Rookie Mistakes Installing Car Parts

[@FitmentIndustries]

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Be sure to drop a comment below and share your rookie mistakes installing car parts!

[@imnobody7765]

Are the coilovers universal or will you ask them the vehicle they have or plan on putting them on.

[@cairneymartin1113]

What’s the furthest Fitment Industries would ship the coilovers to the winner as for someone like me, I’d want to know if you would ship to the UK before I entered or attempted to enter?

[@adiiisors]

I wanna buy them shirts

[@mosmith3026]

Not replacing my door bushings and pins before I put my kit on. Fix stuff on your car before you mod it, Including wheel bearings or other maintenance it may need

[@ThatGuyThatDid]

Fitment Industries I would buy a shirt. But I cannot afford the 20$ international shipping.

[@jackblaisdell4097]

Who needs a manual when you have Chrisfix???

[@RK-yg7ne]

Jack Blaisdell yes

[@angelbermejo9616]

Hey guuuuuuuuys

[@patrickfields3392]

Angel Bermejo Chris fix here

[@lynnmckenney1987]

"Dont forget some cleen wooder!"

[@ElSikario100]

Jack Blaisdell so does Chrisfix shift for you? Does it make your car automatic if it's a manual but you're not doing the shifting?
P.s. I know the OP means manual not manual. Keep it moving dimwit.

[@Jhonfryet867]

Top tip: When it’s your first time installing parts make sure to do it on your friends car and not your own ...

[@RtistiqSkubie]

But what if your friend has the same plan?

[@Jhonfryet867]

RtistiqSkubie As long as you fit the parts to his first he won’t be able to make it round to your house as his car won’t work 😂

[@genejones2738]

Horrible advise in my oppinion why would you want to risk messing up someone you consider a friends property by inproper install absolutely no morals

[@Jhonfryet867]

Gene Jones congratulations on being the first out of 158 people to not see this as a joke 😂

[@genejones2738]

@@Jhonfryet867 well my bad bro i kind of take peoples safty seriously because you know there are those select few retards that aint going to take it as a joke and then there friends get killed because they didnt know what they were doing

[@daviscoats2673]

My rookie mistake:
Forgetting to replace my blinker fluid. Tried to change lanes later that day and got clapped by a semi because I had no juice

[@rick-hj3jg]

Oof

[@amihere383]

Gotta watch that? Every 300 million blinks, to the T

[@johnblackstone5261]

I forgot to add my piston return springs and now my engine locked up.

[@ZBerd_leNZ]

@@amihere383 ah but thats for 85 and up after that a new harmonizer became industry stand and you can go 5 million blinks but I hear some people only made it to 4 million.

[@amihere383]

@@ZBerd_leNZ The only people making it to 5 million are BMW drivers, they use their blinks conservatively so it lasts longer

[@jedrose6684]

Took the whole door apart to replace the window regulator, than put it all back together again before testing to see if it worked :/ it didn’t

[@OnlyAKnife]

Learned that lesson the hard way. Always, always, always test before full reassembly haha

[@Driftprodigy01]

🤣 sounds like something I'll do o wait I did do that aswell 🤦‍♂️.

[@LastCallSRT]

This is an actual right of passage.

[@maxxas5067]

Also remember that the bigger the hoonigan sticker and vape, the faster you go

[@FitmentIndustries]

Yesssssirrrr!!! 🔥 😂

[@NonstopGam3r2250]

Maxxas Crow no its the bigger exhaust

[@Davedat335i]

Rookie Mistake
Forgot my drain plug while filling oil...

[@shainhoon4929]

I've been there, except I didnt notice until I was done... and it was 18 quarts of amsoil in a crane.

[@ruikazane5123]

Agree to that...wondering why everything was wet underneath and cranking the engine sounded so bad

[@sparklygames71]

That's nothing, the school I used to go to their shop forgot to put oil in.

