. It's great to see... we've all been there and when he comes back in like 4 years he's going to laugh so hard at it
Nice! But just a tip bro. Never use a Torq wrench to break bolts. Torque values change when you do that and sometimes doesn't work anymore. Nice video!
damn ur reaction to first time driving a lowered car. ive never driven a car with coilovers either, but you're making me excited and really want to get a set and install them on my is300
I can appreciate lowered cars, my last two VWs were lowered. It's definitely worth it to get rid of fender gap, and if using the right setup, you improve ride and handling characteristics. Well done Cameron.
I always say, the best time to meet the neighbor is when you're working on your car.👍🏻😏 Btw, congratulations on doing the suspension yourself, and the car looks great. Waaaay better. That BRZ comes with a lot of wheel gap. Lowering is a must.🚘👈🏼👍🏻
Nice vid. Next is the brakes. That is one of the biggest weak points of these cars, they come with very weak brakes from the factory considering these are meant to be momentum, handling HPDE type of cars. Don't forget to do the stainless steel lines when you get the new brakes, most kits come with them included but just double-check.
Love the videos Cameron, the Type R brought me here but I'll watch whatever you put out. As I've said before I rarely comment, But I'm always watching from start to end.
Looks great man!! Cars always look better lowered. You should take it and have it corner balanced by a shop that knows what they’re doing and let them dial it in for you and make them adjusted the best way for your driving style. That will get the best out of a nice set of coilovers like the BC Racing ones you’ve got.👌🏽🔥🔥
You did it!! Looks 👍🏽 great. We had a hell of a time lowering the SI. The 2 fronts were really hard to get in there. But it’s done and the car corners like it’s on rails.
Good on you for being honest with how long it took you. To give some advice you should go to Harbor freight and get some cheap impacts, shortens the time of everything
Safety and helpfulness tip: Put the car on jackstands and use the jack to move the knuckles up and down. I've done coil-overs, sway bars, endlinks, etc. a few times, and it's one of the tricks of the trade.
not too big on cars that are lowered but the brz looks way better. love the vids cam. also when you knocked on wood and ended up knocking on your tree, something I would do 🤣🤣🤣
I just went through this process for the first time as well with RCE Yellow Lowering Springs on my 2020 BRZ - and my first time taking wheel off my car as well!! haha- first time for everything. Lowering Springs was a total B - cos had to compress the springs and remove from the struts etc
can’t wait to see your impressions on the R being lower i personally liked my R lowered but i’m going bags soon after my coils came loose while going to work
I remember hanging my first suspension… took me the whole day and j was so long on how to remove some bolts. It’s very common to have to drop most of the crossmember or subframe so the bolt can come out
Looks great looks like the handling is amazing now. Good time to take a two a shop to get a front end alignment after doing suspension work. Enjoy the ride!
Looks great! Did you need to get an alignment? Did you get control arm bushings returned since you changed the geometry and those bushings will always bearing that tension. Bushings is part of reason I am not touching mine…
How did you get a car like that to be so clean, underneath that car looks like it was bought yesterday you must’ve patiently waited around. Do you found what you wanted
Car supported with jack stands instead of the jack itself frees up the jack. Then you dont have to hold up the whole rear spindle. Just jack it up into position.
Get a second jack a cheap ass one, it helps with jacking up the brake rotors to help you get bolts in. Helps me out a lot because my car has air suspension struts which I’m constantly taking in and out for fitment reasons.
You did a great job lowering it, almost making it look easy to us Joe's that wouldn't dream of attempting this stuff. Tbh though, I don't think I'd ever lower my car given that I live in the land of potholes.
Hey big fan! I would recommend an alignment at Dealer(highly recommend) after lowering ur car. I do work at dealer and we get a lot of modified cars and always ur alignment is off center due to lowering. Just my thought on my experience
Hey is there a reason why you went with BC coil overs ? I’m between those and ST X coilovers for my audi and I can’t make a decision, I also live in Canadá if that matters and I obviously don’t want them to rust so Idk which one is better
Really cool video. Just a good advice, get some good jack stands and use them to hold the weight of the car after you jack the vehicle up. It is super unsafe and dangerous to let the hydraulic jack hold the car while you go under it, you don’t want to get killed by your car, remember safety first. 😎👍👍
I drove my car without a wheel alignment for a good week. Its driveable just one problem, you have to turn your steering wheel a bit on the side to keep the car straight lol. So technically you can its just it could be dangerous if you're unaware that your car is going a bit to the side.
