I really wanna see a Volvo 850R or T5 on here plz

Just do it what’s the worst that can happen

Porfavor

Volvo 850 don’t forget

I think they cool

man's almost doing this for 2 years so James might as well do it

Yeah they need to

It's been that long 🥲

I've been asking for an Up to speed on Ken Block

do it donut

That’s a simple fix he will have it done and on in no time.

🙃

a little bondo and it's good as new!

How to fix it: don't, because hairline fractures

@@lachychops2 Don't? It's a spoiler. It sits there. Some fiberglass would fix it up good as new. Even if you get some hairline cracks, they're unsightly and that's it. You can fix those too.

So let’s take some wheels that were never designed to be ran over by a car to see which is better. Test the stuff in application. These videos are getting repetitive.

yeah the last few videos the quality has declined massively imo. it feels like rushed content just breaking stuff, no explanations or the detail we're used to.

Agree, this was a worthless video.

exactly, this puts what i thought into words

@King Jimmy, MBA, PMP Ya, I had to double check because I thought I watched it already but that was the other one where they did basically the same thing

😂😂😂 same

Bro I was scratching my head like what are the odds my car gets hit by nunchucks on it’s duckwing spoiler. Everyday I worry about my wheels having an anvil dropped on them. Funny video

@@realjoshuaW they are answering THE questions we've always had man... 😂

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Never too careful!

Agree 👍

I think they were starting to run out of cars for up to speed. James has done an episode on practically every enthusiast car. Before we know it they'll have no choice but to do an up to speed on the Honda Odyssey lmao.

@@jimschaef Dude, minivans can be cool. Haven't you seen that one video with the Chrysler minivan doing an insane burnout?

@@jimschaef I'd watch that. they also did some cool up to speeds on history and events i enjoy quite a bit, more documentaries

Yep, I miss those days when Donut delivered actual knowledge with fun. instead of these silly f*ckin around crap.

at this point they are just making videos for kids and for the tiktok car mechanics it’s not even fun to watch anymore

Pretty new to the channel. How was old Donut like exactly?

@@jujulaf18go watch some bumper 2 bumper and up to speed episodes. You’ll get it immediately and understand what we mean 💔😭

Definitely have critiques about the content, like the spoiler test they opted for a more flashy, attention grabbing dude with a nunchuck whacking it, simulating a concentrated impact load (which spoilers rarely experience) and not a distributed pressure load, like spoilers actually experience. I mean it's entertaining, but not so much informative.

That's what got me into Donut. Seeing diagnostic work and DIYstiff. Wrenching is what I want to see. Now it's buy random stuff and Buzzfeed top 10 stuff or reaction content. I don't mind these type of videos as long as we get some wrench/project car stuff as well.

Yes that was stupid. Thought they would try to fit them. Why would the wing need to withstand an impact.

That's what I was expecting too tbh

same here also with the rims like speed cornering idk things like that not running into a brick with them mounted in the front

@@nathanlovell4399 That was the only semi-legit test I feel like they did lol. Running into a curb is a legit thing that could happen

theres no real way to review them for there effects.

They don’t care. Entertainment gets views. Views gets money

these good ol' backyard testing methods are the best!

@carabooseOG at this point it feels like a bunch of youtubers messing around with cars rather than car guys making UKposts videos.

Honestly why do some of these tests if they don't even mean anything? And why even look at the wheels under a microscope when they don't even know what they are looking at? Project farm knows how to perform tests that recreate actual usage and in a repeatable way to give fair results.

@Jared Connell because they're not a science based channel? Don't know anything about Project Farm, but I've been watching Donut for some time now. And they've pretty much been all about car entertainment. Save for science garage and b2b.

Agreed!

Yup its sad. I'm in trade school right now, becoming a diesel tech, and I will not wear any of their merch to school because I feel like people would take me less serious.

Donut media turned into something like buzz feed of the car community

@@jessecampbell4580 dude you spent money on the merch and youre too shy to wear it to your automotive job. Anyone questions it just say - mopowah baby

@76Arfa haha no not shy. I used to wear my tshirts everywhere, now they're just shirts for working around the house. The whole vibe of the channel has just changed. The hosts are all still stelar, but since they got acquired they are clearly under pressure to churn out certain kinds of videos.

