FrankenZteins back!

You guys using RS232 both sides or USB to RS232 for comms..?

Rs232 to usb was giving me a lot of kak hey

Barry we have used both and both give shit

I personally have connected to that ecu with the usb to serial with no problem just its tunes efff you

besides the waiting for comport issue to miraculously sort itself out ... My Waiting for my fat Rota wheels has finally ended... yay ... well kinda

( i can only speak of my personal experiences, and voice my own opinions... read and take what you will from what i say here ) ... the wheels ive been waiting for all year experienced a severe price hike ...apparently due to the exchange rate .. pfft. Strangely enough it almost seems like just the wheel i wanted experienced this, or atleast was hit the hardest but i mean hit HARD 'almost doubling in price! its just strange how the wheel i wanted has now become for the rich and famous only... for instance the price diference between my wheel in a 9.5j and 10 is R500 + - but then amazingly the price diference between my wheel as a 10j and the 12j is almost R8 000 .. um - WOW spot the difference? Making it ... 22k + as advertised for a set of Rota.. add delivery and you spending 23k + on them... yes thats right .. Rota @ over R23 000 oh and thats if they ever arrive ... lol ... making Rota now as or even MORE expensive than many big brand 'forged' wheels.
Not saying i dont still like Rota wheels, coz they are dam good looking wheels... but at that price they need to be 'that' quality not just almost 'look' that quality not to mention shoddy customer care.. but im not even gonna go there. if i can find some Rota at the right price i will definitly add them to my collection of wheels but i refuse to overpay that much for a wheel made by the same process and finished to the same quality levels as all the 3k Autostyle wheels. Well 'f' that i say

Will refurbish the 18' 3 Piece simmons Split wheels i got recently ... so that they become seriaas faaaat.. at a fraction of the price of Rota.. lol. And in the new year i'll get some new rims ive been eyeing for a while on the side.... proper forgies.. stands up and again states.. " My name is Brendan and yes i am a wheel whore " .. hey we all have our weaknesses

... that said.. my 2x Blue 18x5114.3x9.5 Rota GTR-D's are for sale.. i havent mistreated them at all and they probably only did a couple of km's max the rest was on a trailer 🙁 so ja.. nearly new and in the best sexy blue color! .. make me an offer can go with practicly brand new 225x40 tyres aswell if you want.. see for sale section.

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Making it ... 22k + as advertised for a set of Rota.. add delivery and you spending 23k + on them... yes thats right .. Rota @ over R23 000 oh and thats if they ever arrive ... lol ... making Rota now as or even MORE expensive than many big brand 'forged' wheels.

i refuse to overpay that much for a wheel made by the same process and finished to the same quality levels as all the 3k Autostyle wheels. Well 'f' that i say

Why not just buy the correct ones off ebay, often see brand new sets sold privatly for way less than the recomended retail, youll probably pay half of that once its at your door.

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Brendan, buy a set of Enkei's.

I know Enzio .. im a poopall .. shouldve bought the right stuff from the beginning.. iinstead of being sold by the shiny JDM look yo'

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Hahahahaha! These emails are funny!

anyway..

The wide rear fenders make Simmons 10j (soon to be front wheels) look lame 🙁

meanwhile at home im busy with the rears.. tried out inner dishes on the outside just to see - would equate to 15j +-.. bit too wide 🙂 ... im thinking 13.5j is going to the the magic number

Haha epic! Image 15j..... 0_o

This is just really sad. No side`s to take but if I were to tell a client that he`d walk .Period.
I was keen the set of Rota`s from BG but was also informed the price had gone to over R20K.
Too rich for my blood.

I think had there been better communication and feedback as the exchange rate things may have worked out for all parties here.

personal issue... ^^ oh well nobody is right or wrong! just keep building this monster

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personal issue... ^^ oh well nobody is right or wrong! just keep building this monster

Ditto! i wanna see this thing done!! with 15j mags!! :domo:

15j! my sentra has 5j

What width tyre do you fit to a 13.5 - 15J rim?

On the exchange rate front, most companies placing orders for goods from overseas will take out forward cover on the exchange rate when placing the order, that effectively locks the exchange rate to whatit is at the time the order was placed.

I don't know the details of how it works, but I know my father's business has done it when making large orders from overseas. I'd imagine the banks or people that deal a lot with imports and exports should know about it. It probably could have saved this whole issue from happening.