Can anyone refer the website where they have seen rota's the cheapest?
thanks Opie

 

you can get these wheels anywhere. the first place I would look is groupbuycenter.com

 

I'm not doubting there availability just where i can get them cheap.

 

http://1201aeromotiv.com ask for Matt
http://machiii.net

 

 

I got mine from shifthard on this board PM him.

 

I got mine from my local discount tires. The good thing about this is that they come with free lifetime balancing/rotation, and also I didn't have to pay shipping!

 

 

Check the H-T classifieds, You might get lucky !

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DsR &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> http://machiii.net </TD></TR></TABLE>
where i got mine from

 

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http://machiii.net
where i got mine from </TD></TR></TABLE>

try the classifieds too

 

Type R's on Rota's

you guys spent and arm and a leg on the best integra out there why put 2nd quality rims on it..

 

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you guys spent and arm and a leg on the best integra out there why put 2nd quality rims on it.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

SO? they work... and work well. whats your point? I have them for almost a year now and I have yet to bend them or damage them w/ daily drving in NYC- to me that makes them great.
Rota=

 

yup .. http://www.maciii.net ..best prices ...and free shipping

 

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you guys spent and arm and a leg on the best integra out there why put 2nd quality rims on it.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

shut up fool ..you dont even have an ITR ....

their light ....their durable ...their functional ...affordable ....and easily replacable ....

its a Type R ....not a Ferrari ......

i dont personally run Rotas ....but i have run them on the G1 ...and would gladly run them on the ITR if they made some 15x7's

 

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you guys spent and arm and a leg on the best integra out there why put 2nd quality rims on it.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hmm, did we forget we are driving integras still* and civics, or are we driving bentleys?It's a damn integra, yes much better then others outta the box, but in the end, an integra.

i'd like to hear you come out to the local autocross events and tell the R owners (or anyone else on rota's) out there they are dumb because they use a lightweight, durable, cost effective rim. why are they 2nd quality? please dont tell me because of the cast nature. there are plenty "name brand" rims that are cast, that don't get picked on. and of course, we know forged is stronger, with any brand.

might as well just take your own advice from another thread....(about slotted/drilled rotors)

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It depends on your luck when you buy Rotas. Sometimes you get a batch that are strong but sometimes you don't. That's the risk you have to take for buying a cheap superlightweight cast wheel.

Casting is pouring the melted alloy into the mold to form a shape of a wheel. Construction cost it cheap but the problem is that it's difficult to control where the melted alloy flow. The density throughout the wheel would not be consistent so there would be some "weak spots". And often times a lot of wheel weights need to be added to balance the wheel with new tire.

Cast wheel requires more extensive quality control because of the inconsistency during the manufacturing process. So depends on your luck, you might get a set that has less weak spots, while another person might get a set that would easily bend like a stop sign.

On the other hand, forging is compressing the alloy to the desired shape with pressure as high as 20 ton I think (edit: it's 550 tons! ). It creates a very high density alloy so the spokes and shell can be made very thin, thus light weight. And the wheel would be very well balanced out of the box. For my TE37, it only needed a small wheel weight to balance out the valve stem.

Cast wheel with the exact same design as a forge wheel (rota vs spoon), it really doesn't give me any warm fuzzy feeling.


Modified by Wai at 8:56 PM 9/3/2003

 

Thanks for the help I ended up finding a guy online going through divorce or something selling new spoons in the box for real cheap i'll keep you posted on the search.

 

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Mainly because cast wheels from other "name brand" have their own unique design, and we're assuming that their designs were according to the strength of the material they use, not a copy of another forge wheel. That's why Rota always gets that kind of negative impression from some people.

When a cast wheel is a direct duplication of a forge wheel, the spoke shape, thickness, hub and bolt holes design are a direct copy, because of the difference in material density, the cast wheel would be much weaker. And depends on where the inherent weak spots are (during the casting process), it could result in something like this:



If 2 wheels have exactly same dimension and design, the forge wheel would actually be quite a bit HEAVIER than the cast one because of the higher material density.

 

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That or the ITRCA classifieds. Thats where I found mine.

 

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Actually...Rota makes the Slipstream in a 15x7 version now.

http://www.machiii.net/machiii....html

 

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Actually...Rota makes the Slipstream in a 15x7 version now.

http://www.machiii.net/machiii....html </TD></TR></TABLE>

If you've got 4 lug, go for it Only the 15x6.5 and 16" come in 5x114.3

 

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If you've got 4 lug, go for it Only the 15x6.5 and 16" come in 5x114.3</TD></TR></TABLE>

You stole my post right of my screen *** penny

 

I want 15's for my car, but does anyone have real pictures of the wheels in Bronze and Sports Bronze. The pic on the site sucks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Wai &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Mainly because cast wheels from other "name brand" have their own unique design, and we're assuming that their designs were according to the strength of the material they use, not a copy of another forge wheel. That's why Rota always gets that kind of negative impression from some people.

When a cast wheel is a direct duplication of a forge wheel, the spoke shape, thickness, hub and bolt holes design are a direct copy, because of the difference in material density, the cast wheel would be much weaker. And depends on where the inherent weak spots are (during the casting process), it could result in something like this:

If 2 wheels have exactly same dimension and design, the forge wheel would actually be quite a bit HEAVIER than the cast one because of the higher material density.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I understand totally , i just have no tolerance with people trying to talk down on products with no basis behind their opinions, and downplay things overboard. cast will be weaker then forged, theres no argument there, and no need for me to go further, its been beaten.