New neighbor stops by to say hello....
Neighbor: Hi there. You getting it fixed alright?
Cameron: perturbed because he is being interrupted because gearheads hate to be interrupted when wrenching unless it is a naked woman demanding sex... Cameron: Hi homie. Nice to meet you. I am not fixing it per se. I am modifying the car.
Neighbor: Huh? Why in the world would you modify an automobile? Sounds complicated.
Cameron: Not everybody likes to lead a pedestrian life and follow the path of lemmings that only do what others dictate. I pulled the digital fake sound module also.
Neighbor: Sound module. What the? Oh, gulp, I never thought of that. I only do what my wife tells me. I can't even use a pair of pliers and never really had a man card. I cry when I get a paper cut.
Cameron: Maybe you could hold the camera for me in the future and bring me a beer when I am finished. Nice to meet you.
LOL
Gold
Common dude. He clearly and old man. Cut him some slack
🤣
Thanks for showing us your install.
I've followed jobs people have posted on RUclips and doing it yourself is usually nothing like what you see on RUclips.
I find RUclipsrs will usually edit out all the hard parts for car maintenance and installs.
Thanks!
Agreed
I've never lowered a car either. So this is a fantastic video and a learning experience. Well done.
SOOOO Happy for you man. That was really cool. I apprecaite the realistic weekend mechanic's experience you provide. Looks great, and I'm sure you'll find that perfect balance for the dampers as you drive it more. Great vid
thanks! You should apply for MacDill so we can rip around Tampa!
19:32 Both.
I was shaking my head wondering why it took you 3 days to do something that would take me 3 hours (granted that's if no bolts strip due to rust lol). But then you said you had never done this before, and I remembered my awful first time. Watching you learn through the process and doing it on your own, successfully mind you, for the very first time was pretty neat. I'll tell you straight up, I had to have my dad help me through everything in the beginning because I was hopeless. Stripped bolts, broken parts, not being able to get the holes to line up. But with lots of time and practice (changing out so many different parts), I learned how to do it all on my own, in a timely manner.
It's all a learning process, just like everything else. The more you do it, the better you're gonna get at it.
Great video, and sweet car.
Thanks!
No joke this is the best step by step coil overs swap for beginners; I appreciate how in depth you went on every bolt, it's good for people like me that don't modify car so often......and I'm sure other beginners will enjoy this to!!!!!
Thats what I was goin for. Thanks!
Congrates! Lowered over a dozen cars. If you like BC coilovers, you'll love KW, Bilstein, Ohlins, Koni. BC are just ok in my experience. My favorites have been KW. Now for an alignment!!
Loved the video Cam! It looks great man. I lowered my 06 Mustang about 7-8 months ago, and I’ve loved every bit of it so far. As you’ve seen, with lowering your car you get the reward of the awesome aesthetics as well as the performance boost they give when taking turns quickly! As you mentioned, scraping is always a possibility, however, over time you’ll learn certain spots you need to avoid and honestly, just going slow over inclines and taking them at an angle one wheel at a time goes a long way! Because you’re so low to the ground and because these performance suspensions are meant to be more stiff than stock, you’ll definitely notice an increased road feel, which can be great for joyriding, but sometimes it can be annoying feeling every bump and crack in the road when daily driving. But hey! Coilovers are for fun not comfort haha. Keep up the good work man!
Loved this video, reminds me of my first time doing some serious work on a car. Things I recommend are a good battery powered impact to make removing bolts and nuts faster, and jackstands to put the car on so you can use the jack to hold suspension up for coilovers install. Also relying only on the floor jack to hold up the car is generally bad practice, as the hydraulics in the jack could fail at any time.
noohh, don’t use torque wrench to break bolt lose, get 1/2” impact wrench, you’ll enjoy more working on cars with good power tools.. 👍🏻
Or if not power tools, a nice breaker bar will do it. Should’ve seen my face when I saw a torque wrench was used to break a nut.
