How to lower your car the RIGHT way: COMPLETE COILOVER GUIDE 

Dude Donut struck gold with this dude and this series. So fun to watch.

Zach: *has thorough expertise in modifying cars* Also Zach: *doesn't chock tire, engage parking brake, or park in gear before lifting vehicle on sloped driveway*

Dude this is hands down the best series ever since this guy actually explains WHAT each component does scientifically rather than just jumping out and saying "ye boiz we doing coilovers" and then reviewing it by saying "yeuh feels so much better way less body roll". AND sometimes things don't go as planned, which is my favourite part since that's usually how it goes in real life. major appreciation for this series.

"how to lower your car the right way" *almost gets run over letting the car down*

“Let’s go for a drive boys and girls.” Full send Immediately to a speed bump

This guy has a great flow and naturalness to talking and explains things very well. I was just thinking about coilovers.

Zach: "… and improve your smiles per gallon" Also Zach: -____-

He's running Skunk2 Pro-ST coils for all my curious miata boys out there

This series is making me seriously realize how under appreciated Zach was.

"Whatever the hell the kids are hitting on the streets these days" Proceeds to smoke a speedbump

This guy is the full package. Donut scored with him. Personable, knows his stuff, solid explanations. And kudos to the writers and editors who made him shine.

16:18 Driveway test was good. Time to Yeet this speedbump now

This guy explains things so well along with being entertaining. Next up: How to wash your hands

This guy is a full blown geek in a model's body.

Love how they're actually using torque specs. Don't see many "tutorials" that mention torque specs even when it's very important so as to avoid stripped threads

Donut gets a lot of credit for the quality of presenters, writers and overall production... but MAN whoever is filming this deserves a LOT of credit. The camera work is very clean

“Whatever the hell the kids are hitting on the streets these days” Mostly curbs😞

Donut: Let's make a new series with a guy who s tuning a car *Everybody liked that

"encase you haven't talked to your neighbors in a while... do this and trust me... you'll talk to em." xD

I started watching Donut like 3 years ago when James was only doing Up To Speed videos and wow I’m so impressed at the progress they have made. All these different series are fun and I love the new people too!

Smacking the donut soda off the desk earned my like... Well done.

I really like this series. Its like HighLow but more chill and “normal” as in how it would be irl

2:58 When someone visited a a German owned camp back in the day, unknowing to what was going on there.

I love how this stuff rarely ever looks easy for them. Too often see guys on youtube do a whole engine swap with some smart video editing and nothing goes wrong. NAH, that ain't the real world.

Dear donut media during this time of coronavirus, we need amazing videos like this. thank you By all your fans P.S: mo powa baby....

13:31 lmao last week I was hitting my wheel with a sledgehammer in my garage to get the tire bead unsealed, and police drove up walked into my garage because my neighbor called them saying there were gunshots.

Props to whoever the hell edits these videos for donut. Every little piece of editing was given so much thought, all the way to the water drop sound when a drop of water passed in front of the camera near 4:07

Love how he just cleared his driveway then full sent it over the speedbumb

I crashed my beloved Miata just a couple of months before this series started and its giving me quite the melancholic heartache. Maybe I should buy another one.

This was uploaded on my birthday, and I'm in the middle of the process of buying a Miata. The timing couldn't have been more perfect, thank you Donut Media!

Donut: *shocks* Me: *a 14yo wannabe Miata owner with an rc car* “Bro, I think I got this...”

I got my first car back in December, a pretty mint 2010 Chrysler 300c that has only 95,000km at the moment and is completely stock. I’ve watched a decent amount of videos on suspension and tires and I think this one is definitely the best I’ve seen for a new car owner. It covered everything I was wondering about that was left out in other videos and on forums.