[@Davedat335i]

Rui Kazane I found out when I slipped on the oil and fell 😂

[@Davedat335i]

Shain hoon if it’s not full just keep adding lol

[@Gershoots]

Rookie Mistake: Filming pre-coffee. (Warning: will cause moments such as 3:43)

[@liveandletlive2894]

Like installing a thermostat backwards lmao cant count the amount of people who have done that

[@James-Gustafson]

Guilty

[@zacharymfdavis498]

I hated replacing my thermostat , put it backwards took a hour, spent another hour fixing it

[@josephrotering8044]

suck that 0 ring in

[@AbhaySingh-ge2eb]

rookie mistake:
i chose the gallo 12 not the gallo 24

[@NonstopGam3r2250]

Abhay Singh thats like buying a v6 version of a dodge challenger

[@leifw3321]

I didn't know Pizza places made engines!!

[@thomasbarreca9322]

@abhay Singh this was a good one

[@smokeyxdaxbear97]

Dead

[@chetansingh3219]

I could never forget that scene lmao

[@ZBerd_leNZ]

Thinking I could do tint decent my first time. Boy was I wrong

[@TheBigDanois]

Rookie mistake:
Having just one 10mm

[@mattisasleep1969]

The trolls steal those things left, right and center.

[@noetoto646]

rip

[@chrismetalwilson2588]

Right need about a dozen floating around

[@LoneStarStinger]

It’s always the 10’s too😤

[@janeklaser9809]

Rookie mistake: not ordering my BC racing coilovers on fitment industries and doing it through Amazon.
Outcome: coilovers are meant for a w207 when I own a w212 and now I’m in the process of return Said Coilovers

[@FitmentIndustries]

Damn. Sorry to hear that, Wish we could have helped you there!

[@mattevans1643]

Nothing a drill can't fix lol

[@suchi713]

Wouldn’t even buy it from Fitment industries. Skip the middle man and go straight to bcracing website

[@R0YJ0YJ0Y]

@@suchi713 lmao

[@artsohc]

My mistake was installing an exhaust and tightening each screw down all the way as I went rather than tightening everything to finger tight first, arranging everything, then tightening everything a little at a time. My exhaust was so crooked and rattled against the car as I drove. Eventually I had to go back and loosen everything, align it all, then tighten down again.

[@soysaucesushi]

Can you make a “How to” series?

[@kwekumensah5642]

They should

[@maxxflame]

Yes please

[@lbmautos]

1. Window tint by myself with no heat gun or knowledge of such thing and in a garage at night in August in Missouri.

[@astanisystems]

I tried tinting my tail lights with a friend during night time without heat gun. It was going horribly, but my friend insisted on trying to tint them, and I kept saying no. Being a guy with bad temper, after my friend pissed me off, I punched the tail light and smashed it. He didn't speak with me for a week.

[@lbmautos]

@@astanisystems lol let the napalm ride uh. Lol

[@Ryan-ue9ve]

That's funny. I'm always about 2-3x more than the install time but honestly once you do it the first time then you get faster.

[@MrChinofig]

Rookie mistake: asking people from auto zone if they carry muffler bearings. Guess what they aren’t real 😂

[@Trash_Lord]

My rookie mistake was installing one of my MAFs in upside down when I put my cold air intake on.

[@kylefeilmeier7261]

I never cleaned mine beforehand and kept getting lean codes. After cleaning no problem

[@ajibarra7437]

My rookie mistake was trying to install a skunk2 intake in a base model car, one of the most heart breaking moments because I didn’t do my research

[@tcb_666]

Rookie mistake: Not saving money to GET A CAR 😑 *face palms*

[@kenshinmiguel9183]

Epic joke xD

[@bevaughnhenry4983]

Relatable I wish I did too😕

[@Latinblood59]

When i first put my wheels on, I didn’t tighten the lug nuts at the proper spec. Car was wobbling up front two miles into driving. Luckily was able to fix the issue right away. Phew

[@jesushuerta2722]

Changed tires, hit the canyon on the way back down to town I noticed metal clanking. .....loose lug nuts.

[@kylefeilmeier7261]

Yeah been there, tightened the lug nuts in the air after rotating and forgot to do the main tightening on the ground

[@lelandgaunt9985]

I’ve been there on the interstate near Austin blah hah ha!

