Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 41
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

the rims do look nice but im sure you've seen the pics of Rota rims cracking/breaking/snapping doing the rounds on the net.

however, theres a set of Rota for sale on Ebay, currently @ $1100 which isnt bad for a brand new set of four!

just be careful!

rotamotivation.jpg

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4762428
Share on other sites

the rims do look nice but im sure you've seen the pics of Rota rims cracking/breaking/snapping doing the rounds on the net.

however, theres a set of Rota for sale on Ebay, currently @ $1100 which isnt bad for a brand new set of four!

just be careful!

rotamotivation.jpg

wanna show the pic before that where the subi... or was it an evo... was about 5-6ft high in the air over a bump and then came crashing down

resulting in massive impact to the wheel/rim which causes that dmg.

no wheel with 1400+KG's coming down on it will survive.

Other than that - use google to find a stockish or conact them?

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4762637
Share on other sites

ROTA Australia has an eBay store.

I dunno. I've heard too many horror stories about ROTA wheels (not just the pic above) to want to run them in a motorsport setting.

I'd be happy to put them on a street cruiser though, but they don't make the wheels I want in a size appropriate for the car.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4762871
Share on other sites

wanna show the pic before that where the subi... or was it an evo... was about 5-6ft high in the air over a bump and then came crashing down

resulting in massive impact to the wheel/rim which causes that dmg.

no wheel with 1400+KG's coming down on it will survive.

Other than that - use google to find a stockish or conact them?

it's not an isolated incident, id get all the rota pics if ns was up.

here's a few more:

ROTA.jpg

knock-offs.jpg

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4763639
Share on other sites

it's not an isolated incident, id get all the rota pics if ns was up.

here's a few more

How do you know they are all legit/originals?

How do you know some of them aren't copies/staged centre caps etc etc.

The list goes on. I've seen the full footage of a few of these "failures" and i can easily see why they have failed, and its not because of the rim quality.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4763666
Share on other sites

well personally i wouldn't run them on the track and esp if you drive your car hard.

for a street cruiser then id be more then happy to put them on.

alot of the US guys use them still as they are worth the $$

theres a sponsor in the trader section selling these for under 2k landed.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4763823
Share on other sites

How do you know they are all legit/originals?

How do you know some of them aren't copies/staged centre caps etc etc.

The list goes on. I've seen the full footage of a few of these "failures" and i can easily see why they have failed, and its not because of the rim quality.

ROTA's are copies.

there's a great pic of a before and after of some rotas after some track work, they litterally go from straight spokes to spiral shaped spokes :)

not from any impact(obviously), simply from heat and stress they deformed.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4764283
Share on other sites

And there be the proof in the pudding

top stuff you lubly man you

lol, so we're going to take one single example to prove a whole point, but discard many others that prove the opposite?

simple fact with wheels is that not all will explode, a lot will take a decent beating (relatively speaking), even the low quality ones. look at drift teks and many other cheap wheels, some take years of beating on the track on some cars, yet there are just as many examples of them cracking and breaking without severe abuse on others.

you take a chance when you buy cheap shit, it might work it might not, but when that part is what keeps you above the tarmac, im not one to be taking chances.

Rota have a disgraceful reputation for failure, that's a fact.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4764792
Share on other sites

ok, so they apparently have a bad reputation for failing. Can somebody provide concrete proof of this besides pictures of rota wheels cracking on a car thats smashed a gutter? I know how rumours work, and 90 percent of the time its bull*hit.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4764928
Share on other sites

lol, so we're going to take one single example to prove a whole point, but discard many others that prove the opposite?

Umm... You mean some internet pictures.

Which...

A number of which has been proven **via the entire footage** to have failed totally and utterly due to treatment/abuse.

Come on, the internet is right sometimes... but if they can do a Enduro race @ Phillip Island where Pete & Co. ran 2:05 ALL DAY long, im happy to say the internet is wrong

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4764974
Share on other sites

u forget nismoid, one of the biggest issues with cheap manufacturing is quality control, ROTA have had to recall quite a few wheels in the past simply because they have been found to be death traps.

some rotas are time bombs, some arent, none are properly "strong".

so even if u get lucky and get a rota which will hold up when everything is going ok, it still wont take even close to the same punishment as a better quality wheel.

