If this is an utterly worthless post, g'head and delete it, but I hadn't really seen anyone post anything up about the D2's. We got mine installed over the weekend, and I made a post regarding early impressions of the kit so far over on NECO, so I figured I'd just cut n' paste it on over to here . . .
The quality on the product is second to none. While I had never seen coil overs in person before, EVERY person at the meet commented on what a high-quality product they were.
Installation seemed very straightforward. I am somewhat embarassed to say I really didn't lift a finger during the install, jrak123, Pyro81 and nandalora pretty much swarmed my car like a stock car pit crew, jacking up one side of the car and going right to work. MAD props to them for doing a GREAT job on the install. :thumbsup:
Now, the driving impressions . . .
Ride quality is outstanding. The car is definitely a little more bouncy than it was on the Roush/ST200 combo I had before, but its a far cry from harsh. I rode all the way home and was very comfortable the entire time. Teeth chattering these things are not.
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But the real joy isn't in cruising on a straight line down the interstate. Its when you turn the wheel away from center that these babies really shine. The car is pretty much point and shoot now - you see where you wanna go with it and you go there. And corners . . . oooooh the corners . . . :naughty:
When I took Aaron out for a ride, we approached a 90 degree right-hand turn with a sign suggesting 30 MPH to negotiate it. I selected third gear and approached the corner at 50 MPH, turned the wheel and accelerated through the turn. I didn't wish to push it too hard as I am still finding the limits of the car, but when I took that corner at that speed, the car was flat and completely stable, with nary a hint of tire slippage.
On the way home, I approached a 180 degree right-hand interstate on ramp. Laughing as the sign admonished me to approach at no more than 25 MPH, I put the car in second and went WOT. I shifted to third at the apex of the turn and kept the pedal down and was amazed at the amount of oversteer the car now had as I was easily able to turn the car to the inside of the on-ramp while still accelerating, merging easily on to the interstate at the top of the ramp just getting in to fourth gear. :biggrin:
Most of my driving was obviously on an interstate, so I didn't get to really toss the car around a TON, but my initial impressions are VERY favorable, to say the least.
I would LOVE to take the car to a skidpad and find out just what kind of G she can pull, or hit a slalom course and see what kind of speed she can pull. I'm VERY confident the car would be far and away above any Cougar currently rolling around on the street.
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Now, just to clarify, cuz I'm not rolling around on an otherwise stock suspension, I also have tubular front LCA's, Quaife, tubular rear LCA's and toe arms, Roush sway bar, jrak123 RSTB and energy suspension bushings everywhere.