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05-05-2009, 05:33 PM | #109 |
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Support the companies that design and build products for the enthusiast.
DON'T support knockoff companies that try to undercut other companies that provide quality & original products into the market place. Sooner or later those knockoff companies won't have companies to copy from. Knockoff wheels support terrorism...... Last edited by FunctionSpec; 05-05-2009 at 05:43 PM. |
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Im going to buy Rota grids.. i would not spend 2G'2 for wheels on a yaris.. I have volks GT7's on my 98 240sx
they are 80$ and light.. and im sure a yaris would never brake them unless you hid a curb sideways at 50 |
05-05-2009, 07:11 PM | #112 |
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if they made a fake yaris kit car, with a toyota engine id be on that like white on rice
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05-05-2009, 07:12 PM | #113 |
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not buying rotas because they are replicas is like not buying a yaris because it doesnt use the original design of the original combustion engine, because its just a copy
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you fail to realize that there are people who will NEVER spend ridiculous amounts of $$ on wheels. does it cost Volk 3X the money to design a wheel? hell no, they pay some entry level 3D cad guy minimum wage to design their shit, so why do we go on and on about it being the original design. it's a round cylinder with a center hub and spokes for god's sake. i'm not pro-rota. but i am anti-waste. and $2000 wheels on a $9000 car is a waste, unless you can PROVE that said wheels increase the resale value of the car by $2000. nope? then give up. without knockoff wheels, there would be no market for "genuine" wheels. it gives you wheeleeetist assholes something to snub your nose at the rest of us for, and the fanbois something to save for 6months to be able to finally put on their econobox, followed immediately by them getting curbed to shit by a valet or your mom/sister/girlfriend (no sexist comment, just stating the way it's gone down in my past) what's worth more, a curbed to hell volk or a curbed to hell rota?
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here's what i think about rota.
if you're buying wheels, and you CHOOSE a rota, you have no imagination. there are plenty of other quality non-jdm-fanboi-elite-asshole wheels out there that aren't direct knockoffs... just stay away from XXR/herpemax wheels lol
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05-05-2009, 07:29 PM | #117 |
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I chose Rota because i like the wheels im gettin (slipstreams) im sure its a knockoff style but they are cheap and readily available. And ya i know everyone has this wheel, but i dont care because i like it, so what?? Its a proven wheel company and i hear more good than bad as far as performance goes.
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slips are heavy as hell
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The market that the big names shoot for is a higher level/target than what rota can make. So the people buying knockoffs are not really hurting anyone.
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but would you pay $1000 more for a used yaris simply because it had curbed Volks on it instead of curbed Rotas for $1000 cheaper total cost?
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I would do neither. If the car has curbed wheels, i would want stockers on it. I would not pay more for curbed volks over rotas.
My friend bought a set of Quality 3 piece full forged 17 x 9 + 20 BBS RS wheels used for a whopping $600 dollars. (not for a yaris). Shop around, and you can find quality, if that is what you truly seek. He actually bought a set of 6 wheels for $1000 dollars. 17 x 9 (4), and 17 x 8 (2). He sold the 17 x 8s for $400 dollars. |
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A few "demotivationals" I made ages ago from a broken rota. |
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meh i just started it cuz i was curious
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And i dont think that 12lbs falls under the category "heavy as hell". Considering the weight of the wheels on the car now...
When i start racing formula 1, ill be sure not to get rotas, but for autox i think they will be fine for now.
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