Maker imitatievelgen alerts for imitatievelgen

Posted on 15-08-2013 at 9:24 by ricardo – 56 Comments”

Oh, the irony.

Velgenboer Rota, you no doubt well known, and has been for quite some time a well-known name in tuningland. It is an address where you good prices nice wielkastvullers on the head can tap. There is only a certain stigma to this Filipino wielenproducent: they have grown up with blatant but beautiful imitations of the real velgenmerken. (See also this thread with Rota’s + origin.)

Now there appears in China a wielenfabrikant on who decided not the original Rays or Advans, but copies of the Rota copies has produced. The rims are seen by dealers and tuners in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and even contain a copy of the Rota logo.

Philippine Aluminum Wheels, parent company of Rota, has therefore an official warning thrown out. Including pictures of the imitation-imitation-Rota’s.

The counterfeit [ROTA] wheels have recently surfaced through some wheel dealers in Malaysia. They are manufactured in China. The most distinct feature of the ‘copies’ is that they are embossed with a ROTA marking on the face of the wheel, whereas the genuine ROTA [wheel] has none. They also come with a center cap bearing the ‘ROTA Wheels’ logo. They are packaged in plain brown boxes. Original ROTA wheels come with boxes that feature ROTA markings and 3D wheel drawings.

“ROTA Wheels undergo rigid testing using JWL/JWL-T standards to assure you that you are purchasing quality wheels. We cannot guarantee the safety of the copies so please be careful with your wheel purchases,” said Michael Rojas, president of PAWI.

ROTA and its logo is a registered trademark of Philippine Aluminum Wheels, Inc.

Genuine ROTA Wheels are made proudly in the Philippines.

You see, they are almost fake to distinguish.

Thanks to Jesse for the tip!