the thing is, when u hit a gutter, u break it in a certain way, usually it's a nice bend or buckle in the barrel, if its hard enough u rip ur barrel in half, because that's what hits the gutter. i have never seen this kind of damage as a result of sliding into a gutter:

rotasmotivator.jpg

this was caused by hard cornering at Infineon Raceway

img0192hr3.jpg

rimcenter.jpg

rim.jpg

now what a few laps with 500hp turbo EK4 Civic can do to them:

BEFORE:

rota0ni9.jpg

AFTER:

rotayu3.jpg

rota33te9.jpg

Front one and rear one side by side, note the bulge in the close one.

rota3te7.jpg

btw this isnt part of any argument, i just thought this rota pic was interesting, just doesnt look like any other break ive seen before, looks like its made out of plastic:

Rotawheels.jpg

and we haven't even got to the point about them being cocks who blatantly just steal other manufacturers designs, copy them, replicate them cheaply and make $$ off them.

but honestly, i dont care, it's ur car, i've done my bit to make people aware. if people choose to ignore it then so be it, im not going to sit here and argue something for the sake of helping them. plenty of people use rotas without dramas, but do u want to risk being one of those who arent so lucky?

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4765023
Share on other sites

why would i have first hand experience? i dont spend my money on cheap copy junk wheels, regardless of if they have a good reputation or not.

id rather spend less on used wheels that are the genuine article that can take some abuse, spending over $1000 on cheap copy wheels just blows my mind when they are so many good used wheels on the market.

once again, it's not my car, i have nothing to gain out of arguing against rotas, take what ive said how u want.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/282985-rota-grids/#findComment-4765810
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Latest Posts

    • Can I suggest you try EBC directly again and link them to as many competitor catalogues as you can to show their listing is incorrect, eg https://dba.com.au/product/front-4000-series-hd-brake-rotor-dba42304/ If you have access to an R33 GTST VIN and your VIN, you could also use a Nissan Parts lookup like Amayama to show them the part number is different between 33 GTST and 34 GTT which may get their attention
    • So i got reply from EBC and they just this site where you can clearly see those 296mm fronts on R34 GTT. I send them photos and "quotes" that 296mm are not for 34 GTT and they are too small. But it will be very hard to return them cuz nobody here knows 100% and they just copy those EBC catalogue :-D https://ebcbrakesdirect.com/automotive/nissan/skyline-r34
    • Hi, is the HKS  Tower Bar still available ? negotiable ? 🤔
    • From there, it is really just test and assemble. Plug the adapter cables from the unit into the back of the screen, then the other side to the car harness. Don't forget all the other plugs too! Run the cables behind the unit and screw it back into place (4 screws) and you should now have 3 cables to run from the top screen to the android unit. I ran them along the DS of the other AV units in the gap between their backets and the console, and used some corrugated tubing on the sharp edges of the bracket so the wires were safe. Plug the centre console and lower screen in temporarily and turn the car to ACC, the AV should fire up as normal. Hold the back button for 3 sec and Android should appear on the top screen. You need to set the input to Aux for audio (more on that later). I put the unit under the AC duct in the centre console, with the wifi antenna on top of the AC duct near the shifter, the bluetooth antenna on the AC duct under the centre console The GPS unit on top of the DS to AC duct; they all seem to work OK there are are out of the way. Neat cable routing is a pain. For the drive recorder I mounted it near the rear view mirror and run the cable in the headlining, across the a pillar and then down the inside of the a pillar seal to the DS lower dash. From there it goes across and to one USB input for the unit. The second USB input is attached to the ECUtec OBD dongle and the 3rd goes to the USB bulkhead connected I added in the centre console. This is how the centre console looks "tidied" up Note I didn't install the provided speaker, didn't use the 2.5mm IPod in line or the piggyback loom for the Ipod or change any DIP switches; they seem to only be required if you need to use the Ipod input rather than the AUX input. That's it, install done, I'll follow up with a separate post on how the unit works, but in summary it retains all factory functions and inputs (so I still use my phone to the car for calls), reverse still works like factory etc.
    • Place the new daughterboard in the case and mount it using the 3 small black rivets provided, and reconnect the 3 factory ribbon cables to the new board Then, use the 3 piggyback cables from the daughterboard into the factory board on top (there are stand offs in the case to keep them apart. and remember to reconnect the antenna and rear cover fan wires. 1 screw to hold the motherboard in place. Before closing the case, make a hole in the sticker covering a hole in the case and run the cable for the android unit into the plug there. The video forgot this step, so did I, so will you probably. Then redo the 4 screws on back, 2 each top and bottom, 3 each side and put the 2 brackets back on.....all ready to go and not that tricky really.      
×
×
  • Create New...