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

but the point i'm making is people will choose gay offset and then use massive spacers! doesn't take a genius to work out that its cheaper to buy the right size offset in the first place.
 
i run et30 9.5 on the rear of the s15 and with a decent tyre (not stretched to buggery) i have to run about 3degrees negative camber to tuck the tops in. you can go lower in offset and stretch the tyre or run silly amounts of camber but the next thing though is to start hacking the hell out of the quarters or bolting bits of fibreglass over the top so you can fit wider wheels. and whats the benefit?

handling...no
grip...no noticeable
looks...can look good, but can ruin a nice motor as well
rubbing issues...probably lots unless more work is done
expense...yep, lots of this too if you want to do a proper job, roll and pull - oops paint split, repaint or fit overfenders? either way £££

lots of people want to use thier cars and make them look as aggressive as possible without compromising on any or all of the above things. at the end of the day, when you stump up the cash for a wide set of low offset wheels (and you do actually care about your car) then you are committing yourself to doing a lot of work to make it all work well and look tidy. some are happy to go at it with a scaffold pole and hammer which is all well and good, but the wheel firms will always cater for the majority which is the 10j and under, positive offset crowd......
 
Jord said:
I'd replace Honda and MX5 with Subaru and Evo and I'd agree.

Honda and MX5 drivers are going fitment crazy at the moment. Although everything HAS to be BBS.
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The huge majority of the MX5OC won't stray from standard fitments. They want shiny things and they don't want to change the way their car drives. Some of them actually hate wide wheels, and loads of them will only fit a wheel if it is lighter than stock.

I've just fitted BBS wheels to my MX5 - have I accidentally done something trendy? I fitted them because they were free.
 
Struggle said:
but the point i'm making is people will choose gay offset and then use massive spacers! doesn't take a genius to work out that its cheaper to buy the right size offset in the first place.
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You are right

People DO do that, but as a percentage it is very small, and is usually because they have bought s/h wheels and want to space them out.

The people that buy them new, want easy fitment.

If it wasnt for the R33/R34 GTR, in the grand scheme of things, there isnt even many et12's sold.
 
Struggle said:
but the point i'm making is people will choose gay offset and then use massive spacers! doesn't take a genius to work out that its cheaper to buy the right size offset in the first place.
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My spacers: £200 (new)
My wheels: 4xBBS for free, 4xrandom 15s £50, 6x16" Lotus wheels £36, 6xrandom 14" £20.

20 wheels that fit flush to the bodywork (and gives me clearance for decent lock and a massive handbrake caliper) for just £306. You can't get one set of ET0 wheels for an MX5 for that.

Plus the bit that gets damaged is cheap. I wrote off a wheel going in to a wall and got more money weighing it in than it cost me.
 
my favorite wheels are regamaster evos, rota slipstreams are less than half the cost of a used set delivered from japan.

and they are rare as rare things.

and will be here in 48hours.

this for me justifies rota. or it would if i could get them in 17x9 et15.
 
Captain Muppet said:
The huge majority of the MX5OC won't stray from standard fitments. They want shiny things and they don't want to change the way their car drives. Some of them actually hate wide wheels, and loads of them will only fit a wheel if it is lighter than stock.
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This goes for most TBH. Only on Driftworks could you get shouted down for 11J's not being man enough - anywhere else people would be astonished. :smash:

I think we need to appreciate that this webboard is definitely one of the most extreme when it comes to car modification and thaqt very few other people do what we consider as pretty standard mods. :nod:

The minority is shouting the loudest here, and what business is interested in the minority?? ;)
 
listen , one ting people forget!!!

ROTA HAVE HELPED THE UK DRIFT SCENE MASSIVELY

if it was not for rota i would be on stock wheels, as no way could i afford good size wheels!!!

how many comp drifters, day out for fun drifters have ROTA wheels?!?!?

FUCKING SHIT LOADS

how many people get big discounts, sponsorship from ROTA??? MANY

without rota most skid cars could look worse!!!! and nothing is worse than stock s body wheels!!!


so rota for me are fucking awesome, they help the scene, they have made my drift life alot easier and better, and they ask for very little in return!!!!


peace
 
Toolman said:
They look feckin gash!!!
You'd be one retarded mo fo to pay all that dollar for them! :wack:
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Gash you say?

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I think they look fucking amazing :thumbs:
 
but with an ET30 9.5J on the front... you require a spacer...

not what i would personally wanna do if i put my hand in my pocket (for once...) and bought some new wheels.

look like my mates rims...

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genuine enkei's...

i have nothing against ROTAs... infact they are a excelent wheel :nod:

just wish they came up with some original designs :(
 
that photo of perry's car doesn't do the rims justice either really as they Look a gazzillion times better in the flesh.
 
I love em, totally changed the look of my car from a bit of a turd to an S14 with attitude.

Glad Rota made em, Thanks!!
 
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ROTA bashing is so 2009, if anyone does it to my face, I'll kick them in the nuts.
 
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