New wheel from Rota - the Rota GKR is now available!

i seem to remember seeing an airbrushed detailed set of ronal teddy bears at japfest but can't remember what they were on :D

rota should concentrate on making wider/lower offset versions of there existing rims
rather than copying horrible rims like these :(
 
Quail said:
I'm not getting in on the Rota debate, its boring now.

But as for the Japanese overpricing their products, that's not really the case. In America, a brand new set of 17" Enkei NT03s starts at 716USD (at the first retailer I Googled. You could probably find cheaper). That's 483GBP at the current exchange rate, even when imported in to America. If the Japanese wheels are that overpriced, how come they're 400 pounds cheaper than the copies in England!? They'd be stupidly cheap in Japan :wack:
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Supply & Demand

USA and Japan are hugely bigger tuning markets than UK.

'high end' aftermarket wheels are a specialist thing in the UK where as in Japan the equivalent of Halfords sells Enkei , Work , Volk etc.
 
Is everyone who is saying they paid £900 for their 12J ET-69 Jdmfagboy rims conveniently forgetting that they were secondhand?? :confused:

These will be brand new, totally unmarked, totally round, available in the size you want and delivered within 48 hours. You can also buy another single rim if you break one.

Comparing the two isnt really like for like is it? :smash:
 
docwra said:
Is everyone who is saying they paid £900 for their 12J ET-69 Jdmfagboy rims conveniently forgetting that they were secondhand?? :confused:

These will be brand new, totally unmarked, totally round, available in the size you want and delivered within 48 hours. You can also buy another single rim if you break one.

Comparing the two isnt really like for like is it? :smash:
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Yeah, but then the haters can't bitch at Rota anymore. And they need to. It is there purpose in life.

C'mon guys, if you don't like the fact that people are copying things and selling it, stay in your houses. Stuff like this has been going for ages, and will continue to go on for ages. If it was lowquality crap, I could agree, but Rota has been proven to be good quality. And don't go posting pictures of broken Rota wheels, I've seen just as many Enkei's, Works and Volks going kaput after a decent crash.

Face it, some of us just don't need to show off with highbrand wheels, we just need round metal things to put rubber on so we can go sideways. :D
 
Thomas said:
Face it, some of us just don't need to show off with highbrand wheels, we just need round metal things to put rubber on so we can go sideways. :D
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Although some of us don't even need big wheels for that and make do with secondhand standard sized rims for nearly free. To me "cheap" wheels are ones you get on a £100 car, that you remove and then sell the car on for £100.

However, Rota are good value for new big bling wheels.
 
Bladerider said:
These wheels only ever had one saving grace....

....they were light as feck !!!

The Rota's wont be, they are starting to get more expensive, and as Mint says they still havent come up with their own design for a wheel yet, so these I think are most likely a bit of a loser.

J.
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These are the same weight as the enkei's dude 8.95kg in an 18x9.5 et30

These really are an EVO wheel, and they will go down a storm..

Definatly a marmite wheel, I personally love them :D


I notice, that people are moaning about the price, and comparing them to some work XD9's that they bought 2 years ago..

Has no-one noticed the exchange rate changes in the last two years? :wack:

Rota have got more expensive, as have anything else thats imported into the UK, which, as we make bugger all over here, is essentially everything.

TE37's used to be £250 15" in the UK approx, now they are closer to £400 each.

Those that think we are putting all the Japanese out of business;

Think back to how it was pre Rota. you had very few JDM wheels imported at all, all that was around was TSW, Wolfrace, Fox etc, you still had the BBS fans, but when I started, 99% of people hadnt even heard of Rays Engineering - had a few bargains myself because of this.

I would go as far to say that since Rota has become popular, it has raised awareness of the JDM brands, and increased demand, which 7 years ago was essentially NILL.

For next year we have some new stuff on the horizon, more Rota's own designs due out november, and Forged wheels will be with us next year all being well.
 
Dori Mat said:
i seem to remember seeing an airbrushed detailed set of ronal teddy bears at japfest but can't remember what they were on :D

rota should concentrate on making wider/lower offset versions of there existing rims
rather than copying horrible rims like these :(
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Think that was a Nissan Cube:wack:
 
If wheel manufacturers don't actually sell their products in the UK, and your only option is to import yourself at a massively inflated price, then I think it's fair game.

And if knockoffs being sold in countries where you don't actually sell your products are putting you out of business, then it's your business model that's at fault, not the knockoffs.
 
Cracks me up all this 'knockoff' crying and bitching, when all thats copied is the general design. You REALLY think the massive cost of a 'real' wheel is due to them spending millions on the design of the wheel? Dont be daft. The money saving to the company of copying a wheel design is minimal.
Its not like they stealing their super sensitive technology, its just a similar looking wheel, so if someone can sell a product just as good in every way.
 
Well precisely. It's not like Rota take casts of existing wheels and use those to cast their own ones. They still have to design the wheel itself, even if the general look is virtually identical to an existing wheel. You still need to design the product and then create the tooling to produce it. There's no saving there at all in terms of the design process.

If Japanese companies really gave a crap about the UK markets they'd be selling thier shit here off the shelves. Rota have proved there's a market for it.
 
Personally, I think they can look baddass on the right car.

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Stavros said:
Cracks me up all this 'knockoff' crying and bitching, when all thats copied is the general design. You REALLY think the massive cost of a 'real' wheel is due to them spending millions on the design of the wheel? Dont be daft. The money saving to the company of copying a wheel design is minimal.
Its not like they stealing their super sensitive technology, its just a similar looking wheel, so if someone can sell a product just as good in every way.
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I don't really care about the knockoff debate, but what you've said is kind of my point. As there doesn't seem to be much cost in the actual wheel design itself, surely everyone would be a lot happier of Rota sold original wheel designs at the same price they sell their replicas. Jdm bum boys wouldn't be crying, and Rota owners wouldn't be getting defensive. Win Win.
 
Well I think the reason they're popular is that they're designs that people like, but aren't otherwise available easily in this country. If Rota made their own designs, they might not actually look that great. They've found a formula that works for them and they're enjoying a lot of success as a result. Why mess with that?
 
Not keen :no:

Do rota do a copy of the curved dish equips or step dish, would be interested to see if they are passable or look completly diferent
 
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