D2 Racing Coilovers & Gunmetal V708 VMR Wheels

[A4 - Oh Snap]

Buddy of mine at D2 Racing asked me to post a few pictures of his coilovers on a B7. Here they are.

13kg front/6kg rear on Front Wheel Drive
13kg front/10kg rear on Quattro

D2 Racing Coilovers now available at Velocity Motoring.

A few sponsorship opportunities may be available. Please check with Velocity Motoring and/or D2 Racing.

Thoughts on the drop and the look?

I was a little skeptical about the gunmetal on the blue, but I think the combination actually looks pretty good. If these were around when I had my B6 USP Quattro, I probably would have thrown a set on.

[A4 - Oh Snap]

Some pictures of the suspension -

[Peter@VMRWheels]

D2 developed some Audi/VW applications for us and they look SWEET!

If anyone wants to check it out in person, feel free to stop by.

They go for $975 for the set, but these first few sets will be offered at sponsorship pricing with even heavier discounts for customers currently running VMR Wheels. PM me for pricing.

[SGVA4]

hmmm interested in sponsorship...what do i do?

[Peter@VMRWheels]

hmmm interested in sponsorship...what do i do?

PM Me with some info :)

[ultimatetaba8]

I knew I wouldn't regret clicking this thread when I read the title.

D2? Never heard of them. Stance is nice though.

Got a straight on side shot so we can see how it sits?

[Peter@VMRWheels]

For anyone interested, please shoot me over some pictures and I'll forward it on to D2 for review. They will be using the photos for marketing so the more "relevant" mods there are (wheels, body, lighting, etc) the better the sponsor offer will be.

D2 on the German side is very new, we provided some cars for test fit and prototyping- the blue B7 was the very first test fit with a production model. We have the only sets sitting in the warehouse waiting to be sent to sponsorship recipients. I'm very excited at how everything turned out!

[A4 - Oh Snap]

[cecaa]

how is the adjustability of the C/O?
Since it's new, couldn't get any review of them, how about the damping and height adjustability? Do I need to take it out to adjust?

[A4 - Oh Snap]

Yeah. You can only adjust it when it is off the car. Kind of a PITA in the way the A4 is designed. Install is pretty easy though.

[cecaa]

interested in the sponsorship, PM sent

[Glassnpowder98]

Those look pretty nice. Can you adjust the dampening on that set and are the stainless steel bodies? I hadn't heard about D2 until Doctor put their brake kit on his car. It's interesting that they chose the theme for their company to be the color purple... But it's actually kind of growing on me.

[plokm]

i had d2 on a rsx and it road nice

[EMAXX]

Are these a pretty aggressive set up?

I see on the box that is says "For Track Racing Cars Only"

[A4 - Oh Snap]

There are 32 steps/levels of dampening adjustability. Adjustment is via the top of the shock w/ the keys provided.

Those look pretty nice. Can you adjust the dampening on that set and are the stainless steel bodies? I hadn't heard about D2 until Doctor put their brake kit on his car. It's interesting that they chose the theme for their company to be the color purple... But it's actually kind of growing on me.

[A4 - Oh Snap]

You can adjust the height and dampening so it can be aggressive as far as stiffness of the shocks and ride height (like in the picture) or you can achieve a more sporty ride and keep the stock height. The fronts were initially around the same height as stock, but D2 lowered the spring perches on the body of the shock to achieve the more aggressive drop in the picture so how mild/aggressive you want the set up to be is entirely up to you.

Are these a pretty aggressive set up?

I see on the box that is says "For Track Racing Cars Only"

[Peter@VMRWheels]

Wow... we had a lot of interest in the last 12 hours. This will move out fast :)

[A4 - Oh Snap]

For those of you that PM'ed me, I've forwarded all sponsorship requests received to Velocity Motoring and D2 Racing. I'll let you know what they say.

[A4 - Oh Snap]

Bodies are stainless steel and some (the fronts in this picture) have an additional black anti-corrosion/anti-seize coating on them.

Those look pretty nice. Can you adjust the dampening on that set and are the stainless steel bodies? I hadn't heard about D2 until Doctor put their brake kit on his car. It's interesting that they chose the theme for their company to be the color purple... But it's actually kind of growing on me.

[ngng]

never heard of em...i'd rather put a company that I've heard of on my car (koni, hr, stasis)

[slimmj0k3r]

d2 is big stuff in the JDM world, not sure how they will fair out over here

[Peter@VMRWheels]

^^ Correct. You'll hear more about it later as these "first few sets" get installed and reviewed This was a unique opportunity for us to assist D2 with creating some new fitments so the Audi/VW community would have more choices in suspensions.

