I wanna purchase a set of wheels just to throw a set of r comps on for the track. Have you guys had any luck with using rota wheels if not what other cheap wheels have you found work well for the track.

 

Rotas should be fine. There's even a vendor on here who tracks with them. Import tuner did an article about using these and they held up, but there were some who had indeed cracked a few.

 

If you wanna go Rota, go to wheeldude, their the cheapest.

 

I've never heard of cracked Rota wheels that were tracked. Did they hit a wall?

 

Yea, i've heard of broken rotas but never done it/seen it in person. I doubt it happens very often you should be fine.

 

why not just spemd $300 more and get a nice set of Nt03's?

 

I know several people that have cracked them. And not just with track use. I cracked a Rota Boost on a previous car completely off the rim and vowed never to cheap-out on rims again. And no, I didn't hit anything crazy - just skidded sideways and I guess it gave away under the extra 'g' force.

I think the design of the cast wheel was really the issue - Boosts. As I know lotsa people run these, so to each his own! G/L.

 

GST Motorsports runs them on their RTA Unlimited Class car...

 

I'm running Rotas on my car as a DD wheel. Next year I plan to buy some actual Volks...put decent street tires on them and put R compounds on the Rotas

 

Now there's a plan

 

evodave is auto-x with them in his x if im not mistaken

i was thinking of going rotas with R compounds since i only track my car about 7 times a year

in the mean time ... subscribed to this thread, interested to see results and how they hold up to abuse

 

How much do they weigh in comparison to the stock Evo wheels or other commonly used track wheels? Wheel weight is pretty important (lighter is better). Plus, there's the issue of durability. I don't know much about Rotas but I'm inclined to think that wheels as cheap as them probably won't hold up to the usual track day abuse.

 

The 17x9s I was looking at were 18 lbs.

 

Really? That's good.

 

Shoot WheelDude a PM, he is has all the information for you