This video once and for all proved that brand-name, forged wheels are indeed probably stronger than mystery meat cast wheels. Thanks Donut!

You know they make this content in order to fund the project car content .

At least this episode wasn't just a list of cars

@@_3mm so... this is just a 14 minute long ad?

@@EntyFu that’s one way to think of it, I mean they had to go thru 3 wrx and like 3-5 boxer engines. So I would be surprised if we don’t get any low-car, high-car content 😖.

Donut for life!!

I agree, they tested wheels a few months ago. It feels like the same video.

@@Dark7Wasp And it's not even a good video. The last seasin of high-low wasný as good as the previous 2 either. I hope they have some better stuff lined up, cause this ain't it.

Looking at racing seats. Isn't this the 3rd time in recent months? High vs low is essentially the same as real vs knockoff.

These tests all were pointless I’ve never cared about an anvil dropping on my wheel

Stop being an impatient entitled child.

Agreed, they just proved that there are decent reps out there.

Have also noticed this. Now it is just a commercial tv cable station..

Those videos are not HYPEBEAST. Owners need moar money all the moneys.

They did

i think more than once

No that definitely sounds like a great video idea. I’d love to see the longevity of the HiLow truck parts

once they're done with the series they're done, you see the cars are just lying about in the garage, its not like they're dailying them

It's 100 times better than buying fakes

Just make sure that if the item has expiration date, it hasn't passed yet.

Where do you buy?

@@DG_427 well... I did buy a corbeau seat with a fia sticker from 2018. But it shouldnt matter for trackdays and normal driving

Some people won't get it even if the 2nd hand items are at the same price with new knock off. Brand new doesn't mean it's good.

sponsorblock add on is a game changer

@@GarageSupra I have one on most of my devices, but my smart TV where I watch the most doesnt have a option for that. The only way around it is by adding a pi hole or something like that to my network to block that traffic. I did try a pi hole in the past and I did not have much luck with it doing what it wanted it to do. :(

Testing Real vs Counterfeit Car Parts was really similar.

They did have a whole video for real vs fake wheels - it was much better than this one.

What countries 😂

@@penguin350 Think it was Taiwan. A similar thing also happened with Tomei in the US.

@@jdmglobalwarehouse It figures it would be East Asia. Trademark & copyright laws over there are a giant clusterf***. Even more than they are in the west. Just as one example, in Japan animation studios & production companies are almost pathologically afraid of even saying the name of a different show that they don't own (or isn't owned by who they are working for), to the point where they will literally bleep it out like a swear. They are afraid of being sued due to the way copyright works there. Read up on this kind of stuff and it becomes clear that copyright as well as trademark, is a giant mess over in that region. Which becomes even messier when you add the international market into things. addendum: with anime it is not as if they have an editor bleeping things out in post. They will actually script them this way and it is usually done tongue-in-cheek. But the point remains the same, they bleep it out to avoid getting in trouble. addendum 2: I hope you enjoyed my pun at the beginning. I am never sorry for my puns.

this would be an interesting Video for @donutmedia

Well I imagine if they their trademarked lapsed in the US, it would be a non-issue because they can show they were first to use it in commerce and continued using it during the period that it lapsed. They could just protest the person being approved for the trademark. What they should do is sue the other company for copyright infringement because the fake seat has a similar design to theirs (and every other racing seat, but the point is to financially hurt the counterfeiter and prevent them from continuing production of that style of seat).

Previa Moneypit season please!

100% behind this. Long live the king of mini-vans.

Also it sounds like my STI. Lol. So sick dude.

I love the Previa. it's one of the coolest Minivans to come out of Japan

James hired a huge ass staff and this is the best they can come up with. It's crazy.

I wouldn't worry too much about enkeis. I've heard that they're much harder to split than an OEM alloy.

@@GetOffMyLog That's because most OEM alloys are the same quality level as most cheap aftermarket wheels. Often just as heavy or heavier than steelies as well.

