Whats wrong with Rota's?

[derickveliz2]

Originally Posted by botchilah

PS I know the main man at ROTA. Nice (very big but nice) guy. I've been to their factory a number of times too. It's a start of the art factory, ISO certified and looks way better than some sweat shops out there in the US.

Could you tell him, to make a 16 inch G-Force, for my Yaris please.


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[regal]

I prefer OEM wheels, Scion has some that fit our cars. They look classy and are very well built no worrying about cracking on potholes

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by regal

I prefer OEM wheels, Scion has some that fit our cars. They look classy and are very well built no worrying about cracking on potholes

they're incredibly heavy though

[botchilah]

Tamago, in some cases YES. There are only a few places here in the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila and Luzon in general where you can go stupid, 300++kmh fast. Everyone who has anything with motorized wheels will try to have a go, flat out regadless if his/er vehicle tops out at 60mph or 360kmh (look for Autoplus Ford GT video on Youtube) Road repair takes forever here, thanks to the best government money can buy. Everyone who remotely likes cars and driving cars fast will have gone through these very same roads. So in short, YES.

I never damaged my ROTA wheels on my Evo going over and over the same curbing on the same track as my friend's, at the same time we were both on track, on the same day, with same model suspension (TEIN RA's), tuned by the same guy (aligned and corner-weighted), with roughly the same ride height. In fact, my all-in weight was heavier since I'm far bigger than my friend. And we had the same model Bridgestone tires, same size (225/45R17's) same tire pressure settings on nitrogen. He went home with a spare tire, I went home and back to the track the following week.

The A4 Turbo Quattro that got its wheel ripped off? I went through the same huge pothole on our highway (NLEX to pinoys out there) a few weeks before his accident. I was a college student back then and money doesn't come easy out here so I remember the cost of the accident as I ended up buying a new set of wheels and tires. The A4 owner was my friend too. I badly bent my passenger side wheels (TSW Evo's on a Galant V6 a decade ago) rendering one completely useless. The Sportec wheels were ripped clean from the hub however.

Another example, a friend's Evo 9 had Gram Lights sized 18's and failed to see the ditch as he was driving at night, pitch black and raining hard. He fell into a ditch at a modest gait (about 70kmh) and the Gram Lights' lip was ripped off the spokes and hub. Freak accident, but it happens.

The point here is, ANY wheel, regardless of brand / make / origin, when subjected to ANY sort of abuse above the ordinary, will break badly.

[Tamago]

your argument is still unscientific but to say that a rota will hold up to abuse just as well as a forged wheel of the same design is simply.... not possible..

but hey, again, i'm not arguing rota's quality. there are simply too many other non japanese wheel manufacturers out there to be devoted to a copycat company :)

[botchilah]

I never said the ROTA's were better, or even comparable in absolute quality to RAY's wheels or other premium forged wheels. I simply said ROTA wheels aren't complete garbage, of low quality and unsafe to use as many people have said it is, basing this assumption on a few accidents / incidents reported on the 'net.

My other point was that ANY wheel (ROTA, RAY's, BBS, OZ, Speedline or whatever else brand there is out there), when subjected to extreme abuse, will get damaged really bad. Hit a rock the size of your fist at speed, go over an open manhole or a large pothole / ditch and it will break, regardless of brand / make or origin.

[botchilah]

LOL someone I know once asked ROTA how much it would cost to make a custom wheel design / size. The figure given back then was 20,000 U$ to make the mold up to about 18' back about 7 years ago.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Malaya1221

tamago koenig =

not sure what that means but koenig = serious fabrication geniuses.

[Malaya1221]

Originally Posted by Tamago

not sure what that means but koenig = serious fabrication geniuses.

nevermind....was looking at some other things...r they the same company as koenig competition?