SAKI's new LOOK again!, New BODY KIT(sponsor) + RIMS(with rotaryrocket and STI)
08-29-2008, 08:28 PM
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08-29-2008, 10:25 PM
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If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
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09-01-2008, 01:45 AM
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They are lighter, stronger, retain value, have quality control, a better manufacturing process, better paint, etc. I could go on forever.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
dude that pic was from like years ago, could of been photoshopped, wheres the lawsuit why is rota still around if this had happen???? dont believe everything you see on the interenet things can be easily fixed these days, show me something that you didnt get off surfing the internet....
keep going on and on i wanna see you run into a wall and tell me if those high quality wheels will save you???or race a stock vs stock 8 one with rotas and one with advans see witch is faster....prove to me on a track that the high priced wheels are worth the cost and if i get high priced wheels will that gaurantee me a spot on a magazine or automatically win me a car show or a race??? you know and i know that we both seen cars with rotas on front covers of magazines....
about the shirts, jeans , shoes, ect..... aye if it looks good why not...i was not raised with a silver spoon in my mouth...all my stuff has my blood sweat and tears on it fake or not. for those of you that know me can easily see where im coming from...
"step your weight game up not your hate game"
09-01-2008, 01:48 AM
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09-01-2008, 02:52 AM
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They are lighter, stronger, retain value, have quality control, a better manufacturing process, better paint, etc. I could go on forever.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
and you talk so much about knock offs and cheap rims why the hell you taking pics of a 240 with sportmax on them that looks like a monster truck with weak offsets????my sisters milly is hella flushed compare to that!!!
talk about faking the funk you over here taking pics of cars with sport max...
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09-01-2008, 03:48 AM
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They are lighter, stronger, retain value, have quality control, a better manufacturing process, better paint, etc. I could go on forever.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
If you have ever looked at how many weights it takes to balance a knockoff versus genuine wheels, you will see the difference in quality.
Many authentic wheels are forged and when you take the same design and produce it in a casting process, it'll be weak and fragile in comparison. Have you seen the many pictures of the wheel face being split from the actual barrel? It's because there is no R&D behind the build of the wheel. You can't take a forged design with thin spokes and expect the same results with a cast wheel. The structural integrity and behavior of the wheels when it is put in a position to be damaged is unpredictable. It's things like this that make up the "difference" when you say they are the same minus stickers.
You know the real reason why authentic wheels cost as much as they do. It's because of people like you who support knockoff companies who don't have an R&D team that blueprints and tests their wheels + manufacturing process.
Do you wear counterfeit shirts, jeans, shoes, and watches? It's the same thing as putting fake wheels on your car. The fact is, you'd always be faking the funk no matter what your argument is.
Your weights to balance comparison is invalid unless you're balancing just the wheels themselves; adding tires into the equation would mean that the tire imbalance comes into the picture.
Your picture doesn't prove a whole lot. If you look at it, you'll see that the sides of the spoke about an inch closer to the hub from the break looks like it's been machined. Also, the breakage is normal to the surface, which suggests that the barrel of the wheel was sheared off sideways. Based on those two observations, I really think the wheel was probably ran into a curb at a very high speed (think curbing your wheels HARD, but at something like 40 mph). I've seen wheels fail in similar fashion in the WRC, and you can bet WRC teams aren't sparing expenses when it comes to wheel selection!
09-02-2008, 04:00 AM
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I kind of was...
Originally Posted by tiltmode43
Sorry if this is a sore point but authentic? Or no
Where's the smoke that comes with the abflug stuff anyways, they show it in their pic
'grats on the sponsorship, regardless of what for/why
Where's the smoke that comes with the abflug stuff anyways, they show it in their pic
'grats on the sponsorship, regardless of what for/why
09-02-2008, 04:07 AM
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Also, the fake Vs real debate is a lot of personal preference than 100% quality.
Take some Shine replicas Vs real
Some people have different limits. I own a pair of fake $7 sunglasses Vs $120. At the same time, I would never pay $400 for something that is fake, regardless of whether the original cost double that. Its just a bootleg Vs. Original debate.
Take some Shine replicas Vs real
Some people have different limits. I own a pair of fake $7 sunglasses Vs $120. At the same time, I would never pay $400 for something that is fake, regardless of whether the original cost double that. Its just a bootleg Vs. Original debate.
09-02-2008, 05:56 AM
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hey homie remember this issue of dsport mag with the article with rb products tested on a rx8, look at the front cover dude its rocking rota boost!!!!how did he do it??? must be the shoes!!!
and you talk so much about knock offs and cheap rims why the hell you taking pics of a 240 with sportmax on them that looks like a monster truck with weak offsets????my sisters milly is hella flushed compare to that!!!
talk about faking the funk you over here taking pics of cars with sport max...
and you talk so much about knock offs and cheap rims why the hell you taking pics of a 240 with sportmax on them that looks like a monster truck with weak offsets????my sisters milly is hella flushed compare to that!!!
talk about faking the funk you over here taking pics of cars with sport max...
09-02-2008, 07:10 AM
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RX8 HA HA
I bought my ultra rare uber baller status TE37's cause I liked the way they looked..hahaha now that they're gone wait till you guys see what replaces them..hahah ooops...
09-02-2008, 07:19 AM
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RX8 HA HA
btw, i see both sides of the argument. I lean towards getting authentic parts over replica anyday, but I also don't see anything wrong with rota's. They may be replica's but they make some of the best replica's out there. I'm sure if my occupation was in the industry I would have a different answer but 99.9% of us are not and whether we like it or not it's all based upon opinion.
09-03-2008, 06:48 PM
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That makes so much sense , I guess Volk charges around $800/wheel for 18" RE-30's because he supports rota.
I don't get why you hate on replica wheels so much when you rocked SEIBON fenders on your S when they are nothing but J's racing replicas.
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09-04-2008, 02:51 AM
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Rota Boost has the same design as the Advan RG2. Is the boost an rg2? No, therefore it's a fake wheel. Ever seen The Pursuit of Function?
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