[@jaybiddy955]

Rookie mistake: buying a base model cobalt LT thinking it would preform like the SS 😂😂

[@maxxflame]

Insert my girlfriend

[@LastCallSRT]

Rookie mistake .. buying a cobalt.

[@farmerbobbygrows3338]

@@LastCallSRT 2.2 ecotec is a very common motor swap don't sleep on a cobalt. Tho that challenger in your picture makes me think you buy your cars with power🤷 if you come to a track with me not a drag strip but a actual autocross track I'll show you how fast a 100 hp car can go you'll shit a brick watching me gap you in corners straights are for little boys that have no driving skills

[@sirloin4372]

That’s not a rookie mistake that’s just stupidity

[@jaybiddy955]

@@farmerbobbygrows3338 to be fair youd gap him on a road course not autocross ;)

[@gbaca57]

My rookie mistake:
I used to work at a shop and decided to upgrade my sway bars. The rear one went on without a problem. The front one however...... I dropped the subframe as it needed to come out that way and sure enough it did. I put the new sway bar in, aligned the subframe back into place or I thought I did, and like an rookie with confidence I decided to get my impact and gun it down without starting the bolt by hand(that’s where I found out I had fucked up). Come to find out it’s apparently not easy to find a tap and die set that was big enough for the bolt. I tried 2 autozones, 1 pep boys, and 2 harbor freight. The second and last harbor freight I went to had the thread pitch I needed for the bolt. Unfortunately by the time I got back to the shop it was 10 at night and was too tired and pissed at what happened. It was 4 days later that I actually got to get the car back on the lift to work on it and get it right. Mind you I lived 60 miles away which was my commute to work. It sucked but I learned my lesson to never rush something simple.

[@shay6281]

"who needs an instruction manual to install coilovers its just three bolts" say that to an e30 owner who has to cut off the strut assembly and weld the coilovers on

[@ThatGuy-ou4ev]

Rookie mistake #1745, thinking that all bolts are the same strength. Someone used mild steel bolts on suspension arm. 😱 Lukily I saw it before it broke and someone possibly die. I replaced with high tensile.

[@mykeyoung5881]

i about died when he said "except our windshield banner" lol

[@EJB93]

i recently found this channel and absolutely love it, i just bought a 2014 Jetta TDI that i want to get some wheels and possibly air suspension for in the future, I'd love to support you guys when i get this car loan paid off!

[@FitmentIndustries]

Hey!! Thank you for the support glad to hear you enjoy our channel! Shoot us an email anytime [e-mail] and we can help you get some options for wheels and suspension kits for your Jetta brother! 🙏🏼

[@mc1996]

eric brimberry Just sell it...

[@EJB93]

@@mc1996 why would i do that

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Please don’t cut the frame!

[@GM-br7qj]

Ayyyye Eric I got a 2016 vw jetta tsi. I'm in the process of finding wheels from these guys too!

[@aquaticasmr184]

Dude Alex your actually funny man I'm always laughing watching you
I just got a mk2 golf back on the road after it not getting driven for 5 years
It needed allot
Coilovers and all new brake lines pil and coolant battery
Pads calipers drums shoes
But I did it all myself
And when you said 8 hours by the book means 3 weeks 7 people and 16 trips to advance auto you were right 😂

[@burntxtoastt]

Not having the right tools

[@joseteran9147]

My rookie mistake was when I lower my car! Cutting the springs it was a bad idea I was 20 yrs old!

[@provolonewolf8625]

Rookie Mistake: installed blacked out diode headlights, broke a 10mm bolt for the bumper support when putting it back on 🤦

[@ZeqohGFX]

Rookie mistake: spending money on car Parts....and eating ramen for the next 4 days 😂 priorities

[@ruikazane5123]

Not really a mistake." You have to give up on one to make another one prosper."

