rota slipstreams

[deevergote]

Those are all Rotas, aside from the top right, which is a Konig Helium (sold for it's light weight, hence the name... cheap and light = weak... I have a set of heavier Konigs on my beater Fit that take a hell of a beating, though...)

The full picture of the black one shows the Rota centercap.

[gloryaccordy]

Mommy and daddy didn't buy my wheels, yet I don't like Rota. Cheap knockoff parts come with cheap knockoff quality. When it involves something that keeps me in control of my car (wheels, tires, brakes, suspension, etc...) I won't cheap out. That's my life right there. Not worth risking to make my car look "good".
The cheapest wheel I'd buy would be Enkei... and they make Honda's OEM alloys.


Buying Rotas is like buying designer shoes that say "Goochi"

Now Deev I thought you knew better than this.

Here's a post that pretty much sums up my thoughts on Rotas breaking.

http://www.i-club.com/forums/showpos...83&postcount=6

I think people think thatonly our wheels break under motorsport conditions. These wheels are tested using a cornering fatigue test machine to a max load of 690 kg per wheel. These is more than adequate for a Subaru WRX.

Now sometimes, there are just instances in motorsports that are very hard to simulate on a lab test. We have sold over 25,000 wheels this past year alone in the US and at least 40% are being used in some form of motorsport event. We have had 5 repored wheel failures all involving use in some form of track eventor motorsports event. This, I think is a pretty big amount of wheels being used in pretty stressful conditions

There are a lot of wheels that break in motorsports, I have even seen OEM wheels which are very over engineered to break in a track day. With the sheer amount of Rotas being used in motorsports like auto x and track days, there will always a rim that will break.

I guess some people will not agree with my view but a wheel will break no matter what brand given a set of circumstances. We are one of a few manufacturers out there that actually warranty a wheel used in competition. Thats how we back our product. If we were some shady wheel maker, we could always say that hey we cant warranty that cause you used that in racing etc... We have never done this.

I've seen broken BBSs etc. Put a wheel under the right stress and it will break.

Trust, if Rota were truly a terrible wheel maker they would have been out of business long ago from wrongful death lawsuits.

[deevergote]

I'm not saying that they're terrible... just cheap knockoffs. People talk about Rotas as if they're a legitimate brand, and they're really not.

Plus, they are made in Singapore. The vast majority of their sales are outside of Singapore. If they were a US company, they may be out of business already. Internationally, it's harder.



Rotas aren't going to kill you. Out of the many thousands of Rotas on the road today, I'm sure only a handful have failed. Still... I'd prefer a more reliable, higher quality wheel myself.

[JaberCB7]

I'm not saying that they're terrible... just cheap knockoffs. People talk about Rotas as if they're a legitimate brand, and they're really not.

Plus, they are made in Singapore. The vast majority of their sales are outside of Singapore. If they were a US company, they may be out of business already. Internationally, it's harder.



Rotas aren't going to kill you. Out of the many thousands of Rotas on the road today, I'm sure only a handful have failed. Still... I'd prefer a more reliable, higher quality wheel myself.

x2, its not like they will break from taking a corner doing 90 but if you see in those pictures thats the way alot of them break. i know wheels in general would break giving the right stress level but rotas have alot more on record and being that their cheap some get little nervous but for everday driving i think their good

[909_cb7]

yeah i see where deev is going, i mean if i had a fatter wallet, id drop a couple more hundred on some better quality of course, but for the highschool teen who wants to dress up their cb with something nicer than stock rims, rotas aren't a bad choice. but seeing those pictures of broken rims is scary as well lol of course you pay for what you get so its all up to the driver and what he/she is willing to trade off to save a couple of bucks.

[deevergote]

I'd like to see the highschool teens on here make it to college. Wheels don't break when you're driving to the store to get a sandwich. They break when you're pushing your car hard. Young drivers tend to do that. The people that are most likely to buy these wheels because of the price are the most likely to drive in a manner that will break them.

I do understand that it's an extreme case... that in most cases, the wheels will not break. But for a little more money ($200 perhaps?) you can get higher quality wheels that are far less likely to fail.

[cb7 dohc]

The rims on that green cd5 looks good what r the name to thoes rims

[512CB7]

ima get me some rotas still after reading this lol.. not for racing maybe sometimes but most gonna be for my everyday driving what would be a good tire for these rims??

[BadIS]

i love the way slips look on the cb7. that and the subzeros were always on my list of wheels to buy one day

[deevergote]

The rims on that green cd5 looks good what r the name to thoes rims

What CD5?

[JDMH22ACB7]

As much as that looks sharp, it screams CG to me.


Accords generally do not equal more $$. Just keep waiting on a deal.

this CD5, lol, or were the wagons different chassis code?

[NZDM]

Shell out some more cash and get some Genuine Desmond Regamaster's or Spoon SW388. I hate ripoff wheels with a passion :P

[deevergote]

The way I drive my car, I'd never get crazy expensive wheels like that (though I LOVE seeing them on other people's cars....)

Personally, I'd be satisfied with something affordable, but quality... Enkei ranks very high on that list. BBS does as well (though they can get pricey...)

[xaaronx]

Shell out some more cash and get some Genuine Desmond Regamaster's or Spoon SW388. I hate ripoff wheels with a passion :P

you make it sound like those are easy to come by

[NZDM]

They are 'available' where I live. They are not everywhere, but they're around. That's what makes them cool. If everyone used fakes, they'd become un-cool.

2nd Hand set will probably cost about the same as new set of Rota's.

I know a few people selling them at moment (Not all the right PCD for our cars though)