D2 Coil Overs Any Good?

[turbohectics]

Just sussing out the cheaper options of coilovers tein bit to expensive ,

r32 gtst

D2 drift coil overs

Anyone got any feedback any experiances with them?

cheers

turbohectics

My mates got HSD said he s happy with them.

[WazR32GTSt]

what about the bilstean coilovers in the group buy?

[salad]

out of the cheapies the HSDs are the best but still far from good coilovers.

i would be goin the whiteline/bilstein group buy though. for an extra $150 or so you can get the bilsteins and swaybars, compared to just HSD coilovers.

Edited November 2, 2006 by salad

[R DIRTY 3]

No Good! Wont last 6 months. If you want coilovers, save some more money and go for tein. If you cant wait, bilstein will be a good option.

[turbohectics]

bilsteins to expensive d2 are $1320 off my mate same price as HSD or $1720 for tein

Are the aussie teins justas good as jap ones as i remember someone saying they are different for our conditions?

[Steve]

aussie super street are different to the japanese ones

D2 - I will NEVER use them again - very, very dissapointed

[T04GTR]

there pretty, thats it.

[T04GTR]

just save up. simple. if you tight ass the most important part of your car then just get a commodore or something instead. lol.

no ofence intended

[R DIRTY 3]

bilsteins to expensive d2 are $1320 off my mate same price as HSD or $1720 for tein

Are the aussie teins justas good as jap ones as i remember someone saying they are different for our conditions?

The aussie Tein Super Street's have been revalved and spring rates have been changed. They do feel very good and compliant on the road, adjusted towards the firmer settings is good for track. I run them in mine and my car is very competitive on track.

[turbohectics]

Think better save up and get the teins

thanks for the input fellas

cheers

[R32 Driver]

well G4 cost $1250 group buy

d2 & Ksport 1300 - 1400

hsd $1599 for the HRs

tein $1700

or u can go the for sydneykids suspension setup

id personally save up for the teins or other well known jap brand coilovers as they are the most important part of the cars setup esp for drift

Edited November 5, 2006 by R32 Driver

[Sydneykid]

I did this for a magazine article some time ago, the editor hated it because it showed a lot of his advertisers in a bad light. The idea was to take a $1600 coil over kit (not for a Skyline) and break its retail price content down to show what you get for $400 each. Then compare it to a Bilstein, Koni, Whiteline, Kings, combination for $400 per corner

Coil over kit retail price breakdown;

Strut top $60

Bump stop $15

Dust cover $8

Upper spring seat $20

Lower spring seat $15

Threaded sleave/case $30

Spring $80

Shock $172

Total $400

Bilstein, Koni, Whiteline, Kings;

Bump stop $15

Dust cover $8

Spring $80

Shock $297

Total $400

It's easy to see that you get a 75% superior shock value ($172 compared to $297). The cost in a shock is the type of materials used (fairly minor difference) and the valving sophistication (where the real money is spent).

For what you get, Bilsteins are the best value for money.

cheers

[Steve]

bilsteins make really nice coilovers too

[Kaido_RR]

Hmmm

I have been running D2 coilovers in my R33 for over a year now. I have yet to have a problem with. My mate which also has an r33 has been running d2 for about 6months+ also without a problem

I personal thing for the price (i pay $1400 Installed) you cant go wrong...

ohh and i've used my car for a few drift days and found the coilovers to be fine...

i guess somepeople have luck with them and others dont

[lucky_cefiro]

' date='7 Nov 2006, 03:36 AM' post='2647174']

Hmmm

I have been running D2 coilovers in my R33 for over a year now. I have yet to have a problem with. My mate which also has an r33 has been running d2 for about 6months+ also without a problem

I personal thing for the price (i pay $1400 Installed) you cant go wrong...

ohh and i've used my car for a few drift days and found the coilovers to be fine...

i guess somepeople have luck with them and others dont

i ran d2's on my s13 when they first came out in north america. I ran them for a total of 20000km in 1 summer, just commuting from toronto to the lakes, bout 600km per trip. I blew the rears out, the fronts clunked and squeeked, the springs rusted. Utter crap.

You can buy a blown set here for under $400.

That being said, they are re-buildable, A friend of mine replaces the springs with QA1 springs, and have the dampeners rebuilt and nobody has had a problem with the rebuilt ones.

For the price of a new set 1200cad now, megan racing makes a better coilover for the same price...i've been told Megan is your BC coilovers.

[(oo\__4Door__/oo)]

back to the teins.... the aussies superstreet how do tehy go?

[R DIRTY 3]

back to the teins.... the aussies superstreet how do tehy go?

I have aussie super street on my R33 GTS-T S2. They are very comfortable on soft setting for the street. When it goes out on the track i set it firmer (I also have the EDFC) and it is very good. i am consistently 1st or 2nd against other cars with more horsepower. It also depends on what you want to do. If your planning on drifting, Aussie Super Streets are probably not your best option.

[zaffa]

If your after a good and reputable brand of suspension you cant go past Tein. I have seen D2's mountings break whilst drifting seals leak etc and in general they are pretty looking cheap Chinese/Taiwanese product mass produced on a small budget for a big gain.

Why not spend the little extra and get a good quality set of Teins. If your interested PM me for a good price!

[(oo\__4Door__/oo)]

why not recomend the aussie super street for driftin?

i mean i wont see a track, more just slidin round in teh wet,

[Acer]

OK in saying that the super-street arent the best for track/drift, then are the track/drift teins any good for normal road use, if ur prone to getting on the track on more then ocassional basis???