[@bevaughnhenry4983]

BRUHH😂😂😂

[@tactical_sandwich_]

@@ruikazane5123 I like how you think

[@ruikazane5123]

@@tactical_sandwich_ Hehehe...learned that saying in a hard way

[@Ronin-gy5ob]

I would’t mind eating ramen noodles

[@Mattmazz77]

Not researching installation of coil overs on my Audi a4 1.8t quattro b6 ....lmfao yeah that turned into a f**king nightmare and never got them to perform properly whoops....lol.

[@therealderjett]

For my first track day I over torqued the front lugs on my 97 Jetta. I was new to using a digital torque wrench. When they did the tech inspection 2 bolts broke. They were cross threaded and required a new hub before I could go on track. Lucky for me some of the guys in my SCCA reigon had the spares I needed and got me on track. I had to do the work but they supervised and checked everything I did.

[@mxdmvx_]

Shoutout Valentin with that super clean S2K @ 1:42

[@FitmentIndustries]

FACTTTSSSSS 🔥

[@DeVanHelmoski]

2013 FRS. Busted the side marker mounts when trying to pull the side marker off.. whoops!

[@Immashift]

Time dedication... Yuuuuuuuuuuuuup. Installing coilovers... Nah they'll just pop right in. Buuuuuuuuuuut the stock strut was wedged so tightly into the fork I was like I'll never get this off ever. Went through thinking I was gonna have to get the car dragged onto a tow truck to get it cause the stock strut wasn't coming off or going back into its place. Ended up forcing it up with a big bolt on a neighbor's car jack. Ofc the aftermarket one DID just pop right in but god.
Installing the front coilovers... The driver's side sway bar end link was so badly rust welded on, and the bolt was a stupid hex bolt over nut thing, both were rust-stripped... had to order new sway bar end links, wait for shipping, then angle grind the stock end link off the sway bar. Fun times.
Aftermarket exhaust install... bolts that hold half the exhaust on both snapped coming off, ended up jury rigging it with two different bolts and a metal plate with a hole drilled in it as a washer because I couldn't find a second one... Two years and they still haven't fallen off the car. Someday I'll either get good stainless ones and preemptively put them on, or I'll be going 65 on the freeway and my exhaust will fall off the car. Either or.
Wiring is one thing I can't stress enough about taking your time on. I live in Canada, where it can rain, snow, hail, and be sunny all in the same day. If you do what I did for my aftermarket side markers, and just electrical tape the wires and go "eh good enough" eventually you'll notice one light not working, or you'll pop a fuse, and have to rip your bumper off to redo it the right way later. Solder that shit, then heat shrink it. Then heat shrink it again, then tape it, then zip tie it. Now you're done. Yes, having to redo that at -30C because you were a lazy shit sucks.

[@rapidshot3033]

So basically
Research
Research
Research

[@FitmentIndustries]

Yeah yeah 😂 🙏🏼

[@KizzaHigh_OCTANE_HSV]

Just send them Ugga Duggas you'll be fine

[@danielvargason7006]

i been working on cars since 1968 and iam a service tec at a car lot and i uesley do not agree on what you say but you are right on this but even the best make mistakes but you are not right picking on people you call ricers its there car and they have the right too do with there cars what they want

[@FrostyLightningBolt]

First time I changed out a bumper cover a long time ago... reused the plastic clips. Had to buy a new bumper cover, and fog lights, and wires. Cause it fell off and drug along the road...
Lesson learned, never reuse non-reusable plastic clips.

[@joelgastmeier6153]

Rookie mistake:Fully removed a bracket to hold the headlight (so rusted it snapped off 🙃) and just held it in with the screws at the top....

[@sewerrrats]

im a dedicated woman, i see a car video, i click

[@divingduo1963]

Farrinio wut

[@sewerrrats]

@@divingduo1963 im a car girl

[@BoxerBoy]

Respect

[@JoeIsCrazyWillman]

Rare breed indeed

[@giancarlog8653]

These videos are far more entertaining when Alex is properly caffeinated.

[@holzwurm_hd7029]

Im going to buy an vw bug, one screw and the whole thing comes apart.

[@yo-no9879]

Rookie mistake: Rebuilt the engine but forgot to put it in the car

[@Pinkarmada01]

How!!!!!?

