what the subject says. i bent the hell out of mine one some potholes. after seeing pics of other subzero failures, i can't personally say they're as strong as they're made out to be.

oh wells, back to stockers and ramen noodles so i can save up for a good set of forged rims :)

I go over a lot of potholes in my Limix Linea BE-5's... they're 18", and they've been able to handle a few LARGE Philly potholes. Although they are only semi-forged, they are supposedly much stronger than cast.

I agree about the Rota Subzeros. I've seen way too many spoke failures and bent rims to even consider them.

How strong are the o.z. superleggera, I tried a search in the other place, but it doesn't work...

I have never bent my 18" Rota's.

Just to let you guys know.

There have been only 4 subzero failures. All wheels from this batch were machined wrong. All the wheels from this batch have been acounted for and there are no more wheels out on the roads.

So you guys do not have to worry.

Any failures noted on the Attacks or Battles?

/\rcanum

-Needs to get some 17inch Attacks or Battles in 3 months-

You're the first Rota Incindent that I've heard of.

for $600 a set. who really cares.

True, the prices are amazing on Rota's. Do prisoners make them or something?

Originally posted by StuntMAn
How strong are the o.z. superleggera, I tried a search in the other place, but it doesn't work...

For a cast aluminum wheel, weight and strength are generally an inverse relationship. There are probably a few exceptions, but it holds pretty true. The OZ Super L’s are high quality, ultra-light wheel. You can expect them to bend from a serious enough pothole.

yah, if you're going for a dressup cast wheel, expect to pay for a heavy wheel. they are more robust. paying less for a
light cast wheel could introduce trouble. but then again, they're
so cheap that you can get 6 wheels for the price of 4.

robustness also comes from the design as well. more spokes
is usually stronger on the rim than a standard 5spoke.

taking everything into consideration, i went with a 5 double spoke
22lbs heavy cast dressup wheel which comes hubcentric and 52mm offset (perfect). very strong, no vibations, very nice looking and handling/steering geometry is not distorted and
half of what I paid for the SSR wheels on my prelude. :D

the new SDR's might be pretty strong compared to the subzero's.

i just order my self some 18" sub zero's, hopefully i wont have any problems, i got a pretty good deal on them too.
$1000 Shipped with Khumo 712's mounted, and new lug nuts including locking lugs.
-Zoeb

Originally posted by StuntMAn
How strong are the o.z. superleggera, I tried a search in the other place, but it doesn't work...

Not sure how much it took to do this but it can happen... OZ SL's

Now I'm glad I only run a 17in Linea for summer use. I like to drive too much to run 18s.

Ouch.

I hit a pothole with 3 people in my car ( 17" with Eibach's) the other day... I figured i wrecked the rim... was fine tho. BBS wheeks take an asskicking I'll tell you that much.

I have wrecked a few rims before... BBS are pretty damn strong imho :)

~v6

the new SDR's might be pretty strong compared to the subzero's

does anybody got a pick of these new sdr's?

I've hit quite a few potholes hard and havn't had a problem with my 18" subzeros. I've had them on for going on 8 months w/o a single problem. I'm very happy with them, for $600 a set you can't go wrong.-James

sdr'shttp://home.earthlink.net/~us5zahns/WRX/rotasdr.jpg

I've had no problems with my subzeros.

Just to let you guys know.

There have been only 4 subzero failures. All wheels from this batch were machined wrong. All the wheels from this batch have been acounted for and there are no more wheels out on the roads.

So you guys do not have to worry.
I have personally seen 2 sub zeros break spokes from autocrossing, and seen more than 3 or 4 pics of broken/cracked spokes on subzeros.

These are reported cases to us. If you have any cases that we do not know about, please let us know.

For the record, here are the list of people that were affected by the bad batch:

mavic (old i club board user name)
Tim Breuner (Dori doris friend)
KC (old i club user name)
another one that I forot the name
which makes it 4 people.
Mostof these guys have posted their pictures on the old board so it explains the picues people have been seeing

I had the 17 oz suppers, i traded them out for ssr because of the break kit i got but I was hitting a lot of pot hole with 3 people in the car and never chipped or bent a rim. my $.02

Originally posted by mike
I had the 17 oz suppers, i traded them out for ssr because of the break kit i got but I was hitting a lot of pot hole with 3 people in the car and never chipped or bent a rim. my $.02

damn you, i was goin to buy the SSR's off lou up at action tire, BTW, your car looks good

how would i know if my rims were from a bad batch? I just dented my sub zeros over the weekend. Do you guys offer a rim replacement or something?