I'll bring my 1/2 milwaukee when I come over so you can try it.
@@ITIRICI sounds good Josh!
@@Camhill182 Home depot has the Ryobi 1/2 impact wrench on sale all the time for $99 check it out. I have it and I can break pretty much any nut.
@@ITIRICI milwaukee has some of the best power tools especially for the price
Yassss nice job Cameron, was rooting for you in the background ⚡️
DUDE! Thank you so much for posting this video and keeping everything raw. I hate when I'm following a youtube video and something goes completely south from what you're watching. Being in a similar boat as you which is new to working on my car, I always feel like I seriously messed something up. I'm looking at getting a 2023 GR86 in a few months and I can't be more excited! This will be one of the first youtube vids I come back to when modding the car. Keep up the good work and keep posting mod videos!
Thanks Noah. You’re gonna love your GR86
I lowered my 9th gen si with springs and I loved the way it looks. My first lowered car too and at first when I started scraping I almost didn’t like it and I was going to go back. But now, I’ve gotten used to it and I just try to avoid it. Love the way it looks. Can’t wait for the next episode
Just a man with some time, some wrenches and some perseverance. Good for you man! This is why your fan base comes back for more content!
Nice install! I want these Coilovers now too
Yo the music at 2:00 slaps! I'm enjoying your content man, going through all your BRZ videos. Good stuff. Ordering a 2023 in the exact same spec as you. Your car is beautiful. Hope you are enjoying Florida!
take the BRZ to an autocross event, this way you can drive the car to its limits in a safe environment and not too expensive. Also, get an alignment after lowering the car.
Great job! waiting for my GR86 to come in and I’m a total mechanical noob for the most part so these videos will help when I start mods
im using this type of coil overs but for the 10th gen civic... makes a real difference. lowered it a bit only compared to stock as daily driving and set the hardness to the middle... been on it for 2 years now and really transforms the car handling. less body roll and car feels more planted.
I lifted my truck 6". Never had done anything like that before either...lemme tell ya, cutting into your frame with a Sawzall will make your butt pucker! Nice job brother!
These look so good!
Loving the content brother!🔥
I'm laughing and crying this whole video I'm a technician so I know the pain and how much harder your doing things but we all got to learn.. and I love the just loosen the bold while your looking at a nut its just great can't wait to put some suspension on my 2022 brz
not a tech here but i've been working on cars a long time and holy fuck I couldn't agree more. It's great to see... we've all been there and when he comes back in like 4 years he's going to laugh so hard at it
@@TheEdiaz91 in 4 years when he’s engine swapping a RX-7 and has a built r34 in the garage next to his RUclips play button(s) 😎
Finally 😩
Must be one hack of an install
Anyways great job man your videos will be my reference in the future !
Get you a set of jack stands cameron. That way instead of struggling to lift you can use the jack. Nice vid
Nice! But just a tip bro. Never use a Torq wrench to break bolts. Torque values change when you do that and sometimes doesn't work anymore. Nice video!
it looks awesome!! Gonna look even better with your new wheels too😎
Great vid man, I've lowkey been on the fence on bc coilovers for aw11 MR2 but now you've convinced me I should tackle it on myself as well.
Awesome vid! For the average Joe like me it helps to see other go through the same struggle installing mods 🤣
Looks great low..Those truly are a great looking car..I still miss the cobra tho…
damn ur reaction to first time driving a lowered car. ive never driven a car with coilovers either, but you're making me excited and really want to get a set and install them on my is300
Get a second floor jack, push up for you to line up bolt holes, and it'll come in handy again.
I can appreciate lowered cars, my last two VWs were lowered. It's definitely worth it to get rid of fender gap, and if using the right setup, you improve ride and handling characteristics. Well done Cameron.
And improving mpg/mpkw.
I always say, the best time to meet the neighbor is when you're working on your car.👍🏻😏
Btw, congratulations on doing the suspension yourself, and the car looks great. Waaaay better. That BRZ comes with a lot of wheel gap. Lowering is a must.🚘👈🏼👍🏻
Thanks Frank!
