Berg on Rota's

[rosco454]

I quite like the photoshop with it really low on the white wheels.Don't bother with the nankangs though,in my experience they are cheap for a reason.I think if they didn't have the sidewall profile they do and have obscure sizes which suit people who want stretch then they would struggle to sell at all.

Cheers Ross.

 

[Nick172Cup]

I really like it, I reckon leave the wheels as they are with the polished lips. Really looks good as it is, or anthracite centres look good also.

 

[Kieran..]

Wow they're has been some arguing in here lol all I asked was thoughts on my car on rota's lol

Yeaaa they're not the real jap wheels but whose gonna put £2k + wheels on a clio lol

 

[stephen chadwick]

Wow they're has been some arguing in here lol all I asked was thoughts on my car on rota's lol

Yeaaa they're not the real jap wheels but whose gonna put £2k + wheels on a clio lol

its ironic that you posted this thread as im looking in to getting a set of these for my car, think it looks good i personally have never been a fan of polished liped rims but i like this.

 

[DannyR]

Standard ditch finders.

I wouldn't wanna sacrifice handling/grip just to get those wheels to look better, you would be taking the fun out of the Clio!

Exactly? Why are people going for this look with 172/182's? You can't use the power and ability of this car by ruining it with smaller shitter tyres! Buy a 1.2 and save pennies!

 

[Kieran..]

Yeaaa but at the end of the day it's still only a Clio? Okay the car is great fun but it's not the quickest car in the world, and there's loads of people with 'stanced' 172/182s

 

[DannyR]

Yeaaa but at the end of the day it's still only a Clio? Okay the car is great fun but it's not the quickest car in the world, and there's loads of people with 'stanced' 172/182s

If its only a Clio why aren't you in a 1.2 then?

Most "stanced" ones also look crap too. But yours isn't stanced, is lowered on wide wheels. Keeping the wheels flush with the arches looks so much better. Those Rotas on normal tires spaced with a tiny bit of negative camber will look and handle so much better

 

[Kieran..]

Haha knew I was gonna get flack for that, don't get me wrong I love mine but Im doing something I've not done myself before

 

[Gally]

Standard ditch finders.

I wouldn't wanna sacrifice handling/grip just to get those wheels to look better, you would be taking the fun out of the Clio!

Cheaper innit. They don't plan on crashing iirc.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Lol at these people having a go about cheap tyres, I think with the way he wants to go with the car it won't be likely that he'll be hammering down country lanes or doing trackdays! Plenty of people use cheaper brand tyres on the road and do just fine what makes this guy different? Think people need to pop off the high horses to be brutally honest, who cares if he's doing it to a bloody RS? There 10 a penny these days so not like he's trying to 'scene' up a mint E30 M3 or other pricy classic cars...

 

[ch!ppen]

Lulz, this is what you get when you don't for Turinis or F1s :rasp:

 

[DannyR]

Lulz, this is what you get when you don't for Turinis or F1s :rasp:

It's not about that at all though is it?

 

[Jekyll]

Oddly I actually like them all in white Kieran. Thought it was going to look quite pants but in that photoshoped pic it looks rather good.

I have to say I think the dark anthracite looks the best out of the bunch imo. Do them in that or black with polished lip and loads of your carbon perhaps? Just a thought.

 

[ch!ppen]

It's not about that at all though is it?

LOL! Can't take a joke then can you?

 

[Kieran..]

haha your right! unless turinis or other sheep wheels then everyone hates it lol

theyres a couple of people on here running rota grids and they havent been slated


thanks mark! yeaa its a long way off were i want it to be, i havent even had the wheels on 2 weeks yet, and it takes alot of messing about to get them to fit let alone it sitting right lol

 

[olliemilsom]

^^ This, it took me a week to fit mine, the car was stationary the whole time just so i could get them on and sitting right, and i dont want to hijack your thread but think they look sweet once done ...

