<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by magoo_lc1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">No offense, i Havent been here long...and might put the hatch up for sale all ready..i miss my nissan sr20motores...Hondas are gutless it seems unless you rev the **** out of them..imho. BUt why is there so much hating on rotas? There light.made well and dont cost more then the cars there on like mugen,ssr, and work. Some of us guys really DRIVE there car so we cant roll dumped and with 2500 dollar rims. If i scratch my rotas or even the enkeis i got big deal they got a scratch and ill keep rolling them. My point is dont waste your money on hyped up products. Just because it says Mugen does not make it the best. Dam im opinoinated...lol.</TD></TR></TABLE>

You are apperently driving the wrong Honda. I have personally converted several domestic guys to the Honda world after riding/driving one of my cars. There's nothing like 9k+ rpms from a motor that produces 120+hp per liter from the factory, naturally aspirated.

As far as the Rota vs. Real wheels fight, some people prefer a quality piece of equipment that has a sense of exotic-ness over a mass produced, Philipino-made knock-off. Others "prefer" a relatively light, cheap, functional wheel over an expensive, desireable wheel, just because they can't afford. If you "dont waste your money on hyped up products," does that mean you'd rather purchase your clothing from Wal-Mart over a company that has an established, respected name? I doubt it. Lastly, people tend to purchase Mugen for their racing heritage and the fact that the founder of Mugen happened to be the son of one Soichiro Honda. They produce a track tested, functional product exclusively for the Honda market. With that being said, it's easy to see why many prefer an authentic, purpose built part for their car as opposed to a look-alike replica wanna-be.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by magoo_lc1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats cool i just think its silly to put such exspensive rims on such cheap cars. If you put 10k in your ef like some do you still have a 1500 dollar car when your done. Maybe im old. I put my money into my home, stocks mutuals. Ill also retire at 50 because i didnt buy the good stuff when i was 20.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah, guys like Chip Foose must be total morons for buying an old, cheap car and investing money/time/blood/sweat/tears into it. Some of us take pride in what we drive and how we choose to modify our cars. I bought a set of $3k Advans when I was 20 and I'll still retire by the time I'm 50. After all, who would want to put a set of Rota's on their hand assembled Japanese roadster?

/rant