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