I haven't taken the car to the track yet...but have been driving the car throughout the summer pushing the car and on bad roads in Toronto. So far no issues.
I believe that those people that have negative reviews were running 30 profile tires or lower. I've seen strong expensive wheels break running low profile tires.
Reasons I got them in importance order:
1. They clear AP Racing brakes up front (I could get 2 GramLights for front since I already had 2 rears (for sale now) but I would need spacers to clear the brakes. I don't like the spacer idea when I spend $600+ per wheel.
2. Price is important too when you get wheels and not sure if they will fit properly. Note: DMS coilovers leave less room on inside of the wheel at the back than other coilovers as the springs seat quite a bit lover. In my case 255 tire would not work with 15mm effective offset and negative camber on my car. I would need lower offset and roll the fender.
3. I am planning to use them for racing and the thought process was that I can rotate them.
I'm looking for another nice set of dress wheels for cruising that won't need any spacers and look good. Something like Pat's (alltrac101) setup. But I need more time to figure out perfect offset and AP brakes makes it more harder to find right wheels as they don't like making rims that clear big brakes in 5x100 setup
toayoztan":er5rojmf said:
What's your take on the Rota's anyway?
I'm sure you've heard the mixed reviews about half saying they are cheap quality, don't buy them, they won't hold up.
The other half says they are plenty fine unless you "slam into a curb at 90mph" kind of deal (basically, it's not good to do that with any wheel).
Did you get them for the looks and b/c they were a good price, or b/c you think they will hold up good and plan to do some racing and pushing the car?
Bryan