Rota is suing people...who copy them..

theDreamer

They copied & stole some of the most famous wheel designs by top wheel manufacturers and passed them off as their own. But they used lower quality materials and no R&D.

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Red__Zed

That's probably a little bit harsh. Rota's wheels are at least reasonable quality, and they've never directly copied other wheels (to my knowledge), instead leaning towards the "inspired by" side. They've gotten a bad rep because people will throw Rays/VOLK/SSR stickers on the fakes.

In this case, the copies are actually sticking the Rota name on the wheel...directly impugning the brand rather than just lifting the style. Rota has actually built a somehwat valuable brand as producing "safe fakes"

theDreamer

I never said they were bad, just lower quality material, up to the owner to decide if he wants to spend much more for different material. And yes, the bad rep more so came from people buying other stickers and slapping them on the replicas.

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Volk Z

Coming from owning numerous Volk/Rays wheels they are one of my least favorite companies as they blatently knock off almost every Volk wheel but use far inferior materials and build process.

Their product is not good at all. There are a lot of youtube vids and pictures showing the quality of these wheels breaking off the hub at the spokes!

There are other companies that make original wheels and are not that much more pricey.

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