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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 07:47 PM
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Looked online for an hour for Rota ID marking or anything that would authenticate these things... A few of the pics showed a number on one of the spokes where other have not, also on the inside of the rim there is a white sticker with Japanese writing?

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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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look to be?
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 08:05 PM
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wrong section.

but take a picture on the back, it would help for us to see i suppose
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Old Jul 3, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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Isn't my wheel, but the same sticker. My bad about the placement of the thread.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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So regamaster?
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by roc0487
So regamaster?
No, the one in the 1st pic is a knock off...real ones are from Russia, and never came multi colored
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 06:11 PM
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Slipstreams and Regamaster evo rims are one in the same, and both made in Russia by a company called Desmond!!! I used to have a set of the real thing



This is ridiculously incorrect.

Slipstreams are Rotas and are knockoffs of the Regamaster Evo and Marquis Promada wheels made by Desmond. The Spoon wheels are also a product of Desmond.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by TheMuffinMan
This is ridiculously incorrect.

Slipstreams are Rotas and are knockoffs of the Regamaster Evo and Marquis Promada wheels made by Desmond. The Spoon wheels are also a product of Desmond.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 07:58 PM
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lol I really don't know what's up with these, I have done a ton of searching and someone on h-t sold an identical set of these and in the ad said they were slips... and everyone seemed to agree. At this point I have no idea. Seems like all of the answers I got are mixed.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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Those are definitely Slipstreams or Drag DR-23's. The sticker you have posted, is just that of a VIA regulation. And, although it may be of Japanese descent, its just a safety regulation.

If you can find "Made in Russia" stamped anywhere on the backside, then you can prove that they're Regamasters.

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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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thanks man, appreciate it. I didn't know if they were or not, I've seen some with polished lip and I think the newer ones are solid colors... but nevertheless thanks again.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 09:35 PM
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Damn, sorry, i had a brain fart......i was think about the spoon wheels and regamaster.....getting them confused with the knock off models called slipstream

~knock myself on the head~
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 06:35 AM
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i've never seen a rota wheel with that sticker on the inside. also, slipstreams made in the past few years have had VIA etched on the front of a spoke.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by kyden
i've never seen a rota wheel with that sticker on the inside. also, slipstreams made in the past few years have had VIA etched on the front of a spoke.
as long as i can remember the 15's have had the stamp/casting on the front of the spoke. but i may be foggy. and the sticker def isn't a rota sticker.

they are def not desmonds. probably speedys or something. there are like 234894564 companies that make a knock off regamaster, and just as many that make a knock off of the knock offs.
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Old Jul 5, 2012 | 02:28 PM
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http://hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?t=2700235 after talking to a few different people, they are from an older series I guess? And my boy just got C-8's that have the same sticker. Thanks guys.
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Old Jul 16, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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Well after some research and cleaning... They are indeed Drag DR-23's... either way, not bad for $170.

These are the wheels that came on the car lol Primax 15's... Looked like *** so I tried to better them with some bronze duplicolor, still looked like ***.
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