How to do J-Turns in a Front Wheel Drive Car! FWD Hoon School, pt.1

Chances are, your first ever car was something of the front-wheel-drive variety. And as you were watching countless videos of drifting, racing, sliding around, and general automotive debauchery. And you probably thought to yourself “man, how could I ever impress my friends with front wheel drive??” Well buds, we’re here to help you out. In the most unprofessional way possible. We’re taking our skills honed over terrible first cars over the years, and applying them to this crispy new Hyundai Veloster N. But don’t worry, you can apply these rules and use them towards pretty much anything.
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[@TheHoonigans]

Who's watching this and living that FWD life?

[@alexelrod242]

Just gonna hang my head in shame and raise my hand slowly

[@silentsamuel_]

Me. '07 Pt Cruiser Touring...automatic...it's not that bad all things considered.

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

Alex Elrod its cool bro I guarantee most of our daily drivers are FWD

[@cleughy8736]

Its easy to do a j-turn in fwd car do them all day long in my Focus uk shape

[@Flat6Mafia]

Turbocharged civic

[@johnygrasa]

Beware of "gently used" blue Velosters for sale online.

[@weirdbeardgarage]

I was looking for this comment. "Well maintained, never beaten, nearly new tires"

[@hrstrmnnchn]

May need a new clutch😂

[@alfredorodriguez4539]

"Garage queen"

[@zeeshaanomar1]

Aha Disclaimer

[@2010ngojo]

Gently used veloster n doesn't exist.

[@mauriceflores3343]

Me to my girlfriend: Want to see something cool? Also me: Proceeds to hit 3 cars in the McDonald’s parking lot

[@joeysmetsers835]

Maurice Flores laughed harder than I should😂

[@Luv-dq5th]

lmaooooo

[@RecklessGenesis]

sounds like me hahahaha

[@christianbuckwalter5845]

Had to wake my girlfriend up to show her this comment😂

[@sangeetartistrecords2754]

u nailed that joke bruv

[@dark_canada]

rest in peace to every high school viewers parents cars

[@ClassCraZeTV]

have my own fwd car to do it in😂

[@rohanlewis147]

Bruh 🤣

[@sdaustinmk4106]

Or my vw gti

[@nivlac_dj6327]

@@ClassCraZeTV oh yeah me and the 10hp in my matrix are going to go nuts

[@yuvanm9040]

U got me

[@tcjay119]

Wtf that cars faster backwards than mine is forwards 😂😂

[@ivanreyes371]

The veloster N came out of nowhere and it is fucking amazing

[@CraigFenske]

@@ivanreyes371 but will it last, always the question when talking about Korean cars

[@tyranus1111]

@@CraigFenske *takes it for a test drive* Rear tires: thumpthumpthumpthumpthump

[@llunney9]

Apple flavoured bleach they come with a 10 year 100000 Mile warranty. I have a fbo Elantra sport and it’s really reliable. More reliable than my buddy’s st

[@waking00one]

@@CraigFenske do all of you people live entirely on twenty years out of date into?

[@ramonherrera9936]

People that can’t appreciate cool/fast fwd cars aren’t real car people

[@michaellafalce7350]

My dad has a 2019 Renault Megan RS, fast 280hp FWD hatchback and we love the way it drives.

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

As boring as the PowerPlant might be that’s still super facts

[@ignaciohavok1]

Cars that send power only to the retarded wheels can’t be fun

[@Jueen_]

Ignacio Irurita you must be like 5 years old then

[@harleypickin217]

Ignacio Irurita what about the original mini that’s a bad ass rally car

[@Jeffe46M]

Ron's J turn was too clean! Picking up on some of Ken's secrets over all the years of gymkhana.

[@TheHoonigans]

We're not saying he learned it from years of driving rental cars, but he's driven a lot of rental cars over the years.

[@tonypate9174]

And then we have men in a pub (bar) car park (parking lot) on a Sunday morning (even old fat ones) maybe not the "dark art" KZbin "superstars" make it all out to be ??? KZbin .....GYMKHANA'S EUROPEAN COUSIN THIS IS AUTOTESTING 2014........ then it's time for a w beer (warm) and drive home for a Sunday roast dinner .

[@tonypate9174]

@@RealDDDeal Mr Higgins (any) will contact you once out off "lock down" for tips

[@davidreid2092]

@@tonypate9174 huh

[@tonypate9174]

@@davidreid2092 "huh" Nobody can/will beat the ..GUP CRACK...girls at drifting any time soon ..Hows ...BRIAN REID YAMAHA 1993....getting on ?

