[Circuit Motorsports]

Originally Posted by No Limit Motorsport

I wanted to touch on the Taiwan coilovers for a second.

D2 is a manufacturer, D2 makes coilovers for KSport. They also do some other private label stuff.

BC is a manufacturer. Largest of the Taiwan suspension manufacturers. They do private label coilovers for MANY big companies.

Stance I am not sure where they are made. My feeling is BC makes them, but I could be wrong.

Fortune are made using a combination of parts they pick and choose, in addition they have certain parts made specifically for them. They than spec and assemble the product by hand in the USA. Sort of a premium, personalized "cheaper" coilover. You do pay a price for this service, about $150. This extra spent many not be worth it, if you are just going to lower the car and drive it on the street.

It takes a lot of resources, R&D, certifications, and money to build suspension, therefore their are a lot more coilovers BRANDS than their are manufacturers. The brands have the coilovers manufactured to their specification. Nothing wrong with this really, its how a lot of this industry, and the world is.

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This part is my opinion, so take it for what it is.

As far as them not being motorsports level coilovers that would be open to interpretation, but you will find these brands of coilovers on lower level cars that win the racing series's throughout Asia. Are they AST/Ohins/Moton/JRZ/KW Clubsport? No, but they can perform really well if setup properly. They can be a cheap weapon for the guy who drives on the street 95% of the time and likes to do HPDE's, time trials, and time attack a few times a year. In my opinion the KW V3's are too soft for motorsports use (but make excellent street coilovers).

I used to hate on the Taiwan coilovers too, but they really have come a long way over the past 5 years.

Stance is made by another company altogether, I think they are made in China or Korea, I can't remember off the top of my head.

I personally think the BC Racing sets are going to be a better buy over the Ksport/D2. I havent had a chance to check out the Fortune auto stuff in person yet.