Originally Posted by novem

As far as I am concerned, it's your car..to each his own. The one thing thats irritating is when people have fake wheels with real wheel stickers. The big thing I have been seeing is the BBS LM fakes being passed off as real. There was even a Evo X at MOD that had fake LM at a vendor stand, with BBS center caps and stickers on the lips. The repos look like this.



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Originally Posted by IbeBOOSTIN

^^^ sorry brotha but that's a 240 lol

Originally Posted by reboundicon

Hey Guys,

Since spring is slowly approaching and thoughts of spring/summer wheel and tire set ups come to mind to keep us warm at night, I've been looking at a few styles of rims. Obviously my favourite, along with many other Evo owners is the Advan RS GTR face. I know these rims are very pricey and from what I have heard they are super light as well. They seem like the clear cut choice, but I'm debating if I can justify the price as well as being paranoid of rock chips, potholes, thieves etc.

Now comes the ROTA Gforce, a clear carbon copy of the Advan RS GTR face. I've searched and saw many threads with guys running these and they praise them without any issues or problems. From what I have heard in the past, many people say ROTA's are cheap knock off rims, and you get what you pay for. If this is the case however, why are so many Evo and STI owners using them?

I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on ROTA rims (quality, build, looks) and even the Advan RS (over-rated, well priced, etc.).

Thanks

***UPDATE***

To update this thread, I ended up going with a set of VOLK CE28N Limited Edition in TI Gunmetal. The reason being I could not justify paying almost $3000 (yes we pay a lot more in Canada although our dollar is higher!), for a set of non forged Advan RS rims that were average weight. I thought long and hard and figured it was worth the money to invest in a good quality proven rim that was original in design and forged.

Although I don't have any real issues with Rotas other than the fact they are indeed knock offs of original designs companies work hard to create. I understand they are trying to appeal to a market, which can not justify paying the high price tag of an authentic rim, but want something that is reliable and quality.

The main reasons I ended up going with the VOLKS were the following, most of which were the best points I ran across in the thread.

1. The VOLKS are a true original design and weigh 16lbs a piece and are made of quality materials and are forged. Although I know rota makes a quality wheel now, there is no way their manufacturing process is as deep as the likes of VOLK which has been proven over time.

2. I waited like many people said in the thread. Finally found a good deal and went with it. Yes I still paid much more than a set of rotas, but it wasn't an insane amount more due to my patience.

3. The resale value of any wheel like VOLK, Advan, BBS, etc. is very high and you can easily sell your rims if you are looking for a change as people are always looking for the real deal wheels. Often people will ditch their rotas in a heart beat for well priced authentics.

4. Companies work hard to create original designs and the more we support replicas (no matter how good they are), we are hurting the manufacturers and eventually will drive them out of business. I work in the video game industry and I know when people bootleg and pirate games it hurts us and cuts into our salary and bonus money so I equated it to what rota is doing.

5. I have no problem with rota as mentioned previously and would probably buy a set for the winter, if I didn't have MR BBS rims already. I do believe they should come up with original designs however if they want to be taken seriously in a market of many other affordable wheels, which don't rip off designs like Enkei, SSR, 5zigen, etc.

Again this thread helped me with my opinion and making a decision on my set of wheels and I thank everyone who contributed!

Now it's time to get these bad boys on my EVO!