DON'T LOWER YOUR CAR UNTIL YOU WATCH THIS!

When it comes to lowering your car, there a lot of things you want to consider. Your budget for suspension parts, the quality of the roads where you live, even the weather may impact your decision to lower your daily driver. For me, the combination of lowering springs with high quality shocks and struts gives the car an aggressive look while still being practical for daily use.

My Camera Gear:

Follow Me:
Instagram - @justinbuice

[TobiBallLikeKobe]

I think another tip would be DONT LET OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE YOUR CAR UNLESS THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH LOW CARS

[davidsaba]

I was dead at “you cant even consider them potholes anymore, its a chunk of the earths crust just missing.” Solid video man

[calebdavies]

there are 2 seasons in michigan, winter and road construction

[ramivalencia]

I lowered my Fusion Ti using Steeda springs. I love the stance and handling improvement. But it was scraping when exiting a driveway and could barely clear parking bumps. That's why I bought tires that had a taller sidewall (by 0.4") and now it's perfect.

[vdglife]

My 335i is lowered and I had an issue where i once hit a pothole and my undercarriage shield got bent in half and lifted the car unevenly up on one side. It made steering the car difficult and I had to quickly pull over and then try and rip the shield off by hand since I didn't have tools with me to take it off properly. I was lucky that no one got hurt and other than the shield there was no other damage. After that incident my driving drastically changed with the car. Lowering the car kinda kills the fun when you have to drive the car like you are in a one sided dodgeball match.


The roads over here are terrible too. We had our roads newly repaved in November, then comes December and they do construction into the ground and destroyed the roads they just repaved. It is almost February they work was completed but they never fixed the road.

[pennyfreak]

Honestly once you feel satisfied with your set up as a driver, get someone to drive your car and you sit as a passenger. If its too bumpy, do adjustments to Find the sweet spot of comfort and performance as a driver and passenger.

[datsunracer]

I bought lowering springs and ebay "OEM" style replacement shocks.What I did to reduce the suspension play was add more subframe bracing and sway bars, which made the chassis much stiffer.

The ride now feels like a middle between"firm" and "soft".Road bumps and uneven terrain don't feel as dramatic and I can actually drive through them at higher speeds.

[arnobruynen]

Regarding the pot holes and a lowered car, I totally feel you man!
I drive a lowered E46, here in Belgium we have some of the worst roads in Europe.
Had some nice Style 65 wheels from an M5 on my e46, tyres were nicely stretched also.
Drove through a deep ass pothole, it instantly popped the tyre off the wheel and took a chunck out of my wheel.. another nice set of wheels lost to our crappy roads 😅

[keimanierush]

Come to Chicago if you want to see some small craters in the road 😂

[dfitzwm]

So I went with the H&R sport lowering springs and to me its just the right amount of low. Im on the stock shocks and struts and Ive had them for about 6 months and I still love them. I do plan to get new shocks and struts in the future but for right now they're great. - 2006 325i

[craigwarby]

Recently changed my stock M140i springs, by the way, this car is not available in the US sadly, you guys don’t know what you are missing with this little beast 🤘🏼 3 Litre/6 cylinder. 0-60mph 4.6 seconds.
Anyway, I lowered it on Eibach pros, 25mm front and 20mm at the rear. Added some wheel spacers too to give the tyres a bit more width, as well as it looking more bad ass.
The ride feels more connected but extremely harsh. So many potholes near to me. So I’ve gone with the M Performance Springs to compliment my adaptive dampers. They offer a 10-15mm drop. Car doesn’t look as mean but it’s a compromise for the poor road surface quality.

[austinreading]

i don’t even have my bmw anymore but still watch your vids 😎

[Raptormeatx]

I got tired of almost ripping my bumper off and now I reverse in everytime I park

[TruNoLies]

Great info, I roll in a Subie but still watch and learn.

[deplorabledave]

I bought Tein lowering springs. Installed them. And was on the phone with in hours ordering a set of KW coilovers.

I jerked those horrible lowering springs out faster than you can imagine and likely sold them for what I paid for them.

On the E46th M3 you can get mildly lowered Eibach springs and then go to the yellow Konis and that actually will work.

I've never ridden in a car set up that way. Everyone I know I'm serious about handling and does any kind of track work at all just gets a really nice set of coilovers.

Mine are fine in the street as far as comfort.

BC coilovers are a great compromise if you don't track your car or only track it very rarely. They're less expensive and give you quite a very decent pride in the street. They handle very good. Not as good as the more expensive coilovers but I've used them and I can say I am a fan.

[jafxdwg]

You youngins and your tuner instincts !
I got an '08 E85 Z4 3.0 SI with the "sport package" .
Even though it's a 'facelift' I saw a Z4M and suddenly had to have that front bumper.
So that was fun doing that mod, except for how low the 'fangs ' sit.
Actually touching up fang damage (even with metal skid plates attached) is pretty much a Spring Clean Up task.
I believe the Sport Suspension is slightly lower, and for me that's low enough.
One thing older folks, driving a lowered car, or as low as my Zed is, have to deal with getting into and out of the thing while still maintaining some sense of decorum !

ps In case some think I'm a cantankerous old git, I think the tuner and modding culture is one of the best automotive trends.

[losdayz]

If your taking the driveway and everything else head on your going to scrape Enter at a angle and you should be fine I been driving low cars for 11 years and that always worked for me

[beqav]

you have to take into account the most important thing: Kinematic performance of your suspension arms. They are set under a certain angle. Ideal sitting position is when inside joint of the suspension arm is sitting higher than the outside joint (check front view of modern open wheel race cars like F3 or F1, arms are not set horizontally). When you lower the car you mess things up. It might feel stiffer and you think it turns better but its ultimate kinematic performance is reduced. Do your research on how much you can lower your particular car without negatively affecting its performance.

[noko]

im so glad i finally found someone talking about lowered cars in snow im about to put coilovers on my subie cool to see someone from mi im right next to flint

[patricknintemann]

I am scraping my non lowered Honda Civic. I had a lowered VW Golf 3 vr6. I sold it after 3 month, because the Head Gasket was blown and the repair was too expensive for me. This Golf was ratteling like crazy when the Road was just a little bit bumpy. When it was a little more bumpy, it was also scraping and banging over the Road. If the head Gasket wouldn't have been blown then the Suspension or Axle would have been broken after a while. The Wheel bearings were already pretty loud as well.