Does anyone remember donuts segments? Ex : miracle whips , science garage

16:14 the way he rode over that speed bump “let’s go on a ride”😂😂

This video was made on my birthday! Thanks guys

Nice intro to shock/spring mods. Couple things though: 1. When putting new coilovers on your car, its not a terrible idea to put an appropriate anti-seize compound on the adjuster and lockrings. they may be aluminum, but coilover threads and lock rings are still known to corrode and seize up. it happens on all quality of coilovers too, whether high end or not, and once they're seized they're nigh impossible to adjust again. more often than not if you need your adjustability back, you're sending them in for warranty, or buying a new assembly/set. anti-seize is a really cheap, easy preventative measure to make sure your coilovers are always easy to adjust. 2. don't adjust height from the middle ring. that's the preload lock-ring. set preload with the top ring and then lock it in place with the lock-ring. 3. there are some amazing shock and lowering spring combos out there that outperform most base level coilovers at half the price. H&R race springs with Koni Yellow adjustables or Bilstein performance shocks will beat the piss out of most coilovers around the $1000 mark, and you can get into a full set for $500-700 USD for most common applications. they may not go as low, but the shock damping and spring rates are superior to just about anything below $1100 in the coilover market, aside from a good deal on budget coilovers from one of the companies that offers custom spring rates and valving on their shocks. if you care more about performance than ride height, are looking to set-it-and-forget-it, and you're trying to do things on a budget, quality adjustable/performance struts/shocks and quality springs (or Ground Control kits for a bit more) will offer better performance than most coilovers 2-3 times the price.

2:53 science garage vibes

0:03 buying parts off ebay be like.

16:17 So we all gonna ignore how hard he hit the speed bump

Thanks Zach and Donut, I finished my nb today. Did the "longbolt method" aka take out the upper control arm. This series has helped me a lot, it was my first major mod to my car.

16:17. Completely forgets about that huge speed bump 🤣 nice work!

Watching Zach explain the shock absorber makes me miss Science Garage

The biggest thorn in my previous coilover endeavours was compressing the spring/coil to mount over the dampener. You chose the easy way by already having assembled coilovers, that made the work so smooth. There are dozens of spring compressing tools out there, most of them are an absolute health hazard. Every car has different shaped plates so good luck finding one for your car - LPT: The ones that say: UNIVERSAL are the ones to steer totally clear of. I had one car (BMW Z4 E86) where the front springs only had 3 or 4 coils and i had to search numerous shops to find one with one of these really expensive hydraulic mounts. So - depending on the car and if you need to assemble/disassemble the coilover this can turn into a mighty nightmare. I love this channel btw., you rock Zach!

after years of watching videos like this, I finally got the confidence (and money) to redo the suspension on my miata and I can't believe the difference. thank you for being a being a big influence!!

This guy is great. Love the series, makes me wanna have my own project car.

In case someone was wondering what coilovers are these, it's Pro-ST Coilovers ( Skunk2 Racing model )

I gotta say your explanations are some of the most in-depth and easiest to understand explanations i’ve ever heard. Love this channel

I love this channel, a guide for nearly everything, btw I really liked Zach's cut, just to realize 15 seconds after that I also have the regular cap At this pace Im going to own the world

This is my grandmas dream car. I gotta get her one now that I know how to work on it.

What kind of coil does Zach have in this vid

I really like videos like this. No bullcrap, just work & explain. Nice. The lowered ride height really shows how well those wheels fit the Miata.

when kids are playing in the street oh boy now I can test my new suspension

11:13 “We got glue” something I’d say to my friends too

I'm loving this series so much! Huge motivation to start working on my car, not just think about it!

I love this series more than anything. I have three cars and basically I'm doing the same thing on all of them as this dude does. I'm doing it on my own, didn't research really what build pattern to follow. Ofc I needed to look up how to do specific jobs but damn. This is awsome for beginner car guys and hopefully we have more of these oldie but goodie cars stay on the road

0:06 I trust his advice completely. Edit: Thanks for all the likes! Didnt expect my first comment on this channel to be so popular!

"There is so much to choose from" Me: Owning a 2000 Saab 9-3 with no coilover options

Just watching you go through the process is giving me great insight into how I'm going to approach my B5 a4

hella useful! I just put coilovers in my miata last weekend and i felt like i had no idea what any of the parts were. Thanks dude

This channel makes me wanna start modifications on my opel Kadett c, even if im 14

16:46 the guy in the mirror be like peekaboo

2:59 when they say you go camping but something ain't right

Love the content, I’ve always loved everything about cars and I finally have a job that provided me with opportunity to get a weekend warrior, a fun project car so I chose a 2000 Mx-5 Miata, manual no issues, like the car in the video I can’t wait to find out where mine takes me, and the all the do’s and don’t are wonderful

Dude, you single handedly got me into regularly watching Donut videos again. Anything that's hosted by you gets an insta-click from me. Keep it up!

When you pulled out the roller, I knew exactly what was coming from my own Miata modding experience. Always roll while its stock lol. Definitely learned way more than I already learned about the mechanics of shock absorbers, which alone was worth the watch! Pro tip on rolling after you've already changed shocks on a double wishbone car: Unbolt the bottom of the shock, and let the control arm drop down. Put your floor jack and whatever wood blocks you need as spacers under the control arm to provide a travel stop, and you should have enough spacer to roll!

