anyone see a rota explode?
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Originally posted by mexicanpizza
Haven't we seen a bunch of Subzero failures? I guess you get what you pay for.
Haven't we seen a bunch of Subzero failures? I guess you get what you pay for.
Kostamojen, I wouldn't be worried about recommending the Attacks. There are so many of them in use that one isolated incident really doesn't mean anything about their long term reliability. So don't worry... yet, that is.
#21
I had to grin when I saw that dude up a tree like scared kitty cat. I have no doubt that there are other wheels that explode/break that cost more money. I think the term "You get what you pay for" is oversimplistic. Quality isnt dependent on money spent. I remember considering the SSR wheels for my car and in doing so I e-mailed another Subaru owner that had em to see what he said about em.. His reply was... that after about six months he had felt a slight wobble and that he assumed that he had hit something. He did not even recognize when he did hit something. (must be real fragile) So I guess he got what he paid for.......He said get some less expensive wheels.... so I did.
Last edited by BlueGargantua; 01-12-2003 at 10:13 PM.
#23
Hello,
I agree. You get what you pay for. So when you buy an expensive rim, you get a "normal" rim plus a name you get to brag about. You paid for the name, you get to brag about it.
Meanwhile, isolated failures will happen with any rim, whether it costs $1000 per rim or $100 per rim. Some will fail on rare occasions.
I can guarantee that none of you drive your rims as hard as we drive the rims on the racecar. Of 24 rims that we've used for racing (4 stock (rain tires, part of one season), 4 Advan RGs (race wheels, part of one season), and 16 Rota Sub-Zeros (race and rain, two seasons - and no, we are not sponsored by rota and they've never given us a single rim), we've had a grand total of 2 failures. Two of the Advan RGs, at different times, got bent. We never had a rim-bending accident, it was just through normal use.
So, the $400 per rim, forged major name brand rim bent not just once, but twice. The "crappy" "cheap" "non-forged" $145 per rim Rotas have never given us a single problem. We're starting a 3rd season on half of those rims, second season for the other half of those rims.
*shrug* I know I'd be upset if my rim fell apart on me, but in this case, I'd probably chalk it up to a quirk and send it in to Rota (they're local to us). The rims are among the highest quality rims I've ever used. I now use them on my street cars, too.
Joel
BTW, we get ours from Serious Auto.
I agree. You get what you pay for. So when you buy an expensive rim, you get a "normal" rim plus a name you get to brag about. You paid for the name, you get to brag about it.
Meanwhile, isolated failures will happen with any rim, whether it costs $1000 per rim or $100 per rim. Some will fail on rare occasions.
I can guarantee that none of you drive your rims as hard as we drive the rims on the racecar. Of 24 rims that we've used for racing (4 stock (rain tires, part of one season), 4 Advan RGs (race wheels, part of one season), and 16 Rota Sub-Zeros (race and rain, two seasons - and no, we are not sponsored by rota and they've never given us a single rim), we've had a grand total of 2 failures. Two of the Advan RGs, at different times, got bent. We never had a rim-bending accident, it was just through normal use.
So, the $400 per rim, forged major name brand rim bent not just once, but twice. The "crappy" "cheap" "non-forged" $145 per rim Rotas have never given us a single problem. We're starting a 3rd season on half of those rims, second season for the other half of those rims.
*shrug* I know I'd be upset if my rim fell apart on me, but in this case, I'd probably chalk it up to a quirk and send it in to Rota (they're local to us). The rims are among the highest quality rims I've ever used. I now use them on my street cars, too.
Joel
BTW, we get ours from Serious Auto.
#25
Hello,
Oops, I just looked it up. The wheel weights page listed the RG as forged. Advan's pages don't say. But I think you are correct. I was wrong about the price, too. For the 17 inch, they're about $500-550 a piece. And the RG stands for Racing and Gymkhana... Funny, that.
Joel
Oops, I just looked it up. The wheel weights page listed the RG as forged. Advan's pages don't say. But I think you are correct. I was wrong about the price, too. For the 17 inch, they're about $500-550 a piece. And the RG stands for Racing and Gymkhana... Funny, that.
Joel
#26
you mean this one?
Originally posted by PacificMartin
Yea, didn't Tommi or Petter do something similar this past season? I can't remember which rally, but I do remember the video. And they're riding on damn expensive wheels.
Yea, didn't Tommi or Petter do something similar this past season? I can't remember which rally, but I do remember the video. And they're riding on damn expensive wheels.
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Originally posted by BlueGargantua
I had to grin when I saw that dude up a tree like scared kitty cat. I have no doubt that there are other wheels that explode/break that cost more money. I think the term "You get what you pay for" is oversimplistic. Quality isnt dependent on money spent. I remember considering the SSR wheels for my car and in doing so I e-mailed another Subaru owner that had em to see what he said about em.. His reply was... that after about six months he had felt a slight wobble and that he assumed that he had hit something. He did not even recognize when he did hit something. (must be real fragile) So I guess he got what he paid for.......He said get some less expensive wheels.... so I did.
I had to grin when I saw that dude up a tree like scared kitty cat. I have no doubt that there are other wheels that explode/break that cost more money. I think the term "You get what you pay for" is oversimplistic. Quality isnt dependent on money spent. I remember considering the SSR wheels for my car and in doing so I e-mailed another Subaru owner that had em to see what he said about em.. His reply was... that after about six months he had felt a slight wobble and that he assumed that he had hit something. He did not even recognize when he did hit something. (must be real fragile) So I guess he got what he paid for.......He said get some less expensive wheels.... so I did.
jason
#29
Originally posted by mmboost
I'm just wondering how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Volk Rays TE37
I'm just wondering how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Volk Rays TE37
Seen it on a rally car. I could feel my wallet crying out with sympathy pain
Joel
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