Rota twisted
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:03 pmfound this on another forum:
Here's a Rota wheel before a track day....
Here's the same after.
Here's a Rota wheel before a track day....
Here's the same after.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:03 pmPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:23 pmIt sank as well.
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:29 pmGood stuff! I am staying Away from rota for good
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:32 pmHoly yowza!! Minus the fact that it looks cool, that's ridiculous!!
Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 11:55 pmI'd like to add that those were on a 500hp EK and he broke them at the nurburgring.
Why in the name of all that's holy would you put enough money into a car to get it to 500hp and then buy ROTAS. I think you might actually have to be retarded.
Or he sent the car off with a silly amount of money and thought 'OOO they're pretty'.
Fail.
Why in the name of all that's holy would you put enough money into a car to get it to 500hp and then buy ROTAS. I think you might actually have to be retarded.
Or he sent the car off with a silly amount of money and thought 'OOO they're pretty'.
Fail.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:15 amThe whole story needs to be posted instead of just pictures.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:40 amare rotas that bad? i have set. are my wheels gonna wreck.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:34 amzeppelin101- thanks for the background. I never heard that part of the story.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:20 amWhy was such a convenient "before" picture taken? It's almost as if the owner wanted to compare what a 500hp EK at the track would do to such a wheel.
Why else do you take a heads up picture of a rota on a deck?
Why else do you take a heads up picture of a rota on a deck?
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:19 amThere is more to it. The whole story was on some site a while back.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:48 ampost up the hole story!!
Like the custom wheel
Like the custom wheel
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:49 ampost up the hole story!!
Like the custom wheel
Like the custom wheel
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:56 pmjesus christ, sooo glad i didn't get Rotas. I'd be interested to see the whole story as well
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:59 pmIn all fairness to rota (I hate the damn things btw) the guy should've bought some proper wheels, why would you use average money copies on a 500hp weaponised civic?
I'm still flummoxed as to how he managed to transfer enough heat into the wheel to cause it to deform, sink and contact the caliper.
I'm still flummoxed as to how he managed to transfer enough heat into the wheel to cause it to deform, sink and contact the caliper.
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:07 pmzeppelin101 wrote:In all fairness to rota (I hate the damn things btw) the guy should've bought some proper wheels, why would you use average money copies on a 500hp weaponised civic?
I'm still flummoxed as to how he managed to transfer enough heat into the wheel to cause it to deform, sink and contact the caliper.
I quite like the value for money that Rota deliver, but I would completely agree Rota's are in no way fit for a 500BHP EK, and the results show by those pictures.