being a trained mechanic i know lets say 95% stuff you said in this video but got to say u made it intrested and kept me watching :) you got to love JDM cars.
Awesome. Reminds me of when I did the coilovers on my Focus ST. I did end links and rear camber and toe arms at the same time. I love having the adjustability.
Hey Jay! How about the Part 2? Or even just a "Ride Along" and let us know about how you feel after changing the brake lines, new clutch, suspension, etc, basically how the whole car feels as a package to you know vs. when you bought it?
Hey jay came from your red mist v2 video watch all your videos on your main channel stoked about this channel as ive been looking for a channel which focuses on basic car stuff but keeps it fun and entertaining!
Im enjoying these videos as someone who is equally into tech as I am cars its nice to see a youtuber do both. I didn't care for the 350z (I think they look too bubbly like a VW beetle) but that 370 looks sharp.
Sweet suspension kit. After watching this it made me realize what a pain coil springs are to work with..... I just installed new leaf springs on my 88 Wrangler, but it also doesn't have all the "Fancy" ABS, Traction control and stuff like that. Nice and simple, all mechanical no electronic engine control.....and My favorite part is it has no "check engine" light lol
Subscribing to this channel!! Look forward to seeing the finished product, Jay. Sorta glad my CL has hydraulic suspension though, just need to fiddle with a module. :) Saw your intake pipe and I've had to go a similar route (aluminium pipe bent to suit) but I'm wrapping it in DEI Reflect-A-Gold. Don't know if you've looked into it but it does help lower IATs especially since the aluminium pipe heats up quick next to the engine.
As a viewer, this channel is the same way to me as it is to you.. Away from the computers for a while :) I should propably start watching these away from my computer.. :D
Nice craftsman tool boxes my family uses Craftsman and they are just bullet proof tools. Also what year is your Durango I have a 1999 5.2 SLT with the 4 wheel drive and all of that in Patriot blue with a black interior.
Once you get done with your suspension, you should put it on a corner weight scale to dial the car in for the twisties. Are you planning on realigning your car. Im curious as to how much camber was moved with lowering the car down like that. It really doesn't look like to much if any at all.
Great video jay. Super clear video and a nice clean car. Cars have always been my passion and I only recently started getting into building pc's. Keep up the great work and can't wait for the next video
Loving the Cars channel man!!! Nizzy looking God.. One Question.. Why does the Front bumper Color Differ from the rest? Is it just bad Lighting or has it been resprayed?
If you want to know bad torques. My 928 has rear bolts that hold the half shafts in the rear hubs. They are factory torqued to 300ft lbs. Usually it is much more than that and even with a literal 6 foot breaker bar they don't break loose. They are so much fun to deal with...
Jay, is a coilover conversion on the rear OK to do without chassis reinforcement, or are you planning that? I don't know much about Z's but most cars weren't designed to take all the force thru the shock mounts.
10:10 I did this aswell once, didn't release they should be screwed with a specified torque. I just removed the bolt though and welded a new one on. Still works :)
Looking good, I've always been on the fence about JDM vs Domestic. (You could argue that nothing is truly domestic) My niche has always been Honda [Particularly Civic] it was the perfect car for me being young and broke and it just stuck with me.
Seriously man, I cant get away from you lately, hahaha I wanted a gtx1080 - jays2cents... buying a set of MCA coilovers for my Chev SS, JAYS2CENTS. hahaha, good work man! keep it up
Barack Smith the suspension that they used to do jumps was "cut to a different shot as the car is landing". The General Lee, or more accurately, whichever general lee they happened to be filming with for that particular shot, fell apart every time they jumped it.
QUESTION: Have a base 2009 370z but thinking of doing a suspension kit upgrade. Can I fit a 19" wheel tire combo in place of the base 18" and have them fit without any further mods?
Before people ask why the bumper is a different shade to the fender. It is due to a ruberizing(yeah) of the paint. The product that painters use to make the paint more flexible is lite in color.
A problem fixed by Audi 10-15 years ago. Before they were a different shade because of the flex addon especially the black bottom part (unpainted until the 2000' . Now everything is smooth. Nissan paint selection always appears to be whatever color was available bulk for cheap in china at the time of build. When it's not downright looking like a mix of different random buckets lying on the paintshop floor.
just a little tip on torque when ever you torque a bolt say to 200 ft.lbs... that is usually break point on a bolt in other words its a replace on break. also if its 200 ft.lbs then it can take up words of 400 ft.lbs to break(remove) that bolt.
With regard to the installation of the proposed coilovers to the rear suspension, I would offer some caution here. This monocoque design was surely never designed to support the dynamic weight of the car at the existing rear shock absorber mounting point without significant technical reinforcement. I suspect that the overall purpose of fitting these coilovers all around is for appearances rather than any imagines performance enhancement given that the Nismo can pull almost 1g in cornering while in standard form. Incidentally, lowering the car may not be a good idea since the previous owner experienced problems and damaged the front under-tray.
Jay... Honestly I don't see the difference between PC building and Car building... They're the same! Here you build your PC with components and upgrade your PC over time just like you do with a car the only real difference is that car costs a lot more but down to the fun part... They're the same i love both. There's no better feel when you install motherboard CPU GPU PSU HDD etc... and finally you close the case and you fire it up to see it's booting up same as the car when you redo engine with forged pistons add a turbo and custom manifold etc... And then you fire it up and it just starts.
Jay, get yourself an electric Impact wrench. I had to buy one at Harbor Freight Tools when I replaced my shocks/struts/springs on my car and those nuts/bolts connecting to the control arms were a bitch. Made the job 1000x easier.
Kool little vid ! The COIL OVER shock is used widely through the racing field . We have the gas form on nearly ALL our race cars now . I tend to NOT like them due to under a severe load they tend to BLOW out ! However they due have a TRUER ride height control ! Where as to the SELF adjust models have a tendency to have an area where they will get stuck on the Threads on return bounce , Hence the NEED for an Inner LOCK as well as the OUTER lock . Controls how much the wheel will actualy bounce UPward , I forget the term i am speaking of because i am half asleep typing this ! Where is my COFFEE ? Oh there it is . need sum sugar . oh i`m still typing this ? SEE YA !!!!
Jay it usually takes more than just a little test drive for the springs to settle. I've always heard it takes about a week or even less depending on how often you drive.
What's up with Z's and their insanely difficult to remove bolts lol. I did test pipes on my buddies 350z and laughed at the so called demon bolt right up until the point my extension started bending on me. I was using a 3 foot 3/8 drive extension and a breaker bar and that thing wouldn't budge. I had to go up to a 1/2 inch drive with an even beefier breaker bar and a crazy extension setup to get that thing loose. Nissan does not mess around with that stuff that's for sure.
I find it weird to watch videos of people lowering their cars right after I've done the opposite to my jeep. Jay's fender height is 27.5", while I think my jeep is sitting at around 40" lol
