Part 3. How To, AE86 coilover conversion

[@mazeyaj]

2 hour project turned to a 8 hour video. Good source of information can now be passed on to the new generations your 8 hours was worth the upload thanks bro.

[@FrozenCarnitas]

Great videos dude. Your sense of humor and Chewbacca's advice make these stand out from other videos.

[@smog1987]

I have to agree, hybrid moments capped it off.. this video series made my day..

[@byrne1916]

a very nice and affordable option for an ae86 owner! thanks and your vid was very good and to the point man!

[@RouteZeroDesign]

Great series of videos man. I really want to do this on my drift project now, but im gonna take a welding course first. BTW Your welds look really nice and Misfits at the end just topped the video off : D

[@madfortar2008]

Ah thanks man really appreciate the extra time you put in!!! great video

[@W1ldSm1le]

Nice diy video, nice choice in paint...lol, nice choice in music keep up the good work man!

[@seymour86]

You dont have to spend a ton of $ on these cars to have fun. Thats what is so great about these cars. with a little know how and some pateince you can have a fairly reliable car that will put a smile on your face every time you drive it.

[@FireProMMA]

Very informative and inspirational stuff dude.

[@Armazecreta]

Thankyou very much for making this Video. Is Perfect. You helping us endlessly. Thank you!

[@ozscorpio7]

Nicely explained man congrats, btw nice weldings there.

[@NICWIKE]

Very informative, exactly waht I was after. Shot bro-well done

[@seymour86]

@hotdoghogie looks like we both ride bmx too.although I have not ridden in a minute.

[@mouwt]

Good videos, well done, saved a couple of moneys there, fair play.

[@seymour86]

@ksass I just cut some 1 3/4" aluminum bar stock to the desired length. You can also run a stack of large washers taped together.

[@kennethalcorn7104]

thanks for that doing mine tomorrow

[@seymour86]

Yeah what I didn't show was that I tacked the strut tubes in 8 places before actually welding them. And as for the motor oil that sounds like a cool trick.

[@RadicalRevs]

@seymour86 awesome thanks. Funny I was just checking this out when this message popped up. I just finished the shortening of the casings I just gotta wait till Gabe ships them sleeves out. Thanks fer your help I gotta check that out. I thought the voice sounded like Danzig for a second I couldnt tell but it fits..

[@seymour86]

@RadicalRevs DOM tubing stands for Drawn Over Mandrel. Which means that it is seamless. You should be able to get 4 feet of it at any metal supply wherehouse for under $30. I get mine from Industial metal Supply in Sun valley CA. And yeah I just run a bead along the bottom. Also FYI the Agx's are a little fatter than the HTS . So if you get a little bit of penitration on the back side of the butt weld the dampers wont fit. You can run a 1.75" hole saw down the casing when you are done.

[@Sojuiced90]

nice job on the conversion

[@seymour86]

The megans come with instructions. I have dome a set though they are not hard at all. You basically take your strut casings apart so they are empty. You cut 40mm above the top of the spindle so you end up with the spindle with 40mm of tube coming off the top of it. Then you slide them inside the bottom of the megan set and weld them together either with the MIG or TIG process.

[@10petrolhead10]

great video and welding!

[@seymour86]

@chrisls1pro you can use washers stacked up or 1.75" solid aluminum bar.

[@seymour86]

@tybryant The actuall materias to do the conversion were less than $30. Its basically one piece of DOM tubing the rest is cutting and welding. As far as parts go this set was somewhere around $1100 give or take.

[@SIDEWAYSCOUPE666]

Great video set man

[@jofish13]

thanks heaps for these videos very helpful

[@seymour86]

@kwint I ran them all the way up prettymuch to match the ride hieght on the rear which I am running TRD uncut springs.

[@seph95]

wow, thanks alot man, and also, love these tutorial vids! i mean, i have D1GP Trance Mix Videos, but this is actually helpful lol

[@seymour86]

@RadicalRevs And it should take care of that. Also the song at the end is Hybrid Moments by the Misfits

[@alfsentra]

excellent job!

