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[quote="zwoirle"]Cris: 
 
 
 
I live in Goleta,CA, 93117.  My primary interest is for my 1971 Colorado 2002 
and Inka 1972 tii; no flares and stock suspensions respectively, Bilsteins, 
suspension techniques springs, Metric mechanic sway bar and Konis excepted. No 
headlight/bumper raisers exist; the 71 is stock height, the 72 tii @ 18mm lower. 
 
 
 
I have driven various incarnations of the '02 (and other Neue Klasse) cars over 
a million miles, about half of the miles sideways.  I never get more than 10k 
miles out of a set of tires, even with adjustable camber plates; my brand new 
'69 Colorado went through three sets of XAS Michelins in the first year, before 
BMW and Michelin refused to honor the 40k warranty. I am very familiar with the 
common hysteresis (S pattern) wear pattern of tires mounted on the struts of the 
'02, associated with the camber angles involved with regular .4 g and higher 
side loads - blame it on the canyons. 
 
 
 
But my real concern is lightweight wheels that bend under such loads and heat, 
and become untrue and unbalanceable which is death upon the 45-55 mph harmonic 
resonance endemic to the 2002 McPherson suspensions, rubber, polyurethane and 
mystical bushings nothwithstanding.  I gave up  on "Metalmaster" brake pads 
years ago because they melted into calipers; similarly Cosmic, MSW and TSW 
wheels warped under such conditions; BBS do not. 
 
 
 
So tell me about the robustness of Rota wheels (are they really made in the 
Phillipines, that hotbed of automotive technology?)  I'm not concerned about 
curbs, but curves and trueness.  Panasports have generally passed the tests of 
track and time; I know not from Rota.  Please type from experience and be 
honest. 
 
 
 
Regards, 
 
 
 
Zwoirle[/quote]

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