Also im running a 195 tyre with no issues now and yes its bumpy on sh*t roads but handles very well, i plan to take mine back on track. Once you have yours sorted it will look sweet mate.

 

[Kieran..]

Thanks mate!! Yeaaa I need a week were I haven't gotta be anywhere or o anywhere just to sort it out but never happens! Lol

Ollie with the bumpstops you said about, are you running the ones with the coilovers and the powerflex ones too? Or jus powerflex? And what coilovers you running?

 

[olliemilsom]

Its on vmaxx at the moment, im just using powerflex ones on the back, the front is fine, you will be able to it without using tiny tyres, how are the rear arches looking now, if the lip isnt flat use a set of mole grips a towel and a piece of wood to flatten it all.

 

[Kieran..]

Mole grips never thought of that, what you mean with the wood? My arches are rolled more but it's not completely flat, still has like a 3/4mm lip and then it's rolled back

Also I cut away some of the rear bumper where it joins the arch

 

[Jacko90]

Are yours 7j Ollie? And kierans are 8j?

 

[Kieran..]

Nope they are both 7j lol just mine look wider due to hench tyres! Lol

 

[LJColeman]

On that black clio with the bronze rota's, what size tires is he running on that? 195/45? Looks spot on

 

[jesus]

That looks absolutely mint mate!

 

[LJColeman]

This is deffinately the way im going with my new project! Looks so good!, getting the camber and height right is crucial to ppull of these wheels tho!

 

[Kieran..]

Yeaa 195 45 will still require quite alot of work to fit in the arches at the back but I I agree 195 45 is the best tyre but I want to go pretty low

This will be updated some time next week due to wheels currently being done white, and 165 50 tyres siting waiting to go on

 

[LJColeman]

What sorta work? Arch rolling and camber? Will it be much difference fitting these on a non sport? That lad on here with grids on his black sport has it sitting mint, looks ace, love the wheels on clio's

 

[olliemilsom]

you can get 195's on no problem, bit of work but not to hard

 

[Kieran..]

Yeaa the front arches on a non sport arent as wide but should be okay

 

[LJColeman]

Soumd thanks guys, my plan is to put a 172 kit on it anyway so ill hae wider wings.. Where did you get and how hard was it to fit ur stud conversion kit? Cuz it looks ace with nuts instead of bolts!!

 

[Kieran..]

I bought them both off eBay, bought them both separately though

It's was dead easy to fit the studs! Litterly bout 2 mins a wheel and leave them each wheel for about an hour to be on safe side

 

[LJColeman]

Sound thanks mate ill look into it, do love the look of the rota's!

 

[Kieran..]

Have a look at my project thread for more photos mate

 

[Jacko90]

Have you got to pull the arches out at all or just bend the inner lip upwards?

Are 165 tyres going to be safe to drive on? Surely they'll sacrifice handling?

 

[M4D M4X]

Will look good what you have planned i can't stand this place sometimes hating people just because they want to be diffrent.
That's the whole point about modifying.

Lol at the pirate style stitches on the splitter, Looks good IMO.

 

[Kieran..]

Adam172 runs 165 50s and says its not that bad! So we will see next week just how bad it is

 

[tas662]

^^ This, it took me a week to fit mine, the car was stationary the whole time just so i could get them on and sitting right, and i dont want to hijack your thread but think they look sweet once done ...

Also im running a 195 tyre with no issues now and yes its bumpy on sh*t roads but handles very well, i plan to take mine back on track. Once you have yours sorted it will look sweet mate.

Dragging up a really old thread here but what ET are these wheels does anyone know?

 

[Kieran..]

Et are 25

 

[MarcB]

I love these Rota wheels.

They look really nice on a clio.

 

[ch!ppen]

ET25? Didn't think they made them. 15x8 are usually et0 and 15x7 are et20 like mine.

 

[Kieran..]

sorry chippen your right they were et20