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Originally Posted by WC-BRZ
Don't know if a review for RCE T2 is in this thread somewhere, but just wanted to get your thoughts on it.
How have you found it to be so far? My main concern would be how the car behaves over uneven surfaces - both smaller bumps (like track kerbing) and larger undulations in the road. Do you find that the chassis becomes unsettled or are you able to power through these spots with relative ease?
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It's somewhat difficult for me to isolate which behavior is exclusively because of the dampers and which is because of the suspension geometry I've chosen. But I will say I've had a LOT of experience driving this hard over uneven surface thanks to the bumpiness of H2R, which is my "home track".
Generally speaking, I'm pretty happy with how bumps are handled. What I find is that in a straight line over bumps, there is a sensation of lift which occurs although my tires maintain contact with the surface, and this can cause some reduction in my driver confidence, but that the car maintains its path and doesn't unsettle. To me, it feels like it's going to shift left or right, but in fact it settles back after the bump and I maintain my trajectory. As I got used to this my confidence increased and I just full send it now without worries.
In corners, going over bumps is usually fine if it's inside of the corner as I have fully compressed to the inside and it will help push me to the outside without unsettling. I think in straights this car suffers from a lack of aero which would help reduce lift on bumps. I also have the ability to adjust bumpsteer now, but haven't got the equipment to do it yet, so I will eventually get around to that and see how it differs. On bumps to the outside of the corner you may have to counter-steer some to correct as it can unsettle the car a bit, but it's not a lot. Again, I'm not sure how much this is my dampers vs how much this is my chosen suspension geometry.
I haven't got to experience anything crazy like Penskes, but I have driven some other 86s on other less halo suspension options and I think the RCE T2s are really good in comparison to other options in the market. In addition to that, Andrew and Miles were really helpful all the way through my journey of learning about suspension and alignment for this platform and being available to consult on adjustments. The support I've gotten from them has been essential to my success so far, and I think having that type of support is more important than many other more objective technical factors.
I'm very happy with them and I have no intention of changing dampers at this point, however I will likely send them back to be resprung and revalved/rebuilt after I get aero and switch to primarily running slicks. There are some other options in the market that may be better at that point, but until I see a good reason to change things I'm going to stick with my T2s.
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Also, how have you found the brembo GT kit after switching from the AP Sprint?
Great thread and thanks for all the updates 
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I really like the CSG Spec Brembo GTs. They're significantly quieter than my AP Racing Sprint BBK was, for one thing, but also I've started to gain more confidence to brake later into corners compared to before. I'm nearly certain my AP Sprint BBK would have let me do it as well, but something about the pedal modulation helps me get the confidence to brake later with the new kit. I will say, my pedal feels like it has more range of motion, is a little softer, with the Brembos. At first I wasn't a fan of this, but over time I've come to appreciate it as it has made pedal modulation easier and allows me to trailbrake easier and more effectively.
Also the running parts cost for the Brembos is WAY WAY lower due to common rotor size. New rotor rings for my AP Racing Sprint BBK were ~$250 each, new complete blank rotors for my Brembos are $130 each. Additionally due to having more thermal mass I feel like the rotors and pads both wear less quickly.
I've got significant seat time with these parts, but I am still a novice driver, so take that into consideration. A better driver may be able to give you better comparisons.