You can find them used for 200-300..

 

ya i should have just pick up that set last night -_______________-

 

Are they already sold?

 

may sound like a head ache to you, but i want the oem wheels with it and the blitz 01's that i have hooked up somewhere already. plus i plan on changing some thing's on the front so i'll have five lug size brakes for a fraction of the 5 lug price.
@clad you do realize that all oem wheels are heavier then most rota's right? i dont see whats wrong with rotas, drags, or any replica wheel. last i check brad is tracking the **** out of his slips and has yet to have an issue.

 

pending 12am but im at work

 

I rock Rotas on the shittiest roads in my state. No probs. I have no issues. Big name brands crack, bend, etc too.

 

so slips or GT3's ......

 

Yeah I do. I'm not saying they're unreliable, I think they're pretty strong for what they are but a lot of guys go that route end up cheaping out with the rest of the car it shows. The way I see it its just trying to look hard on fake stuff. I know that's not always the case at all but it seems that way. I have no real issues with Rotas being used as track wheels but for the street its just trying to show off. Not all rotas are the same and some you can't even tell the difference and actually look pretty good but its the politics end of it that makes me not want to use them.

Yeah they'll look good if the finish is right and it goes with the car but at the same time there are bigger factors that that. Its not like say Volk offers forged RE30s and cast RE30s. If you got the cast version that would be all fine and dandy and it would be a great way to get that look without paying for forged and it would still be legit. The problem with replica wheel manufacturers like Rota is that they rip off the design of the real thing. Lots of research goes onto the design and they simply steal it. If we all support replica parts then what about the companies that offer us quality parts that aren't outsourced? Sure its not as strong or as light as the real ones but thats not really the only trade off. I don't want to start a flamewar here but just know its not just about the actual wheels but the stuff that goes on behind the scenes is also important. Like I said, rotas are fine for spares, track wheels, a set for the daily or even for the project car. I swear though, everyone is rocking red gt3s or overplayed slips.

 

Konig makes some cool wheels too.

 

ya i was gonna go white GT3's -___-

 

Uh oh....one of these guys. C'mon now Maude. It's not all that big of a deal. Politics? You mean status symbol? That's how I see it. My favorite is when I see a set of super rare, ultra-light weight, forged, jdm race wheels on a show car at a parking lot meet with some stretched Falken 912's or dare I say some generic Nexen tires for that matter. I've never played-off my replica wheels for that of the real thing, (I'm sure there are quite a few dorks out there that try to...but those kind of kids don't stay in this Honda thing for long anyway).

I take other factors into the equation like wheel size, offset, design affordability and at the top of the list is the "rubber" that actually wraps the wheel up and makes contact with the road. For instance. My daily, (Spring/Summer/Fall) wheel/tire combo is a set of 15x6.5 +40 ALT Trax wheels that are the spitting image of the classically amazing Enkei RPF-1. The tires are 205/50/15 Bridgestone Potenza RE-11 not some ghetto cruiser 185/40/15 Wanli tires. I enjoy driving my car to and from work or anywhere for that matter.

I've been beating the crap out of Rota wheels since 2000 and have never had a problem with them wearing out, cracking, breaking, bending or even reselling them for a pretty good price.

Don't take this the wrong way, because I like your point of view on a lot of things...however...the whole "I don't like Rota because they're copy cats" view has been beaten to death and it's just not a valid excuse to me for "most" people's reasoning behind buying a replica wheel.

 

ok so i think imma go LS Mesh but paint them white.

 

there will be no flame war, but why not rip off the real ones? they do it with everything else now a days. the pi make hella good reps of L.V. and wheels. i was once in the same belief, but your car can look good and "hard" with reps on it. i know some people will go thru more sets of reps while they wait for the real set they want to come around. idk if you've seen the current prices of cpr's in a 16. mid to high 2000's. that **** is dumb. thats half the reason why i choose to have the 4x114 lug pattern may be less wheels but to me theres on one set of wheels i truly want, but i'll never have in that pattern. rszrs. oh well. have the 96 spec wheels for sticky tires and blitz 01s for everything else.

 

^EXACTLY^

The fancy wheels price to actual value of the car ratio is ridiculous in some cases...hahaha.

$2000 wheels on a $2000 car?

 

so thats why i get replicas

 

Ahh man.. Out of all the pewpy brands of tires did you really have to call out Wanli's? Damn.

 

They're right next to the sea monkeys ad.

 

its bad enough motor swap cost as much as the car. then to pay more for the wheels then i did the car? wow.

 

My pic for the day:



Just got it today and put it on.

Brad, got your package today too. Thank you very much my friend.

 

so look like im gonna get type2's for suspension unless let is something else good out there

 

well depends on what you want to do?

 

i think imma go with some White GT3's most likely... and i think imma get Type 2's but what about Ground Controls w/Koni Yellows or idk i wanna be low but not that low

 

what about some XXR 501's ???

 

i :heart: my rotas. lol. for the price it is hard to beat them. they get the job done even though they weight a bit more than the sw.s they come in more widths and offsets than your spoon can hold.

it is also where you want to put your money. i have rotas yes but i also have a seat that retails close to a grand. so it will be dependant per person..some want to spend 2000 on a set of wheels to "showoff" at a show/meet. ill save the moneyand put it towards track time and other expenses.

 

Dang Brad...where you been hiding? It's been a couple days since I've seen you in here buddy.