Originally posted by Ffej207
I have also heard of several people having failures like that with their Rota wheels. In fact, one of the head haunchos in SCCA in Houston had sent a memo out that was suggesting possibly banning Rota wheels from SCCA events.
The thing to keep in mind is that we're in the age of the Internet. If someone breaks a wheel at an autocross anywhere in the country, we're going to hear about it, and we can do a search and get all the gory details of it anytime we want. Whereas 20 years ago, we would have been blissfully unaware of anything that didn't happen "in our own backyard".
My point is that there are A LOT of Rota wheels out there. A few are going to break. That's the way it goes. It doesn't mean that all Rota wheels are bad. Statistically, the number of failures is VERY low.
Now, if I were buying a set of wheels today, especially for a heavy car, I might be inclined to avoid the Sub Zero or Attack models that have shown the most breakage. Otherwise, I would not give it a second thought.