[@ruikazane5123]

"Can't afford a lift"

[@skythundersky1544]

Fuck... Thanks for reminding me, still gotta do that..

[@toriannicholls6207]

Anywho this is great advice cause i just bought a subaru wrx sti some clips i look at the cars to see a nice design and performance

[@kylegwyn4172]

My rookie mistake was with my oil cooler installation. Took me 5 days to get installed and not leaking. Those damn sensor plugs sucked. Ended up using Toyota black gasket sealer.
After the TH-cam video I thought it would take an afternoon lol.

[@andrewfernandez5062]

That intro was so dramatic but the background music and the wheel wall background actually made it sorta smooth

[@drivenbypassion3634]

I haven't really worked on cars enough to have a mistake. I did have one on my BMX once, decided it was a good idea to see what would happen if I tried to catch up to race bikes and rear brake skid round corners on a long hill... Turns out that bike wasn't made for speed nor hard crashes.

[@Nopenotatall]

World wide fund for animals? Ya mean world wildlife fund

[@felixf5211]

Thank you.

[@redcooly123]

it was a pre-coffee vid you have to excuse him

[@lordsyn1423]

You mean world wrestling federation?

[@chrispalmer3096]

Nope, it's World Wide Fund for nature.

[@slimeade6021]

The exhaust I got for my Subaru cost me only $80, sounds amazing and didn’t noticeably effect the performance.
I took it to an exhaust shop, asked them to cut off the exhaust after the cat (I had a leaking y-pipe) and replace it with OE size piping without mufflers.
It basically gets you the iconic Subaru exhaust sound (EJ255)

[@kamaljyotsingh672]

Great intro guys!

[@ninersfan9765]

Sorry guys I was at school preppin for something couldn’t watch but now I can

[@greenyojo7thstGOAT]

I make coolant volcanos for fun Lol

[@ChrisJohnson-ts5cw]

These intro are top notch

[@Fivallify]

I bought a new set of wheels and put rotational tires on the front backwards, lucky I got alignment done that day and they let me know

[@FitmentIndustries]

Lol they saved you! 😂

[@felixf5211]

As my last post, the need for back pressure on a turbocharged car is a myth. No back pressure is best, which why you see cars with hood/front clip exhausts (not suggesting that either is a good idea). I do not know what charged intake levels mean. The car needs a tune, because there's a chance the motor may be running a bit lean after installing the mods. And please don't use ring clamps with forced induction; buy T-bolt clamps and do it right. That's all I have time for. Best of luck to everyone. Wish the channel success.

[@FitmentIndustries]

Thank you for support! 🙏🏼

[@lelandgaunt9985]

Half-assing it!

[@kylefeilmeier7261]

Changed transmission fluid and filter in a customers 2008 Nissan Altima. Filters looked the same and lined up perfect. Car was ready to go, put into drive, and wouldn't move in any gear. Turns out the filter spout was too long hitting the bottom of the transmission pan. Costed me 6 quarts of transmission fluid and hours of unpaid diagnosis. The filter bought was for the correct vehicle being the filter recommended by AutoZone and O'Reilly's. You can bet the old filter was slapped back on.

[@Christian---]

That intro is L O U D .

[@mattevans1643]

Never made rookie mistakes on my own car. But my friends cars, oh yeah, fun times. But that's what they get for asking for help, and then having me do most of it. I had never done an exhaust before, so it really just came down to not knowing what i was doing. After about 20 minutes i figured everything out and installed the cat-back in about an hour. Just kind of figure it out as you go. Turbo and intercooler piping, or electronic stuff i don't fuck with.
There were a few times my window stopped working because it got frozen to the top of the door, and when i went to roll it down, it ended up coming unglued. So i ripped the door panel off, not knowing how to do it, and eventually got it off without breaking anything. That was a 2hr process. After that i had to do it about 3-4 more times because the glue wasn't holding, but after that only took a few minutes to unistall, and reinstall. Now i'm the community car window fixer, i've done it on 4 different people's cars. Window doesn't work, ask matt. Save you bullshit mechanics fee's for 7 minutes of work.