[@chrislawrence5303]

Sudden increase in 17 year olds flipping there cars 🤣🤣

[@sdaustinmk4106]

Hope I dont mess up my gti 1.8t

[@cliors200]

@@sdaustinmk4106 vw 1.8t gang!!

[@ikkelolnl]

Chris Lawrence their

[@chrislawrence5303]

@@ikkelolnl yeah the first mong above you has already said that mate

[@chrislawrence5303]

@@stars227 spelling police out in full force

[@S-Kidz]

When Han said "what you think , I'd let you roll around in a Hyundai? " This thing is pretty nice he might change his mind now lol

[@connoisseuroftigolbitts]

Nah he won’t Drift Life Baby You can’t stay sideways in a FWD!

[@harleypickin217]

Connoisseur Of Cars & Tig Ol Bitties well yes, you can’t stay at angle for long but you can slide

[@musewolfman]

That line aged like milk. The Genesis coupe dropped, what, two years later, and Rhys Millen was competing in FD with one.

[@boldstar69]

LegacyMuse but that’s formula D nobody’s drifting hyundai’s anywhere cause the truth is they are still kinda shit inside what with the sealed transmissions and shit like that.

[@FadhilRamadhan]

Too late, he already rolled in his Mazda

[@PHRCpvh]

RECAP: 1st: Get some speed 2nd: Turn the wheel fast 3rd: Reverse to First Gear/Drive 4th: Leave the scene in full throttle

[@aquaisuseful682]

Can you do this in Ana automatic?

[@PHRCpvh]

If your transmission is very dependable...yes.

[@slimyzombie]

Thank YOU

[@topnotchaaron89]

Every 16 year old home on quarantine is heading to the closed mall at this moment

[@MatiseQ.]

This episode could be called how to escape in a front wheel car when you have roadblock in front of you. And I learned a lot from this video.

[@TheHoonigans]

The 'ol Rockford move

[@CaptainLicorice]

One little tip I learned for j turns in my Saturn SL(rip, you surprised many) is to jerk the wheel the opposite way you're planning to do the turn. Be very careful, it's really easy to give it to much and spin the opposite way, as I found out when my bumper found the side of a warehouse. As far as I can tell it gets the weight transferred a lot smoother, leading to a tighter turn.

[@youngluke5888]

Lemme just bust out my 90's shit box with suspension about to snap and give this a go real quick :)

[@ashhketchumm]

bust out the hyundai

[@Ridesonfilm]

That’s how I did it in my 99 Saturn sl2. Used to do reverse donuts with 4 or 5 people in the car on the reg

[@Australienxo]

bust out a nut

[@rustythefoxcoon5143]

@@Ridesonfilm Yo I am using a 97' SC1 with manual 5! Saturn fuck yeah!

[@EspirituElementO]

@@rustythefoxcoon5143 Saturn sc2 02’ here, let’s gooo

[@musewolfman]

This may be my favorite Hoonigan video... definitely one of the best this year, so far. Also, you've sold me on a Hyundai. Never thought I'd say that.

[@qislegit.donttrustthemedia6232]

I have done this in my first vehicle as well...a '94 Ford Ranger 3L V6. Granted it was RWD and on a gravel road...but was very fun. I used to drift the shit out of that truck. It was straight piped as well...super fucking loud! Lol

[@coleshirk1844]

Q is legit. Don't trust the media. I do the same exact things in my truck. I have a '96 F150 single cab short box with the 300 Inline 6, so I try to drift it and send it everywhere. I appreciate someone with the same mentality in a mid 90's Ford

[@killianbarlow1813]

ShirkCole hell yeah! My 96 explorer has seen some fat drifts, especially in the rain

[@벨튀짱좋아하는쭌이]

I'm proud that Korean cars are on Horizon KZbin.

[@차동현-i8l]

Jumo!!!

[@von...]

hey sorry, but what is Horizon KZbin? I have yet to hear that term and am curious!

[@cyriously_nick2191]

Von Hassen he meant hoonigan I’d assume, maybe autocorrect

[@von...]

@@cyriously_nick2191 ahh yeah that's likely! thanks for the seemingly obvious meaning that I totally missed haha I thought that maybe that's what South Koreans called what we call "car youtube" or something

[@Gskaterboy96]

SOUTH KOREA BEST KOREA!!!

[@k15DarkKnight]

I used to work for Hyundai in the uk, we didn’t have the veloster.. they made the i30n performance and the i30 n performance fastback.. such a cool car !

