Has anyone made use of the 16x8 Rota Slipstream wheels from the GB?

[markseven]

Yeah, they are nice people but have little to no pride in their work. Even if they are getting low pay, they should still try and do the best job possible, yeah? IMO, a good work ethic shouldn't be dependent on pay scale.

While I was there 3 guys with a black 91 NSX were getting tires mounted on brand new LMs with gold spokes/mesh. They said they drove from Duarte (30+ miles) because they had heard Big-O did good work. Before going to Big-O, I talked to a GTI buddy who lives on VW Vortex and he too said a lot of people recommend Big-O

Too late in the game now, but I found a good place in Brea that has brand new 'touchless' equipment including a road force balancer. PM me if anyone needs their info.

[der affe]

tyre store = low $ employes = low skill/experence =bent/scratched.broken wheels
worked for discount for a short time inbetween jobs, and had lots of experence from the vw shop doing tyres, it was a low paying job with little reguard for experence in relation to the pay. not much future in it. on par with pumping gas. except with some skill
greg

[Borat]

Agreed, easy enough to scratch if you are careless/lazy but they must have fucked up real bad to bend the thing.

[2002maniac]

I would not take it back to them. They are obviously fuckups becasue it isnt easy to bend a wheel.

I worked at a tire store briefly a few years ago and I just cant see a justified reason for bending a rim.

[ohnoes]

Glad to hear you got your issues resolved. Pics or ban when you get the chance!

[markseven]

Update

I took my car to Big-O yesterday, and the manager, the same guy who got all defensive when I brought the bend to his attention, was ultra cool and apologized for the damage his shop had caused. He showed me a bent 22" Breyton they took off a new sixer (which was still on the lift, btw) and told me Keystone was coming by later to pick up my Rota and the Breyton. Anyway, we put on the spare and I left... that must have been less than 24 hours ago. I just got back from Big-O with the fixed rim back on the car! I don't want to know how they fixed the rim so quickly, but it's done. Keystone did a good job, but it's not perfect - I can feel the imperfection when I glide my fingers around the lip. Also, they resprayed the entire rim flat black, which isn't what I expected, but oh well - we'll see how well they color matched once I wash the car and get all the brake dust off the other three...

[nefarious7907]

Those wheels look really nice backtrail :thumbleft:

[markseven]

Noice! :pimp:

[backtrail69]

Here you go. I want to add some is skirts (maybe) and a m-tech 2 rear valance and its perfect on the outside for me.

[nefarious7907]

backtrail do you have a side shot??

[backtrail69]

I think the reason that they put the bolts so far in was so they didnt change the original spoon design and it kind of had that dog bowl dish look to them.
Here are my gunmetal/polished with 225/45 r16s Hankook RS2s on my delphin 325is turbo. you can see the front is about maxxed out with 225s but on the rear rolling the lip you should be good for 235s or 245s.


(Ignor my messed up tailight, it has been replaced with startec since the last photoshoot.)

[markseven]

one of the companys we use is keystone at work they seem to do a good job. the only prob i have had with them is they have sent me the wrong wheel back a couple of times. then an hour or so later they return with the right one, i think it is more of a stupid driver issue than with the company though.
greg

Hey Greg - cool, man! - glad to here they aren't a crappy company (driver error not withstanding) ;)

[der affe]

one of the companys we use is keystone at work they seem to do a good job. the only prob i have had with them is they have sent me the wrong wheel back a couple of times. then an hour or so later they return with the right one, i think it is more of a stupid driver issue than with the company though.
greg

[markseven]

good to hear that you are getting it resolved, and without a fight

Thanks bro!

[nefarious7907]

good to hear that you are getting it resolved, and without a fight