^ oh yea a lot of those japanese/asian brand name coilovers are made in the same factories, if not all of them.
BC racing though has a much better reputation and twice the reviews that Megan does, at least on the VQ forums.
I had tein basics before, my new coilovers I went balls out with AST, a european manufacturer that specializes in race suspensions. The only asian made factory coilovers I would consider are some of the higher end ones like Cusco and HKS.
HIV like I said Function & Form Type II go for $900 shipped on the VQ forums, so you need to find a better vendor, because $1200 is a ridiculous price.
Here's a link to the store that sells them for a good price, none of the local shops can touch this price otherwise I would tell you to go get it from them
http://www.precisionz.com/