[@JosrRocks]

it's gonna be fun seeing ppl destroy their cars trying this at the sideshows lol

[@christiannorwik]

7:00 Ron flawless J-Turn 10:13 Vin big brain 🧠 moment 🤣

[@alphazulu3555]

What I learned: Import a dude from Europe to yank your crank. Thanks Vinny!

[@fryreartechnology7611]

My first car... started building at 13 years old with a $100 1986 Chevy S-10 single cab regular bed. The motor was pulled, no trans and rear end was locked up it was a pos... I used my first check on it too. I cleaned it put at 350 SBC with dual quad manifold from Edelbrock then all the performer parts they had for it. It was a monster NA build. I worked my butt of to get parts motor was 30 over with a 400 crank think it was called a 383 but the 30 over make it bigger... bolted a 5 speed with over drive Richmond Super street manual transmission to it. Custom Ford 9” ladder bar with fat Mickey Thompson Sportsman Pro 29x15x15 tire on back and the stock 235/70r15 upfront. Cut the bed to hell to make the wide tires fit they poked about 1” but fender flairs was going to fix that. Finished the truck little after 16 years old. Sold it at 18 to pay for college. If you dumped the clutch from red it’d clear a two liter coke bottle. Had sand and antifreeze in a old gas tank where the spare tire was to help about 100 pounds if I remember right because I had to raise the coil overs up a good 2 inches. That was done before the LS swap the world days the last just introduced and was going in next years Corvette and that truck was only 10 when I started on it. Kinda miss it... it got parted out and smashed.

[@leal918]

When I was a young teen we used to steal trays from McDonald's and do FWD drifts in parking lots

[@fruitydudexD]

As opposed to being an old teen

[@robertlopez903]

Yup also FWD donuts are the best

[@leal918]

@@fruitydudexD in my older teens I wised up real quick after a couple speeding tickets lmao

[@boxedfender4810]

Most insane fastest donuts ive ever done the g forces were unreal When it worked all my buddies just started laughing hysterically

[@thepurist7160]

fruitydudexD idk man those 115 year olds are wild

[@temio.463]

I love seeing Bisi, he’s so cool! As a Nigerian myself, this dude is super inspiring

[@vwpassat444]

2:35 Did y'all just get brad to start editing for you? I'm 99% sure that Pirelli isn't spelt "Perelli" lmao

[@Ridesonfilm]

this is a username looked like most of the title cards were off too. It wouldn’t surprise me if the editor was half in the bag working from home, honestly a little jealous of it if he is lol

[@doublem5679]

AAAA I love seeing you dudes shred in a car I own it's like a dream!! Trick to nailing the J-Turn in this car is avoid the handbrake, just let off the gas and dump the clutch to kill power as you crank the wheel, then gun it as you crank the wheel the other way and pop the clutch. Works for me.

[@Matty.Hill_87]

I've got a feeling I'm about to crash my Ford galaxy people carrier 🤔🤣

[@abelcsaszar9026]

Thanks guys this was amazing! Looking forward for the next Hoon School episode.

[@TheHoonigans]

Next week 😉

[@shifty1927]

cant believe they called something a tray slide and didnt put lunch trays under the rear wheels.

[@MacktasticSlick_]

stephen s the editing overlays on these videos have been really fucked lately, the tray sliding video was uploaded today.

[@martinsil13]

I love how vinny smoothly played off forgetting he has a hat on while putting the helmet on @ 10:15 lol

[@JessePigeon]

i like how the drl's shut off every time vin pulled the handbrake. lol

[@renealcerro1320]

Vin teaching about cars to Bisi? That's something i've never expected to see! Amazing vid as usual Hoonigan #StaySafe

[@get_wrx9618]

Me: *watches this video* My girlfriends 2001 toyota sienna: "im in danger"

[@dj_spaulding]

The trick to a clean rockford is to slightly jog the wheel in one direction first then spin the wheel in the other direction that you want the car to turn. This way the initial jog gives the car more spin for a smoother rockford😎

[@paddywiggle]

This just in: Thousands of teens across the country seen rolling over their cars after attempting a stunt seen on the latest Hoonigan video.

[@DrM0nsta650]

My roommate just got one of these a few months ago, its an awesome car. Quite quick and handles beautifully. Hyundai really did a good job with these.

[@NEUTRALDROP]

I'm all eyes and ears😐👍

[@BoltOffEscape]

You need to teach them the art of church van holy reversies

[@von...]

WHATS SHE GOT STUNTMANNNNN?!?!

