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D2 Coilovers Failed For Skyline

Ahu2in

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Ahu2in Apprentice

Ahu2in

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Hey Guys,

I just wanted to make you all aware for those that are considering putting D2 Coil-overs on your car or for those that have.

I have these on my car and they were purchased back in October last year so they are just on 6 months old.

Have any of you had any issues with this particular brand?? I have been looking over the net and have seen threads which are not good.

One of my fronts has failed - leaking oil from the top collar. It is everywhere in my inside wheel arch.

I am trying to go through the motions of a warranty claim now but have not heard anything back at this point - who would of thought it would take so long to make decision that the unit is F^&**# and needs to be replaced???

Its been about a week and still had no response. That is if they will even provide me with a response previous threads I have been reading on similar situations is that they don't even respond.

We'll see I will give it another few days.

My thoughts are this is very poor outcome for a car that travels only 20km a day to and from work, and with minimal driving on the weekends and to then have this fail. It is not even being driving on bad quality roads like Parramatta Road !! maybe then I could understand it failing a little more.

This leads me to believe these are some poorly manufactured coil-overs with bad quality components but are top dollar price.

So I guess it will be me who has to fit the bill to replace the fronts as the car is handling like shit, I wonder how long the rears will last??

I just wanted to share my experience with you all as I am tired of these bad quality companies getting away with our hard earned dollars.

Is anything made with quality in mind these days?? or is all cheap and nasty.

Ahu2in

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wow - 6 months and already buggered.. what a heap of shit.

it depends what you use your car for, do you track much? or just daily drive?

i'm getting myself a set of BC BR racing coils this week, for just over $1000 and they are a great quality product for what my needs are.

stance coils also are good, you can drop the frame on the ground if that's your thing. KW3's are very good, but cost a lot more money.

check out myg37.com, those guys in the states have a shit load of knowledge on our cars.

SoulScene Enthusiast

SoulScene

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6 months? Wow i was thinking of replacing mine with D2 coilovers soon (Mine are slowly leaking) Might look into it more now. Most things i read where good!

Have a friend with a Type R Integra who has ran K-Sport and BC Racing coilovers. K-sport were terrible, BC racing ones are good for the price.

Work friend runs D2 street spec in his Commodore and they haven't missed a beat yet, we put them in early last year.

I run Greddy coilovers at the moment, but they've been in the car since i bought it and the rears are starting to leak a tiny bit.

Maybe you just got unlucky with your's, hope they get back to you soon and replace them for you,

eightsixboy Mentor

eightsixboy

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Everyone knows D2 are rubbish, they always have been.

I just bought some blitz coilovers and couldn't be happier with them, i've had BC and HSD also on other cars and had no problems with them either, they seem to be the 3 brands that are decent in the cheaper end of the coilover market.

Truffles Community Regular

Truffles

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D2 aren't the highest quality coilovers, but 6 months is a bit much.

Things can happen though. When I worked in reatil, sometimes we would get products though that the odd one was crap through coincidence. You could just have been unlucky and received on that had a manufacturing defect.

Ahu2in Apprentice

Ahu2in

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Hi guys thanks for your reply's.

I still had no response, so instead of delaying the inevitable I bit the bullet.

I went and got some HSD for the front and all installed and I am very happy with these they feel much better than the D2's ever were.

Pretty poor outcome guess it was to be expected.

Cheers

Anyone want a pair of front D2 coilovers ...... free !! ahahahha nah only good for scrap metal !

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GTR-N1

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I'd still keep them + Pics of them on your car + record of your wheel alignment (from your wheel alignment technician) > Dept Fair Trading.

If you do get compensated, at least there's no bad taste left in your mouth.

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