@@heygek2769 they have to be covered by warranty so they're usually strong enough to not worry about. Reps and other cheap wheels don't have that requirement.

@@heygek2769 OEM wheels at least have more structure to them generally, they're almost never made with super thin/minimal spokes like these Enkei knockoffs.

Construction and quality is less important than sidewall height for impacts, and unless you're running those on a Truck/SUV, a pothole can easily wreck your shit. Forged or not, aluminum is way more likely to fracture than steel and performance-oriented wheels will sacrifice thickness for weight over OEM. A pothole badly bent our 2019 Kia's 17" OEM wheel, and it was a total bitch trying to find a place to repair it to my surprise. I would've rather it had the 16s since low profile tires ride like absolute shit for minimal gains and bigger wheels just add needless weight.

ya, the seat did actually really well, instead save the money if they perform closely

@@xxtimo_titanxx7189 no that Seat did worse than a swap in from a geo metro. Buy literally any other cheap seat, because a no name brand will be farther up the quality scale despite being the same price as the fake Bride.

It's entirely repairable with a little fiberglass resin, a paint brush, some sand paper and time.

ikr? They're slowly turning into the car guys version of Mythbusters

Let's..... talk👆👆

What, the hat cover and safety squints method?

This should be a video. They've already done Real v Fake aftermarket wheels, but we need an OEM v Fake aftermarket wheel comparison video.

This is a brilliant idea

Your a genius I was thinking this too like yes they may not be “safe” but how much safer are they than stock?

OEM wheels can be hit or miss, depending on manufacturer and specific wheel. Wheels generally don't get made by the car manufacturer but by an outside brand. It does occur OEM's go to low end wheel manufacturers to get their wheels produced (example: Rota has produced OEM wheels), but generally speaking OEM's tend to stick to higher quality producers when it comes to wheels.

Great idea! I'd love to see 'average' car comparisons too, we're not all going to the racetrack but would us normies benefit from upgraded brakes/suspension?

they posting the same thing over and over they fallling off lol

..no? They make quite more than that from this vid.

They went through the same tests and were significantly more damaged after, not sure what you're looking for.

just don't buy fake if you care about safety and performance

@@tturi2 Except that there's nothing unsafe about the products "tested" here when used as intended. Most factory aluminum and composite rims will break when strapped to the front of a Previa van and slammed into a parking stop sideways. As for a racing seat, you're actually better off with an aluminum seat if safety is that important to you.

@@aaronthomas6155 the material aluminium I'm not saying isn't up to the task, but you're willing to cheap out on wheels that frequently crack or shatter under normal use or that aren't constructed to a certain safety standard, thats your choice, the aluminium seat I can't talk for or against since I don't have the experience, but if you cheap out on a seat, that's your back potentially getting broken in a crash,

@@tturi2 I've never seen a rim shatter in normal usage. Working in collision repair, I've seen plenty of "name brand" rims break though.

lol an lb spoiler is not made for anything other than looks wheels and proper wings/spoilers most definitely have a function though

Really an important thing to cover for a comparison like this. Most of the reason people buy performance wheels is reducing unsprung weight.

I crashed a 350z with forged wheels and it just broke the suspension arm instead and launched the wheel. I don't think the strength of the wheel really matters.

Don't go cheap on safety like seats and wheels. Ok for the spoiler.

@@CleverAccountName303 That's actually the one thing that's universally needed, pro or amateur. I remember seeing a news report here in Florida where a minor and her dad went to the track and they skimped on the neck protection and she died on the track when she hit a wall and snapped her neck.

knock offs are really only bad to those stuck on brand name or those using their vehicles for auto-sport.

@aaronthomas6155 Yeah, cause, like, look at the seat test. It held up against the real thing, so there is no harm in putting it in your daily drive if that's your thing.

@@armandaspiecia9619 At the point where the knock off cracked, you would have already sustained severe injuries even with the Bride seat. So why spend the extra? If you're really looking to improve performance on the track through better vehicle control, a proper aluminum racing seat with head support would be a better option than the Bride as it will reduce the chance of neck injuries, unlike the Bride seat. Might as well save some money because if you're in a wreck where the seat actually matters, that Bride seat isn't your best option.