[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by janitor

I understand what you are saying, and i am aware that Rota does manufacture wheels for Japanese automobile manufacturers, if you are planning on using an OEM wheel manufactured by Rota on your car then the strength concerns likely do not apply as the wheel was designed from the beginning of development to be made with a specific aluminum alloy by a specific manufacturing process, however if Nissan switched the production of Nismo LMGT4s from Rays to Rota without changing the design of the wheel at all - at that point strength would be a concern, which is the case with their replicas of forged aftermarket wheels. And this does apply mainly to the replicas of forged wheels, the Work Emotion CR Kai replica for example - i would be far less concerned about.

Rota wheels as applicable to the performance automotive enthusiast (read: not OEM wheels) are not sold in Japan in any significant quantity, this i will stand by. There is a difference between stamping a wheel with VIA and JWL and actually passing the JWL test by the manufacturer or being independently tested by VIA. As these markings mean nothing legally outside of Japan, Rota is able to leave these markings on the wheels. Wheels that are not JWL or VIA tested can be sold in Japan, however the large retailers will not carry them, which for a wheel manufacturer is a large percentage of total sales.

I broke an OEM Honda wheel (made by Enkei) but didn't even bend a Rota under far more severe usage.


I've used Rota's (and Volks, Desmond, SSR, old Buddy Club [ie not the new crap], 5Zigen (forged versions), etc) for several years and would not hesitate to use them again. I've bent the shit out of a forged wheel with regular track use (nothing crazy happened, no big off track excursions, etc). I've seen big boy forged wheels (Volks and Desmonds) fail on track also but to be fair I can't say what their usage was. I've done thousands of track miles and probably 100,000 miles or more on the street on Rotas. Not a single bend or failure on 2 different sets. Maybe I'm just lucky.. or unlucky depending.