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Repair or replace? Donut gives HiLow a body-kit question

A Vertex kit meets a budget repair of Low Car's damaged bodywork, with Tristan's know-how becoming a talking point.

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$300 vs $3000 Body Kit | HiLow

Donut's latest HiLow question isn't simply whether expensive parts are worth it. It's whether the damaged kit already on the car deserves another chance.

The channel's only new upload, "$300 vs $3000 Body Kit | HiLow", puts a top-of-the-line Vertex kit alongside a DIY repair of Low Car's busted bodywork. The episode is sponsored by Allstate. It has drawn about 677,000 views, and it is comfortably the busiest of Donut's individual uploads right now.

Tristan's bodywork knowledge is a recurring subject in the comments. Viewers point to his fiberglass skills and the restoration work, with several highlighting the chance to see his technical side rather than just his comedy. Others are proposing a future HiLow experiment: put expensive parts on a cheap car and budget parts on an expensive one.

The series also supplies the channel's other strongest ongoing draws. "Cheap vs Expensive Drift Upgrades! | HiLow" covers suspension and handbrakes, while "Cheap vs Expensive Turbo Kits | HiLow" asks whether pricier turbos earn their place on the Nissan S15s. Together, they give the new bodywork installment a mechanical backstory: power, control, then appearance.

Across the channel, daily views are running at roughly three times the usual pace, though that describes the day rather than the whole week. Subscribers grew modestly over the seven days. Nearby in motoring, carwow had a much larger viewing week and ChrisFix a bigger subscriber gain; Donut's own week centered on a single workshop question, with the repair skills attracting as much discussion as the shopping budget.

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What viewers say

Tristan is such a bodywork wizard it’s so cool
@jikkityjek1333See it on YouTube
It's refreshing to see Tristan showing off his knowledge instead of being the "constant goofy" character all the time, he really knows some stuff, and it shows here
@peds3535See it on YouTube
The next High- Low series needs to be the high parts on the low car and low parts on the high car. Is it better to spend $30k on a 5k car or $5k on a $30k car?
@Daily_DrivenHyperSTISee it on YouTube

5 more comments

Good to see the guys decked out in PPE. So many YouTubers seem to want to skip this stuff.
@eulacaSee it on YouTube
im glad this series hasn't died on donut. its definitely one of the coolest ones. I do miss the educational stuff, but the story stuff made a come back.
@DDankunicornSee it on YouTube
i was so worried they were gonna change the kit on low car for some cheap kbd kit, so glad they restored and kept the beautiful uras type-s kit, legendary and timeless.
@AMGproductions-f3rSee it on YouTube
Tristan really put the team on his back with this one. Much respect man.
@tws46b58See it on YouTube
Finally a realistic HiLow instead of a HiHigher!
More of that please.
@bekampfemittelmaigkeit4569See it on YouTube