These BMW E30 Seat Shocks By NineStitch Are Well Worth It!!!

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks to our good friends at NineStitch www.ninestitch.com, we now have upgraded, comfortable, and easily adjustable seats. In this video, we take out the seats, separate the halves, remove the old shocks, creatively compress and install the new shocks, and almost break my hand!
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@richardschothans759 28 күн бұрын

Great to see, these seemingly little changes wil get you smiling even more in your E30. Smart way of presetting the shock to the right dimension and keep working save in the process. Keep it up (litteraly)

@timng6090 Жыл бұрын

Haha, I saw that hand slip coming, OUCH

@hevendranarayansamy2793 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are always so informative.

@vwpac 9 ай бұрын

nice for the info ...now i know how to pull the seat up ....thanx a billion ....btw feel ur pain as a mechanic

@ianmoorcroft3689 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid,didn't know about the seat shocks, thanks Frank.

@sil89mechanic98 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Frank, that was impressive.

@curtdaflirtjlp 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing diy. Great alternative to e30 seat upgrade.

@janannthompson6816 2 жыл бұрын

Well done tutorial!

@cajunboyk 2 жыл бұрын

Having the same problem with getting the shocks compress but thanks for the video

@stoyanbotev4871 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome video! Many thanks!!!!

@Garageaholic 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helped!!

@CarlosFerreira-0879 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Frank!! I enjoy every one of them!! I still don't get why you don't have more subs!

@E30Update Жыл бұрын

good to know about this option. last I checked it was like $400 bucks to replace all 8! I'll definitely go this route when the time comes!

@ppeterso22 Жыл бұрын

OUCH!!! Good to know I’m not the only one who injures themselves all the time! Well, at least you don’t have the Comfort Seats like I do 😂

@dillanmistry 7 ай бұрын

There’s a tool to push the piston down, well worth getting, even I’ve struggled to get it on and that with scratching it a lot

@tomsims7375 2 ай бұрын

Can you please share the source for this tool?

@TH3FOODMAN Ай бұрын

@@tomsims7375 dewalt DWHT83185

@Nico_335i_DCT 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty dangerous repair Frank. Didn't know these do exist! Think they will sell out very quickly, haha. And finally, we saw the wife behind the KZfaqr, kind of ;-) Dutch regards and have a nice weekend.

@deandefrancesch613 3 жыл бұрын

Can totally sympathize with a busted knuckle. Good work frank.

@kirilchuk 3 жыл бұрын

Gr8t video thank you.

@2ndProtects1st 3 жыл бұрын

Nice steering wheel

@icebear1935 3 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks, wondering why my tilt seat has so much slop when trying to tilt the seat back, it completely drops into like a bed. 6:42 was worried when you did that was expecting something bad to happen.

@ezzyt 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Garageaholic Thanks for this informative video. Any other place to get these shocks. Currently ninestitch have non. Thx once again for the vid

@sakariaro530 11 ай бұрын

The original bottom ones are 500N and seat back 350N

@yaseengaffoor Жыл бұрын

I love my e30 but any DIY I do I do with such fear of brittle bits breaking.

@stephenwhite5444 Жыл бұрын

Seems like they are so strong that once it pushes out, some people's body weight may not push them back in.

@bmw523igr 3 жыл бұрын

Lol. I am trying to find these shocks for like 1 month. Now in 2 days I will have my custom-made. By the way I live in Greece and even from Germany I couldn't find them(or they don't ship them)

@georgesakkas2567 3 жыл бұрын

They are available on Amazon.de for around 20€ per piece. They’re OEM (Stabilus). Here’s the part: Stabilus 252794 Gas Spring, seat backrest Adjustment. Already installed mine and couldn’t be happier. Cheers

@Rick_Foley 3 жыл бұрын

6:20 I'm not that safety nazi. But, GLASSES!

@Garageaholic 3 жыл бұрын

Always appreciate the reminders!

@CMAzmi 2 жыл бұрын

Hallo sir, thank you for the video. Btw, do you know the length of those shocks?

@Garageaholic 2 жыл бұрын

They are the length of the stock shocks. Not sure on actual dimension

@davidt.6415 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of aftermarket sport seats would you do on an e31? I want something without all the electronics, just reclinability. But I still would like to have butt warmers 😆. It's hard to go with something simple because of the integrated seatbelt.

@Garageaholic 3 жыл бұрын

I'd go with a nice set of recaro's or corbeau's. Those are quality seats that have the basic functions. You can always add heating elements to them later, under the lining of the seat skin!

@tave9011 2 жыл бұрын

My seat won’t recline, what would cause this? I have the same seats

@Garageaholic 2 жыл бұрын

I’d take apart your seat and see that the cable is not connected anymore

@tave9011 2 жыл бұрын

I took off the side covers and lubed the moving parts and it started to work The shocks are shot, at least it’s working now, thanks 🙏🏼 for the video bro

@stephenwhite5444 Жыл бұрын

@@tave9011 did you have to remove the seats to get the side covers off?

@tave9011 Жыл бұрын

@@stephenwhite5444 I already had them out to lay the carpet, sadly the car is sold and gone