Just kidding, I wouldn't buy Rotas. No Sir. These are possibly the only set of Regas this size in the UK (that the SXOC/Driftworks know of anyway). So chuffed
Just need tyres, JDM tyte expensive wheel nuts and a refurb.
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Bought some new ugly cheap ass Rotas...
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Just kidding, I wouldn't buy Rotas. No Sir. These are possibly the only set of Regas this size in the UK (that the SXOC/Driftworks know of anyway). So chuffed
Just need tyres, JDM tyte expensive wheel nuts and a refurb.
They are f**king awesome.
LOL at the Rota box, I bet your heart sank a little when they turned up
I was actually hoping they'd come in a Rota box to help the thread title! Yeah that's pretty sad saying that actually.
But Gally, they don't look bad. Only to you they do.
Why scrub them when they need refurbing! Granted you can't see that due to my shakes.
Clio 182 + Mini
in soviet russia, wheel makes you.
Or the fact I'm on my phone so not the easiest way to view.
What colour you having them done?
Will be coating them silver this time.
Christopher
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Hero wheels. Hero fitment. Genuine.
Tri-winning.
Tri-winning.
E90 M3
Ah you misunderstand, I never said they look bad. I haven't even seen them on the car so I can't comment.
But it does seem to be a genuine theme, it's okay to pay scene tax even thought they might not look as good as somewhat lesser brands that are half the price.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
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Do you buy £10 champagne to watch Masterchef with?
No.
Opinion void'ded'ded'd.
No.
Opinion void'ded'ded'd.
It's nothing to do with scene tax it's about wanting a style of wheel and wanting it to be of decent quality.
The only comparison I can make is a mate of mine who bought some fox alloys for his RS turbo. We span them up on the wheel balancer prior to fitting the tyres and all was ok (checking the courier hadn't damaged them) the mere act of clamping the jaws on the tyre fitting machine on buckled the s**t out if them.
Rota are the far eastern equivalent. The fact they're a bunch of design copying cynical pikeys only adds insult to injury. If they didn't directly copy decent wheels they'd have little to no business at all.
The only comparison I can make is a mate of mine who bought some fox alloys for his RS turbo. We span them up on the wheel balancer prior to fitting the tyres and all was ok (checking the courier hadn't damaged them) the mere act of clamping the jaws on the tyre fitting machine on buckled the s**t out if them.
Rota are the far eastern equivalent. The fact they're a bunch of design copying cynical pikeys only adds insult to injury. If they didn't directly copy decent wheels they'd have little to no business at all.
You have said Regas look bad before
. They look the same as what I have now, just an inch bigger and silver.Anyway. Rota Slipstreams are the copies of these. The Rotas aren't forged, aren't made in as heroic sizes, and still aren't that cheap.
For instance, my 17" ones are 17x8" and 17x9". The biggest slipstreams appear to be 17x7.5".
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
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Also, Rota crap is cast. Desmonds are forged. Lighter and stronger.
Thanks dudes. I understand where you guys are coming from. And of course you can see why people do buy cheap.
To be fair there will always be a market for cheaper standard of wheel.
The brits see the cali boys rolling with 4k worth of wheel on their car and want a piece of the action for a fraction of the price. British mentality to be fair.
To be fair there will always be a market for cheaper standard of wheel.
The brits see the cali boys rolling with 4k worth of wheel on their car and want a piece of the action for a fraction of the price. British mentality to be fair.
Yeah but predominantly it's pre-pubescent teens that want the look for sod all money.
Then there's the old boys who spunk a fortune on big power cars, think s**t I need some wheels to fit in at *Insert car show here* so they see the Time Attack guys etc on Rotas and copy them.
Then there's the old boys who spunk a fortune on big power cars, think s**t I need some wheels to fit in at *Insert car show here* so they see the Time Attack guys etc on Rotas and copy them.
CS is no different tbh. The usual "what's da cheapest set of coilovers dat gets real lowz" I'd also wager that if Turini's were expensive forged superlight rims and Rota brought out a replica made of cheese for a fraction of the price 95% of the muppets on here would be rocking Rota's.
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Got it in one Gally. Probably the same berks who put on knock off gear and try their best to pull some tango tart using it.
Promoting them to track wheels I think.
