Originally Posted by Mr B

Umm... a car has 4 wheels. He could've taken the worst looking one out of the lot to take the 'after' picture? The first one is just showing what they looked like beforehand.

Originally Posted by redrumm

Originally Posted by redrumm

a lot of people :d

Originally Posted by eldaino

jeeper x:

why have YOU not addressed any of my arguments in my original post? too much for ya?

in all honesty, i think that jdm wheel makers, like buddy club and 5zigen, are a great choice for someone not wantin to spend that kind of cash.

but my issue with people like you is this: how many people do you know who rock rota slips act like they are the real deal?

if i did, i wouldn't, and i think that most folks buying them buy them for the looks, not because they think its the real thing and they try to pass if off as such.

and why would you knock someone for wanting something cheap with the way the economy is? surely some people have different opinions on what to spend 3k on...and i don't blame them for choosing something other than a name brand wheel. and neither should you. its rather pompous and makes you look like a jerk,...but then again, you only need to post a few words for that impression to made.

why do sti's come with bbs'? because they are awesome? why do you need that explained to you?

but just because they are bbs doesn't mean that the style is to everyones taste. (this coming from a diehard bbs lover.)

just google it and you'll find plenty.

my point for bringin that up? : if someone driving a serious 30k performance machine can get buy rocking rotas, do guys who drive honda fits really need to complain or talk crap? the answer is no, wether you like it or not.

just so you know, i'm not denying or arguing that nice wheel companies (volk,gramlights,ssr,work,bbs,enkei) are not superior or nicer wheels. they are. are they always worth the cost? no. they aren't. you may hate it, and that fact may piss you off, but thats a personal problem, not mine.

you can search google for the pic of cracked quality wheels if you'd like. you may not get such a dramatic presentation as the rotas you posted (which are widely circulated on the net mind you, though i'm sure it matters not to someone such as yourself.)

you can even search this site and find it. or is the ability to do that 'beyond' you as well?

and the difference between rocking quality underhood parts and knock off wheels is this: most knock off wheels, specifically rotas, will be fine in normal driving conditions. will they bend or break under pot holes? maybe. but that can be said of oem wheels too, and again i'll ask, does that make oem wheels unsafe and lame?

obviously the people in the pictures you posted track their cars, and if they push their car that hard, then maybe they should have higher quality wheels.

but don't for a second try and push that ish like if it happened in a normal driving situation. you may beleive everything on the internet, but i don't.

if it makes you feel better, you can asterisk me all you want, the only point you are getting across is that your vocabulary leaves much to be desired.

Originally Posted by Nabisco

You do not see factory wheels failing like this as often.

You should never see ANY wheels fail like this.

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Originally Posted by eldaino

i agree, but then again, most people don't track on their stock wheels do they?

unless ofcourse your car came with baller wheels from the factory.


lol at the 'my wheels cost less than 3K!!'.

wether they are used or not, or wether they cost 6k orginally or not, anything over 1k is A LOT of money out of pocket period. i wish i could be one of those people who thought it wasn't.

and then that way i could throw on the bbs' that i would love my car to have. but at 400 quid a wheel, it ain't happening soon.

i don't think i'll settle on rotas, (right now i'm feeling some other oem's), but they are not as deserving of the hate as everyone makes them out to be.

Originally Posted by eldaino

(this coming from a diehard bbs lover.)

Originally Posted by redrumm

the hate is everywhere. and why does everyone think real deal wheels cost over 3K?

its better to buy them used unless you want a specific size and offset

Originally Posted by Pepperinyoureye

I love how jeeper x talks mad sh!t about how people cant afford wheels and how hell drop 3k no prob but his car is on rattle can primer hmmmm

I ran rotas on my s2000 and never had ANY problems at the track.



my buddy runs two sets of slips at the autox in his rsx,one with street tires one set with his race tires...races EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND and NOT ONCE had an issue

Originally Posted by jeeper_x

i got these wheels for hella cheap....

you just gotta know where to look....