The 2.75" ID / 3" OD aluminum pipe was the most satisfying fitment I've seen in a while

I believe an upright is called an upright because it holds the wheel up, right?

As a mechanical designer/drafter, I like the slots and tabs. The welders in the shop like them too! Blinker fluid. HA!

I can't tell if I love this project and your "get it done" attitude or if I'm scared for your life..... Either way, this is awesome!

Oh, now I'm glad I didn't actually win the Crack Lighter from that last video. I'm more of a meth man myself, and it turns out that that lighter wouldn't have worked for me.

I love this kind of humour! always gets me hooked through the entire video!

7:40 "Blinker fluid"! 😄

From the standpoint of reading the manual first, and then following steps, I'm damn sure I'm watching the right channel...

"cause i like it simple" i laugh and cried at the same time. you are brilliant!

One more time, you sir are a hoot! You bring voice to my parallel foibles. I had a hub project recently that had a number of twists, resulting in tools hitting the ground at velocities 4or 5x what gravity was exerting. I was the critical bastard asking about the toothpaste looking welds before you tried to hide them. I welded my loose lug studs in place with the same toothpaste dispenser. You made my day. Do continue!

I've got an engineering degree, but this is mind-boggling! A regular car manufacturer would have a team of 500 engineers working on this for a year before it was done. Bravo!

You sir are one Brilliantly Sarcastic SOB! Well done! #Impressive

Hmmm. Whenever I've wanted to lower a vehicle in the past I figured I had 2 choices, cut the springs and pretend the effed up camber curve, the 'orrible ride and bump-steer weren't that bad, or spend too much for some pretty dicey Chinesium cast iron drop spindles from a company more concerned w "Stance", or "Laying Frame". Not sure why it never occured to me to just fab something myself. An upright is definitly within the scope of my skills and tooling. THANKS MATT! You don't suck.

That "press fit nut" and the half-a-hole on the other piece gives me the safety willies and I used to be a precision/stunt driver. I usually over-engineer/build my prototype bits and then add speed holes later. I applaud your impetuous madcap style.

love your humour

I don't envy you having to do it all over again for the uplefts.

Hot tip for POR15, use an icepick to punch two holes in the lid and pour the paint from that. When your done, cover the hole with masking tape until next time. Saved me a bunch of headache when I learned this method.

Always hugely entertaining, thanks , I'm a bit late to finding your channel. Had to look up 'blinker fluid' not something I'd heard before (in the UK)!! 🤣

Just assemble it! That is how you get stuff done! Come up with a design and just make it, then fiddle with it for days and keep redoing it... then maybe toss it... but then you maybe have something useful. Great stuff!

Your sincerety is encouraging to tackle problems and not stress about being perfectly efficient at it.

Matt, you forgot the fundamental part of the welder's creed: a GRINDER and paint makes me the welder I ain't.

Next level detail, and your dry dumb humor is great. You got a new subscriber!

protip for the lasercut tabs, if you put a cutout around all internal sharp corners, like the ones on a straight edge (we call them mickey mouse ears), the fit is way better. the laser can't make sharp internal corners, it gets close, but there is some cylindrical kerf to it. about 1mm radius is enough for most thicknesses

I'm never going to do this but the entertainment value you provide is priceless. Thanks.

Feel like I'm late to the party . . . for the internal threads, just tack-weld a hex nut on the backside before assembly, works great.. You can even leave the hole in the part small and run a tap thru the nut after, to tap the 1/8 plate too. Or if you want longer threads, use a coupling nut. I know this comment is 2 years old . . . but hopefully your welding has improved. Or you could just mail it to me, and I'll weld it and mail it back, lol. I enjoy your vids Matt.

Always awesome and funny. You hide how really brilliant you are with easy humor and a 'see how it's so simple' attitude. Love it!

Again, most of it passed me by, but I chuckled all the way through it. Thanks Matt.

