My PW Z siting on Rota

lemansz20 · 01-31-2010, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

Great company, not so great wheels. No one was really trying to turn this into a wheel debate, they were just commenting on the fact that to go from Rays to Rotas is counter intuitive. No one told the OP he should go change his wheels, they are just commenting on something someone posted on an online forum. He posted them to get comments right? Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad....

Its his car, he can paint it 3 different shades of poo brown if he so chooses...just don't come in here asking for comments because we are going to tell you it looks like ****..

I'm not sure which wheel debate we're supposed to let die either....maybe there's some fervent world wheel debate I dont know about... I'm also not sure that Volks are track only wheels either.. some people like having high quality wheels on their cars

Yay for freedom of speech.

And I had rotas on my last car as winter wheels, 2 were bent by the end of the season. Believe it or not, they are worth a third of the price for a reason.

If you go on the old 350z forums, most know that this has been beaten to death with a large stick. Why did the wheels bend, what tire sizes were on the wheels, I can show you volks and hres that have been bent. Wheels bend thats reality, just have to be careful and mindful of the roads.

You can say any reason of how your wheels got bent, but we will never know the truth b/c we were never there and frankly it just wouldnt matter to most here anyways. For real though, the car looks good, I wish the wheels in the front though were a little more concave like the rear though.

m4a1mustang · 01-29-2010, 02:37 PM

I looked and I thought... Hitler.

6MT · 01-29-2010, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

I looked and I thought... Hitler.

RCZ · 01-29-2010, 03:07 PM

Damn man, rotas? I guess to each their own, but you just took the value of your car down quite a bit with those. Its like going to autozone and buying Phantom filters and APC body kits...

Having said that, it doesnt look bad at all. Cool, good color choice.

PapoZalsa · 01-30-2010, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by RCZ

Damn man, rotas? I guess to each their own, but you just took the value of your car down quite a bit with those. Its like going to autozone and buying Phantom filters and APC body kits...

Would had left the Rays on and not embarass the Z community.

shabarivas · 01-29-2010, 03:47 PM

Thats what i was getting at... you see a lot of rotas poping up on cars these days but people forget that these are wheels to have on a daily driver... if you are pushing your car / tracking it... I would stay the eff away from rota... I dont want to turn this into a wheel debate... but it is what it is... and the OP seems to have done it for looks more than performance so its only fair...

antman22 · 01-29-2010, 05:04 PM

the moustache looks like a set of nostrils to me.

SE · 01-29-2010, 08:22 PM

Not feelin' the Rotas at all. Why not save and get a decent pair of real wheels rather than cheap Made-in-the-Philippines knockoffs? Would also look better without the nostrils and cheesy moustache also. The 370Z front looks like a face as it is.

motoextreme · 01-31-2010, 11:50 AM

Glad I didnt go for the bumper vents (or whatever they are called). Really does look odd, probably not so obvious on a black car but this one really does look like a face.

As I always say, to each their own though. Still curious if that direct flood of air at high speeds would do anything to power. I'd have to think it would. Those older street bikes saw huge HP gains when they started pushing ram air and amending the airboxes to get direct streams of air. Hard to capture though since car remains stationary during Dyno's, that is of course unless one of the newer ones with the huge variable fans is available.

Would be cool to see a test either way.

(Maybe they wouldnt stick out so much if they were white??)

AndyZ · 01-30-2010, 12:45 AM

Well thats just me. For the wheels the last moding for me. This totas gona be gone after i get the SC system

AndyZ · 01-31-2010, 04:45 AM

Oh well i didnt know getting cheap parts onthe car is embarass this Z community
then what about springs?
Isnt springs just one cheap way to get the car lowered
I had Eibachs on my car and now coilovers
well this time. I am taking cheap way to change the looks of my car and like i said i am going to get the SSRs after SC setup

i have no shame on my Calvin Klein shoes cmparing to Gucci or whatever. Cuz i can change it when ever i want.

I know it is just Rota. Period

shabarivas · 01-31-2010, 05:10 AM

Wow ... dont jump on the guys neck... he is aware of the performance implications clearly... certainly looks good tho

G37Sam · 01-31-2010, 08:27 AM

Congrats on the downgrade?