I'm 2 years into my Skunk 2s on my VVT swapped 90' and I'm still loving them every day! Speaking of upgrades, that has to be one of your next upgrades for this Miata!!! Megasquirt into VVT swap.

I own a modern GTI and it is basically flawless, but this series makes me so nostalgic for when I owned a little beater Subie I could wrench on a few hours and then go for a spin and feel like a wizard for how much I improved it.

Imagine Zach and Bart teaching you science and engineering at your school. Wouldn't miss any lectures. You're the best, blue-eyed demon.

Just came back from the store. Loaded up this video got to 10:29 and got up to wash my hands. Thanks Zach!

I have nothing to do with Coilovers but I can't help my stop learning from him after watching his video on tires. He is really good. Hope he comes out with more and more videos.

"speaking in American units..." *immediately gives to metric *

I’m close to buying my Miata this is such a good series to learn from

I really love this show, it's just something great, but i wish you could include ChrisFix in all of this somehow, after all, he is the king of the car releated DIY stuff!

Is this going to be on the test?

I like this dude, the way he explains things and editing of all the vids on this channel. Killer stuff, gents! I’m also starting to want a miata project car. Damn you guys.

Last time I was this early, I was on the wrong shift.

Nice, I just got my coils and air shocks in the mail today for my 1979 Triumph Spitfire that I'm working on, and I just noticed this video! Great job, can't wait for the tire alignment tutorial.

12:28, thank you thank you for mentioning this. I feel like this step is so overlooked but it is so important. Great video.

Everytime I watch this series it makes me miss my miata I had a 97 1.8 touring edition that I absolutely loved Had to sell it when my wife got pregnant So now I live vicariously through you Awesome show

Absolutely loving this Money Pit series with Zach. Not trying to start anything, but feel like this takes the place of Science Garage with the amount of useful knowledge in this series, while working on and modifying a project car thoroughly. Also, I find it most applicable, as I too recently acquired a NA Miata, Classic Red '94 R Package.

Great video! Chock full of good info and very entertaining. Don’t forget to loosen and retighten the upper and lower control arm bushing bolts too after changing ride height! It looks like you could have rolled your fenders with the roller tool before swapping the suspension, or lengthened the coilovers to get the tool to reach. Subscribed!

This series is incredible, everyone working on this thank you 🙏

As much as I love this, it makes me miss Bart and Science Garage

I miss SCIENCE GARAGE

i swear this series is so informative. the visuals really make things a lot easier to understand. thanks man

OMG.....Zach jobe. I literally wanna buy everything you buy and follow up the things you do. One of the best series but could've been your own channel. So detailed man. Wish you for a wonderful life. The explanation you give shows how well you understand each and everything that works on a car. Sadly I'm from India and so project cars are a luxury here. Wish one day I too do project cars.

From almost getting run over from your own car to almost falling off your Chair in the first 13 seconds 😂

To prevent damage you should always start the ride height high. Especially at the engine also known as the heaviest part of the car

I fricking love miatas espesially the na and when i saw it lowered i was so happy because thw miata looks like a super sprty car now

I JUST STARTED WATCHING YOUR PODCAST YESTERDAY ITS LIT!!!

Just based on the opening clip, I would like to petition to change the title to be "How To Properly Jack Your Car"

I love this new series! A little bit of everything! Every episode is intriguing and easy to follow

This is the best informational and instructional series of videos I have found so far! Thank You!

I bought some Coils for my mustang ebay at $310 😂. Will be here Thursday 23rd. And also Aluminum one piece driveshaft and upgraded rotors with brake pads

10:09 laughs in volvo 940. there are 3 options, 1 cheaper (400$) 2 more expensive (1000$) the expensive is different brands but otherwise exacktly the same from what i've heard

Thank you Zach. Your knowledge is responsible for my car confidence. And the greatest lesson (i.m.o.) they have proven, it's ok to mess up, laugh, get frustrated, learn, and correct.

I'm 16 and i love cars and i just hope i get to use all these videos one day

A quick tip is once you’ve finished with setting your ride height is to cover the remaining exposed threads with electrical tape. This stops corrosion and makes it easier to removed the coil overs in the future.

Interesting on the fender roller. That looks like an Eastwood, same one I have. I was able to use it on my Miata. I think you can adjust a few bolts to get it to fit right.

This series it’s so educational, I’m learning the logistics to everything, so dope!