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by cruisn » Sat Sep 28, 2013 8:13 pm
SIMBAT wrote:Anyway back to the rims...
What for? Theyre only ROTA's......
The tyre talk is far more interesting.

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by jslayz » Sat Sep 28, 2013 9:45 pm
cruisn wrote:SIMBAT wrote:Anyway back to the rims...
What for? Theyre only ROTA's......
The tyre talk is far more interesting.

I'm not a fan of Rotas.
Copying .....no striking originals in their catalogue in my book.
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by SIMBAT » Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:21 pm
rooby wrote:I would say guard rolling is lass hassle than running improperly fitting tyres.
What is the hard part about guard rolling?
Paint cracking on the fold, happened on my last car. plus its expensive and as i said i prefer a bit of stretch.
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by SIMBAT » Sat Sep 28, 2013 11:30 pm
jslayz wrote:cruisn wrote:SIMBAT wrote:Anyway back to the rims...
What for? Theyre only ROTA's......
The tyre talk is far more interesting.

I'm not a fan of Rotas.
Copying .....no striking originals in their catalogue in my book.
J
I'd prefer replacing a $300 ROTA than an $800 ADVAN since they both do the exact same job and look the same (besides the ADVAN engraving). Unless that engraving has aerodynamic advantages, in that case i'd happily fork out an extra $500 per rim.

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by jslayz » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:23 am
I know which one I'd rather have on the car at 100km/h and hitting a pothole....
Additional strength through more refined engineering and production process is what you are paying for.
When I see some original styled Rotas that are fully forged, I'll be interested, till then....yawn.
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by cruisn » Sun Sep 29, 2013 8:45 am
SIMBAT wrote:rooby wrote:
What is the hard part about guard rolling?
Paint cracking on the fold, happened on my last car. plus its expensive and as i said i prefer a bit of stretch.
Paint cracking meant it wasnt done properly.
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by peadya100 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 9:56 am
Im due for tyres and have been looking at going 225 or 235 but its a tricky one to me. 225/40 means ill change the rolling diameter and throw the speedo even further out.. and 225/45 will increase the wall size and look average. It would all be so much easier if it was easy to correct speedos.
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by SIMBAT » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:19 am
peadya100 wrote:Im due for tyres and have been looking at going 225 or 235 but its a tricky one to me. 225/40 means ill change the rolling diameter and throw the speedo even further out.. and 225/45 will increase the wall size and look average. It would all be so much easier if it was easy to correct speedos.
how wide are your rims?
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by SIMBAT » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:28 am
jslayz wrote:I know which one I'd rather have on the car at 100km/h and hitting a pothole....
Additional strength through more refined engineering and production process is what you are paying for.
When I see some original styled Rotas that are fully forged, I'll be interested, till then....yawn.
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Considering my last set of rims on my old car were ADVAN's... these to be exact
http://www.advanwheels.com.au/wheels/wheel.aspx?id=21 and they still bent when i hit a curb at Sandown raceway i decided to give ROTA's a chance.
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by HoFF » Sun Sep 29, 2013 12:29 pm
SIMBAT wrote:jslayz wrote:I know which one I'd rather have on the car at 100km/h and hitting a pothole....
Additional strength through more refined engineering and production process is what you are paying for.
When I see some original styled Rotas that are fully forged, I'll be interested, till then....yawn.
J
Considering my last set of rims on my old car were ADVAN's... these to be exact
http://www.advanwheels.com.au/wheels/wheel.aspx?id=21 and they still bent when i hit a curb at Sandown raceway i decided to give ROTA's a chance.
Exactly. They bent instead of shattering like a Rota would.
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by SIMBAT » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:50 pm
still broken.
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by peadya100 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:39 pm
SIMBAT wrote:peadya100 wrote:Im due for tyres and have been looking at going 225 or 235 but its a tricky one to me. 225/40 means ill change the rolling diameter and throw the speedo even further out.. and 225/45 will increase the wall size and look average. It would all be so much easier if it was easy to correct speedos.
how wide are your rims?
I just have the standard spec b rims... I think theyre 7.5 or 8"
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by HoFF » Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:53 pm
peadya100 wrote:SIMBAT wrote:peadya100 wrote:Im due for tyres and have been looking at going 225 or 235 but its a tricky one to me. 225/40 means ill change the rolling diameter and throw the speedo even further out.. and 225/45 will increase the wall size and look average. It would all be so much easier if it was easy to correct speedos.
how wide are your rims?
I just have the standard spec b rims... I think theyre 7.5 or 8"
Standard rims are only 7inch.
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by SIMBAT » Sun Sep 29, 2013 7:39 pm
peadya100 wrote:SIMBAT wrote:peadya100 wrote:Im due for tyres and have been looking at going 225 or 235 but its a tricky one to me. 225/40 means ill change the rolling diameter and throw the speedo even further out.. and 225/45 will increase the wall size and look average. It would all be so much easier if it was easy to correct speedos.
how wide are your rims?
I just have the standard spec b rims... I think theyre 7.5 or 8"
Just stick to 215/45/R18 if you want to feel improved handling get a set of these
http://www.yokohama.com.au/en/Tyres/ADV ... .aspx?pg=2they're amazing!
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by peadya100 » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:32 pm
Yeah I know the advans... not really necessary for my sort of driving. I dont track it or get a chance to corner hard much in sydney. I think ill stick with potenzas... might try pzeros???
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