ubergumgum Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Hi guys, been searching around for coilovers and found theas D2 coilovers, anyone tried them? Everything seems to be right and they are a lot cheaper then BC racing ones. Link to the coilovers: https://www.driftshop.com/d2-racing-street-coilovers-datsun-240z-260z-280z.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhm Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Have not seen that company previously; but I don't follow drifting. Do you know what manufacture springs and shocks they use? (I was not apparent from the website.) One way that vendors are able to offer kits inexpensively is to use generic components manufactured on the cheap. Are you sure you want those spring rates? Perhaps they're optimized for drifting; but would not be practical in most other applications for multiple reasons. Finally, are their strut tubes manufactured from aluminum? It sounds as though they are; which makes things a bit trickier than usual when welding them to your stock steel strut tubes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerbk Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 never heard of them but they sound to be the same as the BC coilover. If you dont want to spend the money on the BC coilover ones, buy the CR Racing ones. They are again, a knock off version of the BC Coilovers but are around $800 and have been around a little longer than D2 Racing. The spring rate does seem a little high. I believe the aluminum construction they are talking about is the threaded tube. The main body is steel as you cannot weld aluminum to steel (you can braze but it is much weaker). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubergumgum Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 If it is aluminium threaded tube it would not work but would doubt TÜV would approve them being aluminum, and the fact that they are TÜV approved makes them seem more legit, at least to me. 6 hours ago, walkerbk said: never heard of them but they sound to be the same as the BC coilover. If you dont want to spend the money on the BC coilover ones, buy the CR Racing ones. They are again, a knock off version of the BC Coilovers but are around $800 and have been around a little longer than D2 Racing. The spring rate does seem a little high. I believe the aluminum construction they are talking about is the threaded tube. The main body is steel as you cannot weld aluminum to steel (you can braze but it is much weaker). Sure i could buy the CR racing ones but they would cost the same as BC after import cost from the states to europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkerbk Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 didnt realize you were not in the states. makes sense then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ereschkigal Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 I have them but have only driven 300km so far. Spring Rates are a bit high. A friend welded them in, I think they are steel. Used a tuning company to get them through the TÜV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUME Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I think you`ll be just fine with those. As mentioned, coil ratios are bit harsh. Those coils has been driven many many years here and i don´t reckon much problems. Here is test report after 8 years and 50000km with S13. It´s only finnish, but you´ll get the point. https://www.race.fi/fi/news/entry/284/d2-coilover-review Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubergumgum Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 alrigt sounds like they might be worth trying, sent an email to the company asking if they can offer the coilovers with a lower spring rate Will update when i get an answer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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