Daiyama Suspension

[Rally205]

Has anyone had any dealings with Daiyama coilovers? I have been looking at some for my car. They look like a really well made package and you can even specify your own spring rates.

I have been quoted about £500 a set for a group buy or £550 for a one off. This is for the FFA-G type kit. Fully adjustable etc, etc, etc

Anyone interested?

Marcus

[Mac.]

We're the official dealers for Daiyama in New Zealand. They are very, very good quality items, and deserve to be priced higher (if that's an option!). They make all their own components, which is a major advantage over the likes of brands like K-Sport, D2 and so on - who simply buy and rebrand the coilovers en-masse from the manufacturers. The advantage is that when / if a coilover "explodes", rebranded retailers lack the support, or parts to offer comprehensive warranties. Most of the time you have to get the rebuilt locally, or swap in other brands parts to suit. With Daiyamas you can buy the components that went fut (or have them sent to you under warranty, mius shipping costs in some instances) or sent them back to be rebuilt.

Obviously being in the UK it's a small hurdle shipping-costs wise to do that!

As for the unit themselves - they're quite light - around 15-20% lighter than the K-Sport equivelents we've had through here. The K-Sports were 25kg, the Daiyamas were between 19 and 21 kg. Their design is excellent, very robust. We've had these on Evolutions, various Toyotas and Hondas - all of which have been tracked or 1/4-miled - without problems. Feedback has always been excellent, and you can also buy surplus spring sets to suit various applications. Daiyama also give you the option to choose the default springs shipped with the coilovers - anywhere between 2kg to 20kg.

As with any purchase I'd urge you to buy from authorised dealers, who can also offer a warranty with such parts.

Hope this helps! Good luck!

[Rally205]

Thanks for the info Mac. I think I will get some as soon as I have the money and try it out. Cool.

[Mac.]

Not a problem =] Good luck!

[pezza]

Hi Marcus,

were you in conatct with a UK supplier for these units? What was the delivery time for these....BTW?

[Rally205]

Hello Derek,

Yeah. I contacted the UK supplier in Glasgow. He reckoned that delivery would be about 4-6 weeks.

[caishanvr4]

Any pictures to see what they look like

[pezza]

I Just went HERE

How big is your wish list now then?

[caishanvr4]

Originally posted by Pezza

How big is your wish list now then?

PLS

DONT GO THERE !!!

[Mac.]

The delivery time should be 1-2 weeks from Daiyama as the only shipping option for such items is EMS express air mail. It'll cost about US$150 to ship per item.

If you have any issues, we could sell you some from New Zealand. We've got some on special for NZ$875 and NZ$1050 (IIRC) for height / height+damper adjustable IIE / IIE-G items. I'd just need to work out shipping.

That's about GBP320.

I'd not want to tread on any dealers toes there, so if there's an OFFICIAL dealer in place, I'll happily withdraw my offer.

We accept bank transfers for international orders, and if you want our company details for security, just ask!

[pezza]

Oh that is a nice price Am sure there will be interest in these in the UK esp at that price!!

[Mac.]

=]

I could even ship them to my sister, or her husband who live in Exeter as "presents" to save you some VAT.

[Rally205]

Thanks for that Mac. So that is about £480 inc shipping for the fully adjustable units. Do you know what the difference is between the IIE-G and the FFA-G units? I looked on Daiyamas website and there seems to be no difference at all.

[Mac.]

Mostly the differences between the G options are different upper mounts / gas/oil tube (as opposed to just oil) and dust covers. It can be safe to assume that you will get better performance from the higher priced items because of the gas/oil shocks and stronger tubes (that's not saying the oil shocks are weak - with nitrogen gas mixes there's more performance gains and therefore the shocks need to be of a stronger construction to cope).

Shipping mught be a little more expensive looking at the NZ Post web site. About GBP90 - GBP100 - and you can only post 20kg items. So I've asked Daiyama for a list of options that weigh less than 20kg.

[caishanvr4]

MAC

If its under 400 quid delivered to exeter as a present put me down for one right now
Is this coilover ok to fit my EC5A

[Mac.]

I beleive it's EC5W (is that right?) only.

Here's a photo of the IIE (height adj. only) which weigh 19kgs (which means it's possible to ship to the UK):

[Mac.]

We've asked Daiyama if they'll drop-ship direct to the UK for us, therefore saving a bit of shipping, which means the price could come down. I'll await a reply from Daiyama and then pass on what I get. I'll work out a package price for the lot, along with options that can be shipped to the UK =]

[Mac.]

OK, here's the price list for ya'all, including shipping to the UK. Remember to consider clearance fees and any VAT. Bank fees in NZ are an extra NZ$25 (GBP10)

Galant EC-5W: IIE - GBP365
Galant EC-5W: IIE-G - GBP390
Galant EC-5W: BBI - GBP435
Galant EC-5W: FFA - GBP400
Galant EC-5W: FFA-G - GBP440

(sorry, shipping was US$60 more than I had budgeted for!)

IIE / IIE-G are their street applications, FFA /FFA-G are their street / track applications, and the BBI are their street / endurance applications.

If anyone is keen, mail us - mac@fortyone.co.nz

Ta!

[Physician]

You've spent a lot of time getting all this info for us Mac. ....... thanks for your efforts.

I'd be interested but I have the EC5A (saloon) same as Caish.

[Mac.]

No problem. I don't believe they make options for that chassis, I'll ask. Perhaps the coilovers will fit if the OEM units are the same across the different chassis?