[ngng]

^^ Correct. You'll hear more about it later as these "first few sets" get installed and reviewed This was a unique opportunity for us to assist D2 with creating some new fitments so the Audi/VW community would have more choices in suspensions.

is this the same D2 that makes its parts in taiwan? who makes the springs? who makes the dampers/shocks?

these D2 coilovers have given me nothing but trouble. Took me 4 months to get em from Taiwan, and slapped em on. No problems for about 3 months, then all of a sudden when it is cold, I get an awful crunch sound from them. It literaly sounded like I was driving on landmines, ppl would look at my car 2 blocks away. The drive was so loud, you would hear nothing but those clunks and crunches. whenever someone rode with me, they were scared. So it turns out the shipment I had, the shocks were defective. They traced it to the new manufacturer they were using, and were issueing out replacement shocks. So D2s basically issued out a recall, that is if you bought them within a year and they were under warranty (so it didn't really make a difference, since it came with a year warranty. Yet, if it was a year + 1 day they would not have sent you replacement shocks). Even though they were under warranty, I still had to pay $50 for the replacement shocks :headshake :disappoin . Well I had no choice, so I paid the $50, + $300 deposit and i would get that deposit back once I sent back my defective batch of shocks.

I get my replacement shocks, pay for installation for someone to slap em on. No more sound! But alas, not all is good. It turns out the teflon coating on the springs suck ass. The top and bottom part have been rubbing, so everytime I turn the steering wheel, it makes clunking sounds. SO now I gotta fix that, not sure how yet, but hopefully i'll be able to eliminate the trouble these coilovers have given me. These coilovers are also bouncy as well.

So I hope i enlightened you, stay away from this crappy taiwanese company. I've ridden in my friend's coilovers, and I think the best choice would be SPL KTS coilovers if I had the choice now. WHen I bought the D2s, they were new, supposedly had great reviews from drifters in Japan as well as the first 2 group buys (I was in the third). But now that they are out longer, they are being proven to be shitty.

"D2 is a Taiwanese brand, and is very cheap to get in Taiwan. Probably only 1/3 of the price of the more known brands.

I personally does not like the brand, since they do locally some cheaty marketing. They are using pictures of German DTM cars and some of these cars have the D2 logo.
However, D2 is one of the German telecom companies and has nothing to do with the D2 coilovers.

Also, I think they registered the D2 name in the UK, but what I already said, the Mercedes pics they are using are used in the German DTM races, and have nothing to do with the UK.

I personally do not have experience with their products. They got be of good quality, but because of the way they do their marketing , I don't dare to try their products."

[Peter@VMRWheels]

is this the same D2 that makes its parts in taiwan? who makes the springs? who makes the dampers/shocks?

Yes sir. This is a D2 branded coilover setup. Whether they want to buy their own machines to make components or if they have their contracted factories to make individual components, its a business decision for them to decide. The end result must meet their (and our) expectations to carry the brand. For example, an Audi branded windshield is made by "Securit" and their shocks are made by someone else (I forgot the mfr but its stamped on there).

Country of origin - Its a good indicator of quality but isn't the "tell all" in terms of quality. Some of the well known coilover brands do come out of China, so do most of the crappy wheels on the market. Being in the import/export industry, there are many shady things that one can do. So don't place 100% trust on the things you see.

As far as quality goes, every application is basically a completely new product... You might share smaller parts like collars, but the dampers are valved specific to each vehicle and so are the mounting hardware like upper and lower mounts. So when people report issues with their specific application such as the one you speak of, it might be due to a part that was made specific to that car. In either case, looks like D2 took care of those issues but I agree its unfortunate they didn't see the problem until after it gets sold. It becomes a loss for everyone.

With all new product "introductions" including new cars, some people like to be on the cutting edge to have the newest and greatest. But its not for everyone, as some would only make a purchase once the product has spent some time on the market, after kinks (if any) are worked out.

In the case of VMR Wheels, we have loyal customers who come in to test out new wheels, fitments, etc. It may or may not fit right the first time around, but you can count on the fact that they are well taken care of

[A4Sleeper28]

Anyone running these on here ? want to know the best settings between soft and hard.

[vvenom800tt]

I would do a hard pass on anything D2/Ksport.

I had Ksport coilovers on my old Integra back in my high school days and they aren't the best coilovers ever made. Damping isnt great (at least back in 2007).

I switched to KW Varisnt 2s on my other Integra i had and it was night and day difference in ride quality.

On the honda-tech forums we pretty much referred to them as "pick your color Taiwanese crap"

Im not trying to deter anyone from these, but before spending $1000 on suspension id much rather get KW/Koni/Bilstein.

P.S.

Those spring rates are fucking retarded. Should be much more even. Maybe 13k/f and 12k/r for all models.

Holy understeer.

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[EvolutionArmory]

If you spend a 1000 bucks on coilovers it should probably say Bilstein on the box 😀

[vvenom800tt]

If you spend a 1000 bucks on coilovers it should probably say Bilstein on the box

Or KW. But definitely not made in Taiwan.

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