D2 Coilovers? What's that?
 

One of our sponsor have some sets of these coilovers.
The brand is D2, they have compression and rebound settings (36 combinations), height setting (12 cm range), plus camber plates, and the price is extremely good (800 euros)!
Do you know them or, even better, have experience with them?
Some picture:
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These pics are not for a Mini :confused:

The dumper body is the same but no, mounting parts are different. They just told me tha there are no camber plates included.

they're a Taiwanese company and make similar products to Japanese companies like Tein. Their feature list is excellent, and I've heard the pieces are lighweight aluminum, good for weight reduction. I don't know about how long they'd last or their dealer support in the US however like Tein

D2 was one of the first companies to enter the low-end coilover market. In the Honda market for example, there are probably 8-10 companies selling shocks that look exactly the same - just different colors. Despite each seller's claims to the contrary, I've always believed most of these parts are coming out of the same factory.

D2, due mostly to coming to market first, tends to run a little higher than some of their competition - but still considerably lower than the Japanese brands which originated this style.

Over on the honda boards, a Koni employee offered to dyno test any shock that was sent to him. None of these tend to test very well. Although there are 32 "clicks" of adjustment, the actual usable range tends to be small. It does allow them to use the same internals with a variety of spring rates though. I guess most buyers aren't interested in shock dyno charts anyway.

Anyway, servicability is something you should keep in mind - if you plan to keep them that is. They will eventually wear out, and if that means you have to throw them away when they do, it doesn't turn out to be such a bargain. I'm not saying they can't be serviced - just that I would want to know if they could be - and have an idea what the turnaround time would be.

Thanks a lot for the infos. I'm not going to but them!
I'll wait a bit till my stock shocks become too weak and i'll replace them with adjustable konis.