BIFCAIDS
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340i M-Sport & 182
v nice wheels
to be honest... drifting does rely heavily on breaks.... however the reason that most uk drift cars run the k sport s**t (and it is s**t) is because they are sponsored by them... so they get free calipers etc and free replacements when they bow and leak lol!
im talking from experience! when i had my 200 i had "cheap" coilovers... they were back breaking and in the space of 8 months 3 of the 4 shocks spit their dummy and started leaking... i replaced with a newer version... same thing happened again, every mot i had to replace atleast one shock...
i have had experience of k sport brakes when my mate had them fail on him we took them off and they were leaking as they had warped! also the caliper mounting brackets had cracks in them! and seen k sport disk bells with cracks in them too!
i have no problem with cheap... but when it comes to safety equipment, the parts that are the most important on a car brakes, suspension etc... buying cheap is stupid! i have a set of ohlins coilovers on my fd and they are comfortable to drive with if you want a relaxing drive and work so well when pushing the car...
its like places that make cheap exhausts for jap cars, i had sooo many issues on my 200 with them not being aligned properly!
lets say a bmw m3 came on the market for 30k you know its got hours of research and all the best possible parts... now some other company comes along... makes a copy that looks the same... has a performance sort of like the BMW version... but was built in china, mass produced, with cheap materials, twice the weight... and it costs 20k.... which would you buy?
buy cheap buy twice... simple... cant afford it... save! stop giving companies money for copying and ripping off other companies designs its just not fair to the original company! its no surprise that genuine items cost so much lol!
if someone came on here and made a post saying they just bought a new watch and its badged up as a tag... but its fake... people would **** them off lol! how is people buying fake/copied wheels any different?
i have had experience of k sport brakes when my mate had them fail on him we took them off and they were leaking as they had warped! also the caliper mounting brackets had cracks in them! and seen k sport disk bells with cracks in them too!
i have no problem with cheap... but when it comes to safety equipment, the parts that are the most important on a car brakes, suspension etc... buying cheap is stupid! i have a set of ohlins coilovers on my fd and they are comfortable to drive with if you want a relaxing drive and work so well when pushing the car...
its like places that make cheap exhausts for jap cars, i had sooo many issues on my 200 with them not being aligned properly!
lets say a bmw m3 came on the market for 30k you know its got hours of research and all the best possible parts... now some other company comes along... makes a copy that looks the same... has a performance sort of like the BMW version... but was built in china, mass produced, with cheap materials, twice the weight... and it costs 20k.... which would you buy?
buy cheap buy twice... simple... cant afford it... save! stop giving companies money for copying and ripping off other companies designs its just not fair to the original company! its no surprise that genuine items cost so much lol!
if someone came on here and made a post saying they just bought a new watch and its badged up as a tag... but its fake... people would **** them off lol! how is people buying fake/copied wheels any different?
FN2 Type R +MK6 Golf
I cant see a problem with either.Especially with wheels.
You make your choice and take the risk.And as ive said before what young lad has a 2k 200 and can then afford a 4k set of rims for it.
I think it tends to go along the lines of someone who has a 25k budget will buy the 20k car and spend the rest on wheels,so theres a market for both customers with genuine and fake,
Someone is just filling a gap in the market...
You make your choice and take the risk.And as ive said before what young lad has a 2k 200 and can then afford a 4k set of rims for it.
I think it tends to go along the lines of someone who has a 25k budget will buy the 20k car and spend the rest on wheels,so theres a market for both customers with genuine and fake,
Someone is just filling a gap in the market...
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
But Gaz has bought genuine wheels. And they cost him barely any more than a set of Rotas, if at all.
So that's that argument blown out of the water.
So that's that argument blown out of the water.
I'm still waiting for a justified excuse for the cynical copying of pretty much every high end forged Japanese wheel. Rather than them making an honest business out of a budget wheel of their own design and building a business off the back of either their aesthetics or as a solid well made budget wheel.
While they may not wear the branding you get on a Chinese copy Rolex that Malice used as an example it's glaringly obvious they directly copy the real thing in order to generate business, especially from those who will buy with the intent of putting volk/rays/rega etc stickers on them.
While they may not wear the branding you get on a Chinese copy Rolex that Malice used as an example it's glaringly obvious they directly copy the real thing in order to generate business, especially from those who will buy with the intent of putting volk/rays/rega etc stickers on them.
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