I put BC coils on my civic Si last summer, first time lowering a car too, and the stiffness is definitely worth it for the handling benefits
I hope you don't stop making vids man these are great and I really enjoy them!
Awesome job! I lowered my Miata to 5 inches and it takes 90 turns at scary speeds. My only issue was no more automatic car washes! Great tutorial!
Thanks Sam!
Nice vid. Next is the brakes. That is one of the biggest weak points of these cars, they come with very weak brakes from the factory considering these are meant to be momentum, handling HPDE type of cars. Don't forget to do the stainless steel lines when you get the new brakes, most kits come with them included but just double-check.
Agreed. Irritates me they would have put such crappy brakes (and stereo) on this car. Anxious to see how easy or hard this is......
Love the videos Cameron, the Type R brought me here but I'll watch whatever you put out. As I've said before I rarely comment, But I'm always watching from start to end.
Thanks, Luis! that means a lot
Looks great man!! Cars always look better lowered. You should take it and have it corner balanced by a shop that knows what they’re doing and let them dial it in for you and make them adjusted the best way for your driving style. That will get the best out of a nice set of coilovers like the BC Racing ones you’ve got.👌🏽🔥🔥
Good idea!
You did it!! Looks 👍🏽 great. We had a hell of a time lowering the SI. The 2 fronts were really hard to get in there. But it’s done and the car corners like it’s on rails.
Good on you for being honest with how long it took you. To give some advice you should go to Harbor freight and get some cheap impacts, shortens the time of everything
Just came here to say should've went with the DS Series. Digressive is absolutely the way to go. Rides like a dream on the street.
Good for you for doing this yourself. Saved a bunch of cash and learned a lot along the way. I hope you take on more projects for your BRZ.
Safety and helpfulness tip: Put the car on jackstands and use the jack to move the knuckles up and down. I've done coil-overs, sway bars, endlinks, etc. a few times, and it's one of the tricks of the trade.
Always a good day when Cameron posts 🙌🏻
Mine is GR86, I’m glad to see your Subaru BRZ.
From Japan.
not too big on cars that are lowered but the brz looks way better. love the vids cam. also when you knocked on wood and ended up knocking on your tree, something I would do 🤣🤣🤣
12:25 Why do you have a jack ? to muscle it in ? 🙂work smart not hard !
Loved the video man. And I felt it when your girl said she doesn't like it lol. My girl is the exact same way!
When you lower the type R do a install vid if you get soon sport springs thier is no install vids on RUclips
I just went through this process for the first time as well with RCE Yellow Lowering Springs on my 2020 BRZ - and my first time taking wheel off my car as well!! haha- first time for everything. Lowering Springs was a total B - cos had to compress the springs and remove from the struts etc
Well done buddy. Love from
Australia
Love these videos mate, thanks for sharing.
sick video. I think you got me sold on that setup. Probably just gonna do an 1in 1/4 lowered and prob set damps to 20
Nothing went wrong with the install!!!! Congrats, seems like a first
Congratulations 👏 Cool suspension, corners just on rails)
We all had to learn sometime good job your first time.
Whaaaaaaaat? First time taking off a wheel?? Wow man, congrats on the install.
I think it’s definitely a good low, once you get wheel on the fitment will be 🔥
can’t wait to see your impressions on the R being lower i personally liked my R lowered but i’m going bags soon after my coils came loose while going to work
Cameron..... that roundabout told me everything I wanted to know! 🤤🤤
Looks awesome Cam!! Can't wait for more
I remember hanging my first suspension… took me the whole day and j was so long on how to remove some bolts. It’s very common to have to drop most of the crossmember or subframe so the bolt can come out
Letttss gooo! Been waiting for this video! Bout to be a banger!
Looks great looks like the handling is amazing now. Good time to take a two a shop to get a front end alignment after doing suspension work. Enjoy the ride!
i will after the new wheels are on :)
Looks great! Did you need to get an alignment? Did you get control arm bushings returned since you changed the geometry and those bushings will always bearing that tension.