Love the design process of using slightly modified off-the-shelf parts and getting things laser/plasma/water jet cut to then weld. Who needs a cnc XD? Also, look into the spray paint that has the catalyst built-in. It goes by the name "spray max" and Eastwood has some. It dries much much harder than normal rattle can stuff. Your uprights are immediately going to shed paint when you spill break fluid on them or clean them with an aggressive brush.

Thank you for the video. You filled me with confidence that, even I, can build a death trap.

Okay, the ALIENS reference clinched the upvote. Great series, I'm learning a lot. Thanks!

The self clenching nut is generally called a "PEM" nut whenever I've run across them in aerospace. I will warn you, anti-seize the crap out of it. If you ever need to take that apart and it's galled or corroded, you will spin the nut loose and be pretty SOL.

"Why do something once when you can do it 4 times?" Accurate, but not complete...the rest goes like this... "and spend 10 times as much to get half the quality of just buying the thing." Story of my life, man! The lie I tell myself (and my wife) is that it's the experience! Thanks for reminding us we're not alone.

Great job, You are a real designer, and a true craftsman ... machinist ... fabricator ... and assembler. There are very few people like you left in the industry. Very few, if any, of the viewers are thinking ..."oh yea, I've been meaning to start that project tomorrow" thanks for the reminder!! :)

It didn't even take me 3 minutes to realize I should just subscribe. Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge in the form of well edited videos.

You make me want to build cars again. Love the work you do.

The algorithm lead me to your channel, and it's fantastic. Your oversimplified explanations of complex fabrication products absolutely reeks of someone whose remade parts fifty times to get them right. So I can relate.

I love how the winner of the raffle is just announced throughout the video and not hyped up at the beginning/end of the video. Makes for a much more consistent view

The algorithm sent me here a year after this was released. Don't ask questions about the algorithm. Your pounding the aluminum on as a shim probably brinelled the heck out of that wheel bearing.

POR 15 is also my go-to for frame or suspension painting! Every single can has been difficult to open without marring up the lid! I've found I can open it with a wide scraper though so the applied pressure is more spread out.

The blinker fluid bottle made the day for me, great detail.

Thanks for the video! I’ve been building a reverse trike and the front uprights and suspension have been killing me. Your video had a lot of great tips that I will put to use. Thanks.

I really enjoy your candor so much ... or your sense of humor ... they kinda mix. Oh and I learn stuff and get inspired and re-inspired too and all that stuff. Keep it up amigo!

Brilliant. Always a joy to watch

Your videos always make me laugh! The melody and earnestness of the narration is just spot on, and the humor is always... also... how to put it... spot on!

Bro, you are inspiring me to design my own custom suspension for my VW bus

Love it man, you always keep me entertained even on a project I was interested in but after I watch I am alway happy I did. Thanks for making me smile man!

Amazing.......simply amazing. I'm referring to how I had a whole productive day planned out and now I stumbled into this rabbit hole of a channel.....and at this rate I won't be able to get back to work till next week. Amazing.

This is officially my favorite channel on KZfaq. I forgot how I found it but I'm grateful

Beautiful job you did there. All 27 times. All of those times were great.

Keeping things simple is always underrated 👍😎👍

Dude, I love fabrication, love engineering and freaking like your glib! Instant subscribe!

Damn good job 👍 brother loved the idea and craftsmanship

Oshcut is also a great source for laser parts, they allow you to specify lead time and shipping method which is great for rush jobs.

Thanks for the reminder to top up my blinker fluid!

Man I’m in love with your channel! New favourite, you’re an artist!

Keep it simple. Works every time!!!

Okay, it isn't just me that over-engineers projects. I appreciate your dedication and unique aesthetics.

"Lemme jus assemble eet" Famous last words my fella.

Your channel popped up in my feed yesterday and I’m so disappointed the algorithm overloads didn’t show me you earlier! The exact stuff I love doing and watching! Keep going super fast!

