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Nearly every rota wheel bash thread I have seen where people post up the usual pictures have been of the same situation;

Some kid tries to dorifto, hits a gutter pretty hard and the wheel breaks.........Naturally the wheel is a heap of shit for not shrugging off the impact (never mind the bent strut, control arm and steering rack)

They fail like every other cast wheel when you hit a gutter, as far as build quality goes, they are no better than the OEM wheels that come on a new car.

They normally get bashed by kids who are trying to justify the $3000 of wheels on the cars when all they do is hard park and drive to work.

JLM informed me of 2 failed/fractured ROTAs this year alone.

Makes sense, they are the authority in dodgy

Edited by dnegative

JLM is also known as Sydney Compliance Centre

I've seen several cars from Parramatta Rd Dealerships being processed there and a few of those have been themselves, dodgy rust buckets with recoated floors/rails. They of course were rejected. One car was being sneaked through on a 2nd attempt. JLM was so sick of its time being wasted that they hoisted it up with the door still open until it hit a roof truss and bent the B-pillar.

Needless to say, that dealership sought a different compliancer after that.

So who is really dodgy? Their checklist includes wheels btw.

JLM is also known as Sydney Compliance Centre

I've seen several cars from Parramatta Rd Dealerships being processed there and a few of those have been themselves, dodgy rust buckets with recoated floors/rails. They of course were rejected. One car was being sneaked through on a 2nd attempt. JLM was so sick of its time being wasted that they hoisted it up with the door still open until it hit a roof truss and bent the B-pillar.

Needless to say, that dealership sought a different compliancer after that.

So who is really dodgy? Their checklist includes wheels btw.

Seriously how can that dealership give them the same car to try after a failure?! That indeed is one dodgy dealership.

Yes Chris, It's amazing; until one sees that very same dealership in a parlous financial state atm.

They're all finding it tough right now - but that's no excuse to...

a) rip us enthusiasts off and

b) bring Japanese grey imports into disrepute

Nearly every rota wheel bash thread I have seen where people post up the usual pictures have been of the same situation;

Some kid tries to dorifto, hits a gutter pretty hard and the wheel breaks.........Naturally the wheel is a heap of shit for not shrugging off the impact (never mind the bent strut, control arm and steering rack)

They fail like every other cast wheel when you hit a gutter, as far as build quality goes, they are no better than the OEM wheels that come on a new car.

They normally get bashed by kids who are trying to justify the $3000 of wheels on the cars when all they do is hard park and drive to work.

I have never seen an OEM wheel break off like what I posted. Have you? Any pictures?

I also like this video

Yes Chris, It's amazing; until one sees that very same dealership in a parlous financial state atm.

They're all finding it tough right now - but that's no excuse to...

a) rip us enthusiasts off and

b) bring Japanese grey imports into disrepute

Yep Terry, this exactly! 100% agree.

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JLM are like every other dealer, lying dream boats who are full of shit who's owner doesnt pay his bills.

Still ows people I know either money for goods or for things listed on the bill of sale that were never delivered..... nevermind rolling new shells into.

RB26's.......

That being said, he is honest about the stuff he sells and it is genuine but aftersale support leaves a lot to be desired.

I have never seen an OEM wheel break off like what I posted. Have you? Any pictures?

Edited by dnegative

Looking at it again on the computer, it does look like the outer sheared off. Once again, no proof that it's genuine or that it broke during driving.

All wheels will eventually break. What is important is how much punishment they can take before failing catastrophically (quality of construction, materials, QA). The main point of this thread is a company that copied designs of other company is having a bitch about imitations being sold. The counter-point is that those fakes are labelled as Rota wheels.

End consumer should decide whether cheaping out on a set of look a likes is better than giving money to the people (engineers, designers, back-end staff, sales people etc.) who designed/built the genuine ones.

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