[@i3loodymoon647]

PT cruisers were the bomb for j turns when used to fiddle with FWD You killed it

[@tangerinedream8987]

7:28 loved that camera angle.

[@DuDe2671]

Yo! how TF we only showing Ron's J-Turn once?!?! that shit was the cleanest I've ever seen, dude!!

[@Kxji]

Hert was really happy doing that J Turn knowing it wasn’t his car. 😂

[@bobbyortiz1754]

Us Veloster bois are geeking hard rn seeing a huge popular channel like Hoonigan whippin in the VN ❤️

[@SpartanMatt117]

I know how to do this..... in Forza Horizon 4 😅 Can’t wait to buy the Veloster N, hope the prices go down at the end of the year

[@Nateclrk]

And they said you couldn't teach an old dog a new trick.. A proud moment

[@iincredibleSham]

Proud owner of an N but I'm too scared to send it like that!! lol

[@kbsmobileperfomanceshop6836]

First car was a 1990 "Honda" Integra. It ended up getting built into a 600+ hp street car, lost in wreck. New project build is a 92 Integra thats eventually going to have custom-built optional FWD/AWD/RWD suspension/rear differential setup.

[@BangBelt]

Every Honda boi is getting a ticket today! Hahaha!

[@TheRefusedStoney]

Veloster N sounds sick

[@EMNemesis]

Yo! I can't wait to do this with my mom's Grand Caravan '99 near to our school parking

[@DaleDoesIt]

Hell yeah brother. Video or it didnt happen.

[@BosleyBeats]

Man the first sight of a J turn in this video I let out an instinctive WHOOO! Feeling it. Keep Hooning baby 👌🏾🔥

[@t1995roger10]

I was spoiled, my first car was a 93 240sx coupe with a HUD!!!

[@god8911]

really, really spoiled.

[@CANControlGRAFFITI]

I’m guessing you crashed it lol

[@t1995roger10]

@@CANControlGRAFFITI still have it lol

[@god8911]

@@t1995roger10 badass man, take care of it. 👍

[@kha_ne4266]

You were really spoiled

[@williamsinger4124]

These lil Hyundai's are actually pretty cool. My first registered car was an 87 Pontiac sunbird gt with a 2.0 liter turbo and a 5 speed. Silver, black on the bottom with flared wheel arches and a porno red interior. Rated at 165 hp. For 87, that was astonishing power from a 2 liter

[@noahpoteat89]

I own a 2012 manual Veloster with loud exhaust 😂😂

[@boxedfender4810]

F

[@noahpoteat89]

@Vitor Cavalcanti I'm having fun man

[@michaelwilburn1001]

I'm even more impressed that a stock performance pack veloster N can do burnouts

[@bstegmedia]

Was doin J turns in front of my friends through high school. Last year I slammed into a curb mid j turn and ruined my alignment and cross bars. $1200 in damage. Don't try it kids.

[@waybous]

I had a 1988 Honda CRX HF. I ended up telling myself I'm just doing things to get better gas mileage. In a year it went from 63HP to 718HP from a B18A1 running 8.90ish in the 1/4 mile. It was my daily driver going back and forth to school. ACT knew me well because of the 15 or so clutches I bought. Fastest car at the highschool I went to thanks to Adrenaline Motorsports.

[@TheHoonigans]

Classic carcaine problems. 8.90 with FWD is moving!

[@waybous]

@@TheHoonigans It did it twice but I still claim it. Ran a steady 9.10 without issues and like 7PSI in the slicks and gutted interior with only race seats and a dash.

[@NG-jy7zg]

The ‘how to’ part starts at 8:42

[@HeliNomadic]

First car I ever had was an Acura Integra GS, 4 door, 5spd manual, black, sunroof. I still miss that car and sometimes have dreams about it 17 years later.

[@Westcoastadventurer]

Sick skids yo

[@lucaswarren5947]

Key tip on the Rockford, set up a little bit of a scandy flick, a little steering input one way and then hard the other way.

[@endtimer77]

Maybe a Canadian thing but we call that “j turn” a Rockford!

[@johnmoser2689]

My first car was a rusted out Plymouth Volare station wagon with a slant 6 4 speed on the floor..... second was a 77 VW rabbit 1600 fuel injected 4 speed... still one of my favorites

[@chinchilla3970]

I tried this with my old Mercedes and it didn’t go so well....

[@traingeek2000]

Always good to see Bisi, the sophisticated hoon

[@한상기코너]

크으 주모~~~

[@theedwardbrad48]

When he said his first car was a ‘94 accord, I got exited cuz I currently have a 95’ Accord at 19 with 178k miles & its really clean for its age.