All hail the algorithm ✌️😭🤣

To (maybe) save you some time & effort, I have found laser cutting is accurate enough that youi don't need to under-size your holes. I have had holes lazer cut to very acceptable tapping sizes. I figured if the holes weren't close enough I could drill, & bolt them, but the arrived spot on,.- Just had to run a tap through them. 😊

Wow, probably the best project car channel I've ever seen. Reminds me of This Old Tony

I love the music between "scenes"

Perfectly Simplified Complexity! I love this channel, got my attention and sub all in one video!

oh mighty algorithm, take my offering and spread the word of this channel far and wide XD

How do you know you're talking to an engineer? He's giving you answers to problems you didn't know you had.

You re the entire meaning of greatness Kudos from Argentina. As always your Fellow follower.

I like these videos, and by that I mean I love these videos and they've become my sole reason for existing and I'm planning to call my firstborn SuperfastMatt

Subscribed in under 30 seconds. I think that’s a record for me. Imma go continue laughing now. Keep it up my man!

Love your videos and the humour. Brilliant.

LOL .love the credit card shims at 5:38

first time watching your content. pure art, great skills and comedic timing too. i'll be following all the way from south africa

That’s some good stuff right there! Can’t count how many redo’s I’ve been thru, lol. But the journey is most of the fun.

pro tip for that POR 15- cover the can with clear cling wrap out of the kitchen and then tap the cover on top of it. next time you go to pop the cover off it'll come off no problem

Wow that send cut send place is very cool! I wish we had one here in Canada to make things a bit easier for us.

The level of hackery in these vids comforts me and helps rationalize my own hacks.

Really digging your dry humor.

Not going to lie, this has been sitting my recommendations for a few days and I'm like "yeah whatever" but tonight I figured that maybe I could translate what I see from street car to my race car. I mean, I have a welder. And a camera. My welder is a MIG and my camera is attached to a telephone, but, semantics right? Being a race car I can make it half as heavy and half as thick as a failure won't kill anyone who hasn't already signed a waiver. Great video! Thanks.

Loved your story telling throughout this video! Hilarious and informative dude!

Omg how have I just come across this channel absolutely amazing

Damn. I keep thinking about what I'd do next and you do it. Either we're both excellent and pragmatic designers and craftsman, or mechanical Cavemen. Loved the hub registers. Careful selection of stock material. Hacksaw. Close enough to hammer on. Works. Can't ask for much more bud.

Love this channel. Too late now, but I 'think' the Lotus 111 S2 forged steel uprights may have worked, as they take GM hub bearing packs from 4 or 5 lug. Because the are still used on the current Exige V6, bigger brakes are possible to fit (343mm discs /AP racing 4 pots calipers)

my stepfather of which he built bridges for living and he called these things built into an item, "fudge factor", and it always worked!

Great job Matt!

Dude! We use the same brand of blinker fluid, nice!

For the algorithm and not only: For me, who’s mother tongue is not english I’ve learnt something. Upright vs. spindle. I’ve always thought that it was the same thing. It kinda is. Same, same but different. Go fast Matt!

This is a pretty cool project car

this guy's sense of humor is definitely superior to his welding.

Love it! From fellow mechanical engineer and fabricator, keep burning the rod, your welds will get better, just need more tig time.

Can everyone who watches this please press the like button? Not to just increase internet fame, but selfishly I want to see more badass projects like this. He literally has built out projects I have contemplated if they were possible (ie diy hybrid car, or this badass Tesla project). This channel = KZfaq gold.

Great channel, great fab work and humor. I'm guessing those Tesla wheels must look better in person than they do on the internet.

stumbled onto your channel, loved the content and the humor

I think I found my new all time favorite channel lol

Awesome design !

Where have you been all my life. This video is awesome.

Excelente explicación, gracias, es lo que esperaba para mi proyecto de LOCOST SEVEN

Glad to know there are crappier welders out there creating stuff that ends up on the public roads besides me. Makes me less culpable. At least in my head anyway.

I learned a lot from your video. Thanks, fast matt, super!

the tesla caliper is actually REALLY nice in terms of stiffness. This is good because it gives you a really solid brake pedal feel

"And then we just assemble it". Got a belly laugh after the 4th time.