European brands, and American Japanease brands, such as Ohlins, Koni, KW, Bilstein, Penske, Dynamics/Multimatic, Sachs, JRZ, GAZ,Tein,HKS,Cusco etc all utilise European/American/jap design, development and manufacture.
the quality is high, sometimes so are the prices.
D2, KSport, Megan, F2, G4, HSD, BC Racing, etc are all designed,
"developed"
(i say it in inverted commas because there isnt any car-specific testing and development, which is why the damping is so poor) and manufactured in Taiwan and China.
the problems arent a function of poor manufacturing standards, they are a function of the people designing them having no idea what damping a car requires for good performance, comfort and durability, and targeting profits over quality.
the top European American and jap brands have a long history in dampers, and that is the difference in quality and performance.
the easiest way to summarise it is to say that a UK company could make a television, and a Taiwanese company could make one that was just as good.
but if a Taiwanese company tried to build a Formula 1 car the same as the Brawn GP from last season they would fail, miserably.
the reason being that there is decades of knowledge and experience behind the success of an F1 team, and the same applies to the components on the car
(e.g.
dampers in this case).
you cant just manufacture something based on simple ideas and visual appearance and expect it to perform the same as the products from companies that have been doing it for decades at the highest levels of motorsport
(which is where pretty much ALL of the major development occurs).
what kind of serious motorsport does Taiwan have?
hope this helps dude imo you cant go wrong with tein, iv tried and tested alot they always seem to come out on top
