[joeyb]

These are the Rota Retro's, 15x6.5, +38 offset, ~15lbs. Inspired by the Bertone designed Campagnolo wheels that were optional equipment on the Dino 246GT. Rota says they only made one production run of 60 sets, never made another run and that the mold's been broken.

Aside from myself, there's another fellow in the Philippine club that's got 'em. Does anybody else anywhere have a set on a Miata/Roadster/MX-5?

 

[TrophyFodder]

[napoleandynamite]LUCKY[/napoleandynamite]

These would go perfect with Mr Woolery's green/yellow Rotus.

If you EVER want to sell/trade them, please contact me.

Chris

 

[joeyb]

I'll keep an eye out for you if a set becomes available and let you know ....

 

[Bryan]

They sure are pretty...

 

[joeyb]

There are so many classic wheel designs from the 60's and 70's from old wheelmakers like Campagnolo, Cromodora, Compomotive, Gotti, etc... I wish today's wheelmakers would just revive those old designs.

 

[jesseclee]

Beautiful. The best , and probably the only original design from Rota!

Oh yeah- JDMTheory is now making copies of this wheel:
http://shop1.jdmtheory.com/product_info.php?products_id=750&osCsid=19ad1ee65100d142c6d708e1fca9a189

The irony, the irony of it all

 

[fwdtamiya]

Beautiful. The best , and probably the only original design from Rota!

Oh yeah- JDMTheory is now making copies of this wheel:
http://shop1.jdmtheory.com/product_info.php?products_id=750&osCsid=19ad1ee65100d142c6d708e1fca9a189

The irony, the irony of it all

Those are the Rotas and they are named the J's Mode, i've never heard of them called the Retro before, or that they were limited to 60 sets :?

I've seen a few sets around honda-tech

 

[JDMAflac]

taking a stab at this but they somehow resemble the old school mugen wheels.

 

[Greg G]

Beautiful. The best , and probably the only original design from Rota!

Oh yeah- JDMTheory is now making copies of this wheel:
http://shop1.jdmtheory.com/product_info.php?products_id=750&osCsid=19ad1ee65100d142c6d708e1fca9a189

The irony, the irony of it all

Damn Rota should sue those copycats hahaha :lol:

 

[joeyb]

good there are copies, i need to get a couple as spares.

 

[fwdtamiya]

What do you guys mean copies? The link posted are the rotas

 

[joeyb]

it would be really nice if they are rota's.

after searching the rota outlets here in manila for retro's last year without success, i finally asked a factory representative if i could get another set, even if only 2 pieces and that's when i was told of the story of the 60 sets and the ceasure of production.

but what do i know ... that was last year, the story could even have been a bogus one or maybe they've made another run since then. good thing is that they're now available whether made by rota or not.

 

[joeyb]

Here are some classic wheel designs that I'd like to see more of in the market. these are from Gotti:

 

[djsqiigles]

yeah those wheels are pretty much sick. Love old school wheels. But fiding exclusives is very difficult.