Shoulda stuck to your OEMs IMHO but to each his own

vortrex · 01-31-2010, 11:53 AM

they look good and I bet not a single person on this forum could tell the difference on whether he is running Rota's or Volk/SSR/HRE etc with a drive test.

motoextreme · 01-31-2010, 11:59 AM

I really dig black wheels on white cars, definitely dig the wheel choice IMO

01-29-2010, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
m4a1mustang A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 55,385 Drives: on two wheels Rep Power: 6963	I looked and I thought... Hitler. __________________ - Steve Zs & Coffee - Saturdays at 10AM in Fairfax, VA and Columbia, MD (Click the banner!) LIKE us on Facebook!

01-29-2010, 03:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
RCZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 6,403 Drives: '09 370Z Rep Power: 1119	Damn man, rotas? I guess to each their own, but you just took the value of your car down quite a bit with those. Its like going to autozone and buying Phantom filters and APC body kits... Having said that, it doesnt look bad at all. Cool, good color choice. Last edited by RCZ; 01-29-2010 at 03:10 PM.

01-31-2010, 11:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
motoextreme Track Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chino Hills, CA Posts: 971 Drives: Nismo NO MODS! Rep Power: 369	Glad I didnt go for the bumper vents (or whatever they are called). Really does look odd, probably not so obvious on a black car but this one really does look like a face. As I always say, to each their own though. Still curious if that direct flood of air at high speeds would do anything to power. I'd have to think it would. Those older street bikes saw huge HP gains when they started pushing ram air and amending the airboxes to get direct streams of air. Hard to capture though since car remains stationary during Dyno's, that is of course unless one of the newer ones with the huge variable fans is available. Would be cool to see a test either way. (Maybe they wouldnt stick out so much if they were white??) __________________ Fast Intensions / NST / Mishimoto / Alpine / JDM / Volk / Brembo / Rotora / Seibon / Stillen / Password: JDM / KW / MR Works / RAW / Sun Auto / B&M / Amplified Motorsports

01-31-2010, 04:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
AndyZ Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Santa clara Age: 35 Posts: 334 Drives: Ford Escort "100HP" Rep Power: 16	Oh well i didnt know getting cheap parts onthe car is embarass this Z community then what about springs? Isnt springs just one cheap way to get the car lowered I had Eibachs on my car and now coilovers well this time. I am taking cheap way to change the looks of my car and like i said i am going to get the SSRs after SC setup i have no shame on my Calvin Klein shoes cmparing to Gucci or whatever. Cuz i can change it when ever i want. I know it is just Rota. Period Last edited by AndyZ; 01-31-2010 at 04:47 AM.

01-31-2010, 08:27 AM	#13 (permalink)
G37Sam A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Dubai, UAE Posts: 1,507 Drives: RB'd G37 Rep Power: 21	Congrats on the downgrade? Shoulda stuck to your OEMs IMHO but to each his own __________________ '14 Viper GTS '08 RB'd G37S - Sold

01-29-2010, 03:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
shabarivas A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,188 Drives: 370z MB 6mt Rep Power: 914	Thats what i was getting at... you see a lot of rotas poping up on cars these days but people forget that these are wheels to have on a daily driver... if you are pushing your car / tracking it... I would stay the eff away from rota... I dont want to turn this into a wheel debate... but it is what it is... and the OP seems to have done it for looks more than performance so its only fair...

01-29-2010, 05:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
antman22 Track Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 597 Drives: 09 PG 370z 7AT Rep Power: 17	the moustache looks like a set of nostrils to me.

01-29-2010, 08:22 PM	#8 (permalink)
SE A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,236 Drives: 370z/STI/EVO X/IS-F Rep Power: 24	Not feelin' the Rotas at all. Why not save and get a decent pair of real wheels rather than cheap Made-in-the-Philippines knockoffs? Would also look better without the nostrils and cheesy moustache also. The 370Z front looks like a face as it is.

01-30-2010, 12:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
AndyZ Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Santa clara Age: 35 Posts: 334 Drives: Ford Escort "100HP" Rep Power: 16	Well thats just me. For the wheels the last moding for me. This totas gona be gone after i get the SC system

01-31-2010, 05:10 AM	#12 (permalink)
shabarivas A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 2,188 Drives: 370z MB 6mt Rep Power: 914	Wow ... dont jump on the guys neck... he is aware of the performance implications clearly... certainly looks good tho

01-31-2010, 11:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
vortrex Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SF, CA Posts: 199 Drives: '09 370z 6spd Rep Power: 16	they look good and I bet not a single person on this forum could tell the difference on whether he is running Rota's or Volk/SSR/HRE etc with a drive test.

01-31-2010, 11:59 AM	#15 (permalink)
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