Bushings is part of reason I am not touching mine…
installing these on mine this weekend I'm excited
Do not break bolt loose with a torque wrench, get a breaker bar. Love the vids 🙏🏽
Exactly how I broke my first torque wrench
Yeah Cameron. What Kooshal said. Also pro tip brother. Never leave your torque wrench set to torque value. Always zero it out.
How did you get a car like that to be so clean, underneath that car looks like it was bought yesterday you must’ve patiently waited around. Do you found what you wanted
For the rear, connect the damper to the LCA first then Jack up the LCA until the top of damper is through the chassis.
Car supported with jack stands instead of the jack itself frees up the jack. Then you dont have to hold up the whole rear spindle. Just jack it up into position.
Looks so sick !! Great job man !!!
Awesome content. I like the way you explain how to install and whats hard. This is how boostedboiz got popular too.
Thank you!
Get a second jack a cheap ass one, it helps with jacking up the brake rotors to help you get bolts in. Helps me out a lot because my car has air suspension struts which I’m constantly taking in and out for fitment reasons.
You did a great job lowering it, almost making it look easy to us Joe's that wouldn't dream of attempting this stuff. Tbh though, I don't think I'd ever lower my car given that I live in the land of potholes.
Where is this land you speak of?
@@Camhill182 New York. Wheels above 18 inches dare not tread around here, for the millions of potholes don't take kindly to visitors.
George is the neighbor we need~
Did you ever find out what was up with the sway bar end links ?
Thing about lowering a car...looks good..feels good..until you hit the bumps..then you're like.."oof" 😅
Hey big fan! I would recommend an alignment at Dealer(highly recommend) after lowering ur car. I do work at dealer and we get a lot of modified cars and always ur alignment is off center due to lowering. Just my thought on my experience
Nice job tackling this project! Coilovers are surprisingly easy to install just time consuming as you found out.
Drop looks perfect 👍🏼
The adapter on the end of my breaker bolt snapped on those front 2 bolts. I was using a 1/4 in drive. Bad idea
Get that thing aligned and let it eat! A touch more low, about 1/2 an inch would get it sitting perfectly 💯👌🏼 Enjoyed the video for sure
love all your videos bro
thank you carlo
Time to lower the Type R! Love the videos bro! Keep up the work!!
THESE ARE GEN 1 COILS !? i cant fit gen 1 coils on gen 2 ??
Awesome vid, can visually see that thing is so flat on a turn. Whens the Type R getting lowered? And springs or coils?
springs for the Type R. Sure, it'll wear out the struts at an increased rate, but I will be able to keep the magnetic ride functionality
Hey is there a reason why you went with BC coil overs ? I’m between those and ST X coilovers for my audi and I can’t make a decision, I also live in Canadá if that matters and I obviously don’t want them to rust so Idk which one is better
great job man! 👌👍💪🏻
why do you leave the tag on your glove box. you do the same with the type r. that would drive me bonkers looking at it
Good job missing one nice impact wrench and a smaller jack for rotor assembly makes life easier car looks awesome btw
I'm lowering my car next week and I can't wait to hit those turns myself!
Really cool video. Just a good advice, get some good jack stands and use them to hold the weight of the car after you jack the vehicle up. It is super unsafe and dangerous to let the hydraulic jack hold the car while you go under it, you don’t want to get killed by your car, remember safety first. 😎👍👍
Looks good Cameron but add a bit of camber to it then take it out again😮💨👌
Jack up the lower suspension arm. This lets you get the end links in and out easily.
Best coilovers for quality, comfort, handling and price point.
Did you ever find out how the end links worked?
I keep going back and forth about lowering my Si but I worry about damaging the active dampers or at least shortening their lifespan.
Those coilovers are super nice👌
First car I ever lowered was at age 9. It was my Lotus Aventador Trackhawk. Thing handled like it was on rails after I put those slinky’s underneath
Is it recommended to get an alignment? looks great, looking forward to the adjustment part. good job!
Yes
I drove my car without a wheel alignment for a good week. Its driveable just one problem, you have to turn your steering wheel a bit on the side to keep the car straight lol. So technically you can its just it could be dangerous if you're unaware that your car is going a bit to the side.