Originally Posted by 4Bangin

Originally Posted by 4bangin

I was coming up the hill to turn left, crested the hill turned the wheel to the left, and the corner was way off camber, so when I went to hit the brakes there was really nothing to grab due to it being off camber, they locked up and the wheel was cranked all the way to the left and it just slid until I hit the curb. It was the longest slowest slide I have ever experienced. It was really wierd, my buddy behind, was like wtf, why isnt his car turning. He said it was one of the wierdest things he has seen as well.

Originally Posted by 4bangin

Yah, I though about hittin the gas once I hit the curb, and yah we get ice in Oregon alot. I just prefer not to drive in it. Oh and the tires are 3 month old Kumho Ecsta 711's

Originally Posted by 4bangin

Well I wasnt the first person to shatter a wheel on this corner, was going through the pieces and realized there was a piece of rim that did not belong to me. :lol:

And I wasnt cornering at 25mph I hit the brakes before the turn going 25 they locked up and I slid into the curb, by the time I hit the curb my car had only turned about 60 degrees rather than the 90 needed to clear the corner and the wheel was turned all the way to the left. The skid marks start way before the corner.

Oh and AGAIN, Im not bashing Rota, Ive seen a pair of Focals do this as well, but it kind of sucks comparing Rotas to Focals. All I said was that Im going to write them, to see if they have had a problem with this wheel, because it is a new design and a new texture, which leads me to believe it might even be new materials to Rota. I just wanna check, Im not blaming the wheel for breaking, Im actually happy it broke it saved me some money and car downtime.