[nisracer]

i dont knoow how to make this a poll, can someone help me please?

i hunted this wheel down after seing some on a navara.
Grid Offroad 20 - ROTA Wheels

20" x 8.5" 20+ offset, 6x114.3 27lbs
i was wanting to see if it would be worth trying to get a group buy together. i called rota today and they reffured me to a distributer. the dist. told me i could get a set for $1200shipped and it would take up to 3mo because they havent technicly came out yet. but also that she would be willing to do a group buy that would dramaticly drop the price. normal rota's go from 100-160/wheel not $300. she said that they weigh 27lbs/ wheel, and on the pic of the wheel, it says forged monoblock. i will call her back and see if they are indeed forged, if they are its a steel at even $1200

before everyone says rotas are crap, i know lots of people who drift with them and put them through hell, and i have never seen one break. and if these are really forged, then breakage will not be an issue with these ones. people dog on rota wheels all the time due to pics of shattered ones around the internet. but of corse, the pics are always of just the wheel still attached to the car in the ditch that it came to stop in lol. so my guess being that the still sell the sh!t out of them, the shattered ones are most likely from the car wrecking in the first place, in wich factory wheels shatter too.

here's a navara with them on it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iix7pm6aN9g

 

[mike]

They are 20's. Don't think you are going to find many people wanting to put that larger of a rim on a there trucks......I least I hope not.

 

[dubie2003]

They are 20's. Don't think you are going to find many people wanting to put that larger of a rim on a there trucks......I least I hope not.

I am with you on this but you will be amazed on how many people buy the truck because they think it is cool and never use it for offroading or towing or hauling or etc...

Just think of all those people selling on CL or Ebay or etc... stating that they never even had anything in the bed of the truck or the ones that have a hitch but state that it was never used and thus no abuse on the motor and then lastly, the Nismo Off-Road owners that are only on-road drivers, lol.

 

[nisracer]

for the desert,mud,rocks guys here, sure, 20 is too big. on that same note, if you are really agressive, dont you want to go with steel wheels anyway reguardless of size? but not all of us are 4x4, nore live in the desert, so 20" are fine, espesially for street trucks.

the only reason i had never contimplated 20's before is because they are all chrome/black, and weigh 36+lbs/wheel. i would like to lower my truck a lil bit "for more agressive street driving, and for looks too", the easiest way to do so without camber issues is get custom spindles wich you have to run 20"+ wheels to clear them. and that was out of the question before because i dont want to lower my truck just for looks, i want it to drive better agressively, so i didnt want to throw some ugly heavy chrome BS on my truck to do so. but now there is another option and they weigh the same as my nismo 18's. and personally i think they look awsome too. the main reason i want to bump up to 20's is to clear spindles.

just because you have big wheels, doesnt rule out shenanigans, it just means you will have a bumpier ride lol.

 

[Devius1]

... lastly, the Nismo Off-Road owners that are only on-road drivers, lol.

^like me?

G/L on the GB tho'..

Add/edit: Come to think of it with +4" lift I could run 26s.. lol.

 

[domoMKIV]

i have been a Rota fan since '99. I wouldn't buy them because I already have wheels but it would still be nice to see this go through!!

 

[wolfman437]

If they were a 17 id be all over them.

 

[nisracer]

If they were a 17 id be all over them.

you can get them in a 16x8 +30
Grid Offfoad - ROTA Wheels

 

[wolfman437]

Yea, but im looking for a low offset, like +12 or so. A 35x12.50 is going to be going on my wheels and i need them around the 9" wide mark and low enough offset to push the tire away from my spindles.

 

[carphreak]

i would so be down for these wheels but i'm saving up for something else so maybe sometime in the future....


in the meantime, here's what they might look like on our trucks

 

[nisracer]

i would so be down for these wheels but i'm saving up for something else so maybe sometime in the future....


in the meantime, here's what they might look like on our trucks

yeah, thats the truck that got me lookin, but i think the ones in the pic are 18's not the 20's

 

[silvrbreez]

been contemplating these as a change up if the price was right. could never find a picture of them with a center cap though. any idea what the center cap would look like.

 

[bwarren228]

I'm running them on my 240. THey look good. The center cap is huge though (if you've seen the big center cap that came on the first gen pathfinders, thats sort of the size). That is why most people leave them off. I'd like to try a volk center cap one day and see if it would fit. Only problem is, my bearing cap sticks through the center, so I'd have to get creative in the front.

 

[nisracer]

Only problem is, my bearing cap sticks through the center, so I'd have to get creative in the front.

i had that problem with my sportmax wheels on my 240 lol, so i left them off too.

 

[carphreak]

yeah, thats the truck that got me lookin, but i think the ones in the pic are 18's not the 20's

you're right. perhaps these are the twanks you're lookin for

which leaves me wondering, if those are 18s and rota only makes em in 16 and 20, then are they real volks? in a special pattern maybe?

 

[nisracer]

you're right. perhaps these are the twanks you're lookin for

which leaves me wondering, if those are 18s and rota only makes em in 16 and 20, then are they real volks? in a special pattern maybe?

yeah, i saw that vid, if you look in the comments, it says they are the rota 20"ers, so thats what they would look like on our trucks.

 

[carphreak]

yeah, i saw that vid, if you look in the comments, it says they are the rota 20"ers, so thats what they would look like on our trucks.

yep and that vid comes directly from the land of rotas, philippines. so that truck is a navara diesel.

but still i just realized about the 18 inchers on the white truck and i can't help but think where the heck he got it from. but then again i think the white truck is from thailand so maybe they have something there?

 

[z_frontier]

As a follow up to what nisracer posted about the quality of rota wheels, I found they are running the wheels in Europe on new Skyline GTR's with slicks on some of the toughest circuits over there.
This is a 1.5+ g cornering load, on a very expensive car. They have postings of xrays, and ultrasound checks of the wheels, and speak nothing but praise of the wheels for the improvement in lap times, build quality and strength versus price.
Several mentioned that the Volks for almost 5k more, were no improvement what so ever.
I figure if they work on Grand Prix tracks at 140plus, then should be fine for a daily beater pickup in an area where the average Big Brother enforced speed is around 35-45.
Now to find them in stock somewhere!

 

[nisracer]

another thing funny, is all the pics you see of shattered rota's they always seem to have road debris and or grass/dirt all over them, wich hints that they didnt just randomly bust, but they where in an accedent. ive seen all kinds of broken factory wheels, and aftermarket wheels break, so im sceptical to believe in peoples storys about them being weaker than other companys. if they where that unsafe they wouldnt still be making wheels "for the US anyway".

 

[z_frontier]

They are available in an 18"(please see web site) also, there are couple variants of the grid wheel, with silver, bronze, gold anodize, and a titanium color on the smaller sizes.
Unfortunately, none of them are imported into the US as of yet in our lug pattern.
I spoke with a Rota USA rep today,said I could do a special order be 60-90 days out.
Love the look on our trucks, but I am going to have to look into other similar styled options.
Only thing is I will not be pleased till find some other wheel that looks that good.:crikey: