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Rotas are reverse engineered, subpar cast wheels = fail
Expensive japanese wheels are usually forged or use cold spun forged drums with cast center disks. American wheels like CCWs, or Fikses are full forged. Forged > Cast anyday of the week. Rota does not have the tooling required to make proper 2 and 3 piece wheels. They do not have the tooling to make forged wheels. That would raise the price. Low pressure casting is the absolute bottom rung of wheel manufacturing technology which is what Rota uses. 80 percent of expensive japanese wheels are anodize finished and clearcoated and/or have a anodize lip. Anodize > Clearcoated or powdercoated finishes. Anodized finishes do not peel, or fade and hold up to scratches much better. They are sensitive to acid based wheel cleaners, that's about it (use only soap and water) Without originators, rota and other knockoffs are fucked. That speaks volumes. They are the equivalent of automotive leeches. Tell me when rota starts making wheels for formula cars and full sanctioned race quality wheels. Then i would consider them safe enough for my street car. Every wheel goes through heat and stress cycles when they get raced, which is why teams buy multiple sets of wheels and cycle them frequently. After 1-2 years, they get sold off or throw away. Any wheel can crack from such stress cycles. Wheels that are forged, semi-solid forged, etc or have real research and development put into them will last quite a bit longer. Looks and style are only skin deep. |
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and this is why i love Team Dynamics :)
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I was surprised that Team Dynamics wheels are really affordable
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I think there are a couple of race teams in Thailand or the Phillipines that run rotas.
Team Dynamics + BTCC = Awesome wheels If they can take the punishment of the BTCC....They can take anything. Plus they're cheap. |
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pssssssssssssssssssssssst they're cast wheels
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Not all of the TRDynamics wheels are cast. They have forging and anodizing technology under their belt, and can make forged and cast wheels just like Enkei. It speaks volumes about the company that stands behind the products they sell.
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05-04-2009, 06:48 PM | #7 |
I've got a set of Rota J Mags mounted with Falken RT-615's for sale cheap in the "for sale" section!
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too bad they're insanely heavy hahaah
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i'm a fan of the RT-615 for autocross for sure.. but mounted to a rota, it's kind of like a diamond ring on a little piglet lol
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05-04-2009, 07:37 PM | #11 |
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Some might say any high-end wheel on a Yaris is the same thing.
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(1970'S)Chrysler-Mitsubishi, Ford, Daihatsu, Toyota, Datsun, Isuzu, Mercedes-Benz, Opel and Volkswagen would not use ROTA for their oem wheels if they're not of quality wheels.
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lol yeah because 1970's cars were of top quality
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That's not true. There were plenty of decent vehicles in the 1970s. And so what? Rota was an OEM supplier.
Then again, this is just another thread bashing Rotas ... why do these threads keep popping up all the time?
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they were!
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did ROTA used to build Konig wheels?
yes they did
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