[@ptsYT]

I have that car. In forza horizon 4 😭

[@Yellow_Magpie]

oh man rons was so clean, that was so satisfying

[@theraginggam3r679]

I had the most Long Island first car possible... A 1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport XJ with a 5 inch lift, and fat wheels 😍

[@fajarwijanarko5468]

Ninggalin jejak, kesini abis nonton road party j turn nya om fitra

[@alfariel3522]

Kwkwk

[@JboBakey]

I absolutely love this video, just woke up from getting smashed and it put a smile on my face

[@batman4989]

My first car was a 1979 mercedes turbo diesel. It was heavy and underpowered. Only way the wheels spun was if it was raining and i rounded a corner at full throttle(from a stop). Still my favorite car out of the many cars I've driven.

[@haddonassink6573]

Those Velosters are some of the best looking hatches

[@rodrigorojas8054]

Yeah this is exactly what I want to do with my stock Mazda3! Thanks guys!

[@TheSURGE28]

I remember back when I was in technical school i used to leave parking lot with J-turn, then handbrake 180 and handbrake burnout. Younger guys which didn't have their cars yet where so amazed... And I was covered in smoking rubber, 'coz cheap shitbox'n'hot days

[@charles281]

best veloster commercial on youtube

[@isaacwrayphotography]

This gave me fond memories of thrashing my first car. Nothing fancy, just a good ol 98 civic hatch!

[@thebr0wnhornet]

Bisi is the most polite dude in motorsport

[@ilovmyz]

My first car was a 86 ponatic Acadian! Rwd carb. 5 speed. Beast!

[@thesneakyfoxtss]

The 180 is the first trick I learned in my FWD saab 9-3. It impresses all my friends lol

[@samskaug1403]

I got a Veloster turbo 6 spd and I can say that Veloster’s are quick in reverse for sure!

[@A.Donohue]

Bruh... I’m 16 just got a 2020 Veloster turbo r-spec. This is perfect

[@flickmybic7174]

Bisi's Veloster goes hard

[@TheRwdyAudi]

The first 10 seconds tell it 😂😂 "this cars so fast in reverse"

[@JoseFlores-fl5pk]

I don't know why I get the vibe that most of the "Hoonigans" are not the nicest dudes off camera. Hert seems like the most wholesome/humble of them all. It's like you can feel it, you know? I could be completely wrong and I'm not trying to judge anyone, especially if I don't know them personally. Just a mere thought and I wouldn't want anyone to feel sometime of way. Regardless, they make dope content.

[@jaredbrierley2782]

I laughed so hard at Herts reaction to that reverse launch. Total shock and disbelief!

[@ruckusazndude]

got a hat, beanie, and windbreaker from you. gotta say I LOVE IT.

[@Levibetz]

Hert and Vinny are preparing for a FWD burnyard showcase, I can tell haha

[@r3traK]

Never expected to see you guys in my car. So sick.

[@warummussmeinnameangegeben6502]

Meanwhile me as a german who grew up with Polos and Golfs - reminder of good old times from the school parking lot

[@Hinterhof-qx5ql]

I didn't think I would ever say that, but Hyundai makes some really cool cars!

[@Hinterhof-qx5ql]

I can't get over the fact that the Veloster has asymmetric doors though... I would go with the I30N!

[@johnmoser2689]

Vinnie showing love for the mk3 2.slow👍😎👍

[@Ontheroad13]

1983 Rabbit 4 speed first car. Currently have a 2007 GTI with stage 2.

[@BerttPal]

I recognized that "THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS".

[@scotttras15]

YES!!! I baby my Volvo C30 cause it's the first manual I've owned, and every time I see your guys videos, I feel like my clutch should fear me instead of the other way around. Show me some more scumbaggery that I can try...on private property or a closed road.

[@jaredhardy1348]

im younger than everyone and i had the older car out of everyone. 87 Chevy Caprice, best car i ever owned

[@c0c0asauce]

First car I "drove" ( 6 years old sitting on my Mom's lap) was 1990s Chevy Cavalier, second was a Chrysler 300, then a Z32. Been stuck on RWD cars ever since. Except for a SAAB....

[@iamthedrumandbassfarmer8735]

Bravo on namedropping the Dodge Stratus super tourer, thats serious race car geekery

[@Mr.D83]

I've got a dodge stratus, well a Chrysler cirrus 2.4. Everyone hates on them but they are so much fun to drive

[@Philippe44]

Goddamnit now I'm in love with ANOTHER car