or a +15

 

Who ever said Rota made a +15 mm offset? I sure didn't.


But if they do, I'll buy another couple of sets and put stickers all over those too. I'm thinking GI Joe stickers will be next. Maybe even Barbie when I am feeling sassy

 

I have no idea what you are talking about?

yes that was a question.

 

Just to avoid any confusion with sizes, the widest Rota currently out for the 350Z is 10" wide.

We do have a +15 offset wheels (we even made P45R's in +12 at one point) in the Rota Grid model. The only color available for this model is Gold.

18x9.5 +15 Grid on a local 240SX, hellaflush approved


and on a G35 Coupe



-Dan

 

Dan to save the day! Haha thanks man! I remember the P45's having been offered in +12 mm offset but that was after I ordered mine I think. I may be ordering another set of wheels from you soon too!

-Jonathan

 

Did enkei steal any designs or vise versa? only cause i have the rpf-1's

 

Enkei wheels were sold at Sears for years. And yes, multiple old designs were replications of other brand wheels.

 

rpf-1 are pretty original as far as I know.

 

i never noticed before... but rotas have to be the most expensive knock offs evar

and they still don't make the best sizes.... jerks

 

What sizes are you referring to?

PS: They are very well made. They have come a long way since the Slipstream.

 

I didn't see Drag wheels listed but they are one of the ultimate copy cat companies. Their company discription says it all " Drag Wheels unveils a collection of Japanese inspired design capturing the JDM enthusiasm. "

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...s/drag/home.do


For example
Drag DR-21 - Enkei rp-f1
Drag DR-23 - Spoon? (which also inspired Rota slipstreams)
Drag DR-17 - 5zigen fn01r-c
Drag DR-28 - Watanabe?
Drag DR-29 - Mugen?
Drag DR-31 - Work Emotion CR KAI
Drag DR-9 - Rays Gram Lights

 

^ Yep! I was JUST about to add some drags on here...

 

Drag DR-28 = RS Watanabe
Drag DR-29 = Mugen MF10
Drag DR-33 = Advan F7
Drag DR-9 = Volk CE28
Drag DR-7 = Mugen M7
Drag DR-16 = GAB Sports
Sportmax / XXR 002 = RS Watanabe
Sportmax / XXR 504 = SSR Vienna Dish
Linea Corse Z20 = BMW CSL

 

Pics and comparisons started on new blog:

www.FakeWheels.com

 

Nice work. no joke either!

 

Thanks dude, still have a few tweaks to make and need to update the domain/host. Currently, it's just fwd'd to another site. But yeah, took alot of work to get all the pics and what not up...

 

That's a fairly standard wheel design, but they definitely remind me of the Racing Hart M5s:



...I think you have to be a little more old-skool to remember those Racing Harts. They came out in the early 90s. Anyway, not so much that I would label the Sterns as a knock-off, just similiar.


Honestly I don't know WTF happened to Stern. They used to make some very high-quality wheels about 15 years ago, including a line of forged models. They also supplied Saleen with forged wheels for almost a decade. I stopped hearing about them after a while, but then the last few years I saw their name pop up again all over fleaBay with a completely different logo and junk wheels. I can only assume after looking around that the name was purchased by some company called "Golden Apple" that carries a bunch of low-tier brands like Nex and Maxspeed. Shameful really if that's the case, Stern was a VERY reputable company.


OP, would it be too much trouble to put these in some sort of alphabetical order? I like this idea for a thread, but some sort of categorization would be very helpful (and easier to do now rather than later). My suggestion would be to have the manufacturers listed alphabetically, then the model of the original design, followed by any knock-offs of that. Like this:


ADVAN
T7 - Motegi R7, Konig Tantrum, Exel BK-7

WORK
Emotion CR KAI - Drag DR-31, Rota Torque
Equip 03 - Rota Flashback, Axis Old Skool


...so on and so forth. What do you think?

 

ur more welcome....Def looks put together well. Keeping it up to date will also take some work.. I'll be checking in from time to time..

 

Not a bad idea, I'll go ahead and post a new article on my blog with a categorization as you suggested. It's not really realistic to update this thread as eventually I won't be able to edit the first post....

 

Moar

Linea Corse Sabina = Hartge Classic II
Miro 279 = BBS LM
Miro M01 = BMW CSL
Miro 366 = Hamann Edition Race
Miro 243 = Brabus Monoblock
Miro SF701 = Work Varianza T1S

good job with the blog