[@seymour86]

If you can't remove the inserts I think you might be up a creek. You might have to go with a sleeve that sits on top on the OEM pearch. As far as the perches I use It is just DOM tubing that I cut. And these are for the fronts. The rear on my car is a solid rear axle.

[@GilBatesLovesyou]

Thank you for these videos, it's quite thorough? What happens if you got a compressor, but no impact gun? Also, what would happen if I didn't cut the spring perch off, and just went for a 4 or 6 inch spring and just put the coilover on top of the stock perch?

[@kil112112]

realy nice man ***** stars for you

[@ksass]

thats what i was thinking. thanks for the quick reply and the friggen sweet video. "itd be hard for you to get dates then" haha i LOL'd

[@ae86tvis]

now thats kickass coilover rig! and dude, u look like steve the pirate from dodge ball!! hahaha peace!

[@seymour86]

@TheRaptuready are you talking about the coilover sleeves?If so the recessed side goes down. The perches that come with the set fit inside the recess but I am not using that perch I like to use a thicker perch that the whole sleeve will sit on. and you can use O-rings to keep them from rattling. I am not running o-rings on mine and i dont hear them rattling, but the again my car has straight pipe for exhaust so I cant hear much.

[@justindabull]

I'm sorry what cartilage did you use? You did a great job and I'm planning to do this on my corolla, Thanks.

[@LMdAkId]

a man was wondering if the bump stop is necessary to be installed thanks in advance

[@Missileworksllc]

nice videos, but one question, why didnt you just cut 60mm from the tubes, and ditch the 20mm spacers?

[@seymour86]

LOL thanks I love you Li !!

[@negrisio9821]

Verry helpfull video. thanks

[@Chanzilla]

Awesome! How are these holding up now?

[@seymour86]

You could do that but the dampers I'm using are shorter so thats why the actual tubing in shortend.

[@cbh148]

Thumbs up for Atmosphere - Travel Dope ass song. Also, I'm guessing this is the proper way to lower a hachi since you can't just bolt on coilovers like on an s-chassis.

[@seymour86]

Oh and the sleeves I was using where aluminum, didn't catch that first time around.

[@seymour86]

@Claymore6464 I think its on headshots 7. its just an introlude

[@seymour86]

I would also say maybe find a freind with a car and go out to some local grassroots drift days that way you can talk to some drivers and see what they are running and make some friends. Friends help out alot with these cars as everyone I know with an AE86 has at least a few parts just lying around as will you after a while.

[@seymour86]

@drifterzdoitsidewayz I have heard some of the older 240 Z guys do a similar set up I dont see why it wouldnt work in your situation but I dont know what dampers the Z31 guys are running I would check out some Z31 forums for some more in depth info.

[@seymour86]

Thank you for the comments every one!

[@germzkee]

Sick vid.. I'm assuming this is cheaper than buying full on adjustable coilovers.. But how much more cheaper....

[@RadicalRevs]

Very nice video. Got me doing this to my own ae86 except Im gonna use KYB AGX's couldnt afford them HTS's which look real nice. I can see that this has been asked multiple times but.. where did you get that perch? Where can I buy the tubing to make it and of what DOM tubing? You just ran a bead along the bottom of the perch? Lastly at the end in the credits, what song is playing?

[@seymour86]

@saltwateraquaruim top of fifth with a 4.3 rear end but my speedo doesnt work. Gunna be going W58 pretty soon though with a 4.77 rear end

[@chrisls1pro]

Saw the question already asked... I had one more question .. So if I cut 60mm off the tube would I loose suspension stroke compared to Using the 20mm spacers? Couldn't I just raise the sleave to raise it since it would be almost or dumped to the ground or would it way too low Doing it this week and wanna do it right

[@chrisls1pro]

I'm abt to do this to my ae86 instead of buying Megan coilovers cause I already have the coilovers sleves and camber plates.. I was wondering where u got the the 20mm spacers from....

[@seymour86]

@amillionminds Honestly the the only way to get good at welding is practice. I remember When I first started welding I thought I was doing it wrong but it was just my lack of time behind the hood. I HIGHLY recomend any one that wants to learn how to weld to check out there local community colleges.That way you can go burn through there rod, cupons and gas usually for a way lower cost than it would to do it at your place.

[@broae86]

hey thnks guy for the tips I¨ll be using that. once more, thnks for helping the little guy :P

[@seymour86]

@chrisls1pro you would loose stroke. Even if you raised it up all the way you would still be 20mm lower.

[@ExclusiveTint-CarDetailing]

which way does recess side on one end of the collars go? and what did you use to keep it from rattle???

[@ksass]

where did you buy the spacer for the bottom of the strut? i cant find them at my local hardware stores

[@seymour86]

Plus it is good to have someone that is fanilier with your car to bounce Ideas off of. Just do some reaserch first before you go calling for every little thing LOL. hope this helps.

[@seymour86]

@4age06 Did this about 2 years before that issue came out.

[@saltwateraquaruim]

@seymour86 haha nice, whats the top speed you've gotten it to?

[@elbaron51]

hi i know you did this video a long time ago. can you tell me if i can do the same measurement in a 1984 celica gts i appreciate your answer

[@stupidbuthey]

do you need to go with short stroke shocks if you're just using TRD spring?

[@drifterzdoitsidewayz]

I have a 1986 300zx Turbo which has the same looking front suspension and ive been doing my research on coils for about a year now.....anyways on to the question......do you know if the same setup would work on an 86' 300zx turbo, it looks exactly the same as my Z i just dont want to cut and weld and it doesnt work:)...Thanks

[@Fizz826]

hi, how many inches lowered if you adjust this setup at the highest? thanks

[@saltwateraquaruim]

Has the ae86 ever been drifted?

[@dhary347]

Hi where did you buy your kit from, and the shocks

[@justindabull]

@seymour86 Is the shock thickness 6.5mm? Thanks

[@seymour86]

@justindabull I used Tokicko HTS

[@seymour86]

it is adjustable

[@seymour86]

@saltwateraquaruim drift it pretty much everytime I drive it

[@seymour86]

@ELSLVY818 Don't know what to do the next one on. Open to suggestions.

[@yougotjack]

great vid.... but you spelled special wrong in the credits

[@seymour86]

I din't run them with my set up but I don't see why you couldn't run them.

[@calldanai]

good

[@MustangDrifter]

ryan seymour is the shiz

[@erickorellana5396]

nice video bro AAAAA

[@LMdAkId]

thanks ill just leave the bump stop on then ..

[@seymour86]

@brandonpejsa You can do that but the car would be slammed in the front

[@seymour86]

Still holding up good. in the middle of rebuilding a motor right now. So out of action as we speak.

[@seph95]

what advice do you give to a 14 yo. Drift Enthusiast that has a deep love for the AE86? i mean, i'm not kidding, when i first saw a great example of one, the owner was 16 and showed me the car (hatchback, the one i love) i sat in the car and i swear tears ran down my face lol, true story.

[@seymour86]

@drifterzdoitsidewayz try this z31.com/mods/coilover.shtml

[@LowCelica82]

So u took 40mm out and then added a 20mm spacer. Why not just cut 60mm out? That way no need for a spacer

[@GladiarOfDestruction]

You sure know how to do math!

[@seymour86]

YEah I ended up eating 'em right after the shot they were in.

[@seymour86]

Check out club4ag(dot)com for the tons of different setups people are running. that way when the time comes you will have an idea on what you want to run and also whats in your budget

[@seymour86]

No not really... b.

[@seymour86]

@justindabull I used Tokicko HTS