[@Kev27RS]

The Matrix style *FI* intro is dope! 🔥

[@bayshoreboys]

Holy mother of god that intro... I had to watch it twice, it's rad

[@FitmentIndustries]

Thank you! 😂

[@vanhasydan4754]

Back when i started modifying cars, i used a cheap strut brace and within weeks had to replace after the bar bent

[@berngesoriano2629]

Fitment industries are fvckn helpful,I ve been watching all of your vids over and over and learned many things...thumbs up 👍🏻💯

[@DennyMui]

Rookie Mistake #1 - getting into Mods.

[@kidturbo9331]

A work shop manual helps a lot!

[@deanjones1801]

Literally this video is what I needed for my FA-20 BRZ 😂

[@brandona870]

My rookie mistake:
Stripped my bolts when installing my spacers and my wheel came off while driving on the freeway. Never messing with that again.

[@ImSloJoe.gaming]

Dig the new intro guys! Legit

[@emldV2]

I’m a simple guy ok...and that accord...is the cleanest one I have EVER seen. That goes for any Accord. That would be an awesome daily

[@loosecannon9301]

I commented yesterday about my shirt the BC racing one but I got it today in the mail it looks absolutely badass

[@FitmentIndustries]

Hellll yeah!!! Thank you again for the support best of luck!

[@brycefriedrich6195]

Thanks for the shout out. Advance love....

[@marcae_xyz]

THAT INTRO THO!

[@cspringmusic2200]

There’s a lot of conflicting info on the internet about exhaust back pressure, the only time I can see that being valid is on a turbo application. Most likely you’ll get zero HP gains and a little more noise, you definitely do not need a tune to throw a catback on your car

[@juice323blue4]

You definitely will make mistakes. It's always wise to double-check it take your time.

[@YizTheGOAT]

Stickers add 5 hp, don’t @ me. Best mods ever

[@papssikel]

Smooth transition my dude

[@i_undulate]

Rookie mistake: was taking off my egr valve to clean it and one of the bolts holding it in place snapped off. Luckily there was couple of millimeters of thread left on top so I just screwed a nut on top to hold it.

[@enr1que21]

That white Lexus was beautiful

[@blackduncan9812]

PLEASE DO A SO YOU WANT TO OWN A MINI COOPER PLEASE

[@earlleejustinergs8]

Wow I actually learned something

[@dylangullason8712]

Buddy of mine didn't check the wheels when putting on the lugs. First one gouged into the side of the hole and the rest followed suit. Didn't realize it until I saw it a week later. Had to replace the studs, lugs, and the rim.

[@The_HugoNout]

That intro is crazy awesome!!!

[@spencerbarrett7125]

That was a pretty neat intro ya guy

[@Kz_Rider]

Got a flat tire on my Enkei GW8s and only had the special lugs that... didn’t fit my stock spare... and it was raining.

[@slyrhythm6471]

Thank you!

[@cibit8449]

Nice Tips would like to see more of those Videos.

[@shainhoon4929]

Haven't even watched and I already gave it a like.

[@FitmentIndustries]

❤️

[@aceofspades9845]

New intro looks nice

[@master1819]

Rookie mistakes dating Alex👀

[@FitmentIndustries]

WOAAAHH

[@thebeardedhippoofficial]

Yep did coilovers myself on my e38 beemer. They said 5 hours. Took me 2 days haha

[@TheXiguazhi]

Self install of id1050x injectors and made mistake of thinking all the 12mm bolts were the same, they are not. Thankfully I only took off the crash plates and didnt pull the whole manifold to do it.

[@brostugen]

Dugga dugga, first time I've ever heard of it

[@nimbleryan735]

My rookie mistake, forgetting to center the steering wheel when doing a transaxle replacement with K-Frame out (subframe). Luckily didnt break the clock spring or have to remove K-frame again.

[@MrChukie33]

It's funny how you mention to make sure tires are put on the right way but I bought a wheel package from you guys and one wheel came with the tire facing opposite side 😂 what a noob move fellas

[@davidmalinetescu691]

Sick intro guys

[@maikerukazukii]

love the rims in the background