- Rotiform sends us cool (beep) all the time,
I swear to God.
So we have an unboxing
and I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking at.
Here's what I do know is our guy Dom,
from Fitment Industries,
got us the hookup on the new thing
that's coming out of Rotiform.
I don't even know what it's called.
I'm gonna learn as we go.
But they sent us this box, which is clearly not a wheel.
I believe it's a turbo fan.
And this is actually a wheel, so this is a wheel box.
I'm gonna start off by opening up this
and then I'm gonna open up this
and we're gonna figure out what the heck Rotiform sent us
because Rotiform is doing all of the
trendy stuff right now, I tell you what.
And I've seen that they're doing this new turbo fan thing,
I've seen it on the Instagram, I've seen it at
a lot of the car shows overseas
and I am very interested to see if they finally decided
that they're going to be bringing it
to the United States of America.
So we have a
Rotiform RSE which is the iconic Rotiform wheel.
We have a 19 by 8 1/2 plus 45.
So I'm gonna yank this out here super quick.
And then I am going to politely yet calmly
take that over there.
And we're just gonna take a look at the wheel,
where's the hole?
Boom, how much more Rotiform can you get for Rotiform?
So there is the 19 by 8 1/2 plus 45
flat faced, we're looking at
it looks almost double drilled,
is it double drilled?
It is.
Because this has the cap, does the cap thing
we're gonna leave that on because
it is a pain to put back on once you take it off.
But that is probably not what you
guys are actually looking to see.
We're looking to see what's in this one.
Which is, I'm assuming, the turbo fan.
Now I'm not even sure how it's installed
so we may need more parts, we may need more knives.
We may just need more muscle, you never know.
Anything's a possibility when it comes
to a day at Fitment Industries.
But again, Rotiform, thank you guys for
sending this to us.
We will do a proper review but I'm just
too excited and I love opening boxes.
That we just decided to pull out
a white table and film this.
Heh heh, got it. (whistles)
That goes there.
Then this goes over it, and we have a thing here.
A piece if you will,
and I don't know
I think this is it.
Yep.
Right?
Can you tell what it is?
You can use this as your cover photo image.
No plug, you know what I'm saying?
Let's see what Rotiform is doing.
Now if you guys didn't know, this style
the turbo fan style, the turbo fan thing
was an iconic German wheel company thing.
And what that was originally
meant for if I remember correctly.
I'm sure the YouTube comments will tell me if I'm wrong.
Was for helping with heat dispersion from the brakes
in a lot of your rally cars
and a lot of just different racing events.
And so what these essentially caps did
was as the wheel was turning, would actually cut air
and actually suck the air into the caliper
to help cool it down.
Now am I right?
I think so.
Am I right enough to say it to 85,000 people?
Not too sure but I'm pretty sure that is the history.
So we have this and then we have the
actual center lock design.
And let's see what the rest of this looks like.
Voila, Is it off?
Heh heh, there you go.
That looks really basic doesn't it?
It kinda looks pretty fundamental
but I think I know what we're gonna do with this.
So I have to take this off, so let's take this off quick.
Now it's not made of metal.
It's made of plastic.
So this is something that is likely
going to stay on for your show.
And what we're gonna do is we're gonna take this piece off
because I think it has to be.
This is gonna be a learning experience for both of us.
But I'm pretty sure we just take this off.
I'm gonna cut this open.
If I peel it from this side.
Alright so old cap, new cap.
First thing's first, new cap metal threads
with a gasket so that is honestly probably the nicest bit.
So the way Rotiform saves money,
and this is not a bad thing but,
what Rotiform does to kinda cut costs
and make these wheels more affordable
than probably them likely costing more
around the $1,300 to $1,500 range,
is that they're dual drilled.
And the cool thing is, is since they're dual drilled,
and the popular style right now is the hidden lug,
is it allows them to dual drill,
it allows them to custom dual drill.
And they can put this top on it
and you won't even see the lug nuts or the holes
so that you can put that in there,
screw it up, and it looks real nice.
That's actually how they save a lot of money.
And it's why they sell a lot of wheels.
So if you didn't know,
that's probably one of the cool things about them.
They also save money by making plastic thread covers
instead of the aluminum variant
because obviously metal is expensive.
Only problem with these bad boys,
once they get cross threaded,
they are a huge pain in the butt
to kinda get un-cross threaded
because they're plastic.
And second off, a lot of stuff can get in the gunk of this.
So to see this that's proper aluminum makes me super happy.
Plus, it's got the gasket here on the cap
which also helps out a ton.
So what I am assuming we do is this.
And maybe take that center piece off.
So let's see if I have to.
By the way, we have absolutely no idea
if this is true or not
because I didn't even know we were getting these
until about a day ago.
I think I'm right.
I am right.
But what you ultimately end up with is this.
So making sure that the table doesn't fall over,
the first thing that you're gonna notice
is that it is a very odd looking design.
This is a old school Euro race spec style design
with the turbo fan on the front.
Now, these can be painted.
These can be changed colors.
These can be come in whole different
slew of styles and designs.
But most importantly, the coolest thing
is that they just are cool ode to an old style wheel.
So if you have an old mark,
if you have an old Volkswagen,
if you have an old Audi,
these are probably a pretty killer wheel to put them on.
Plus the fact is, is that this is a very specific design.
And it's relatively not super expensive.
So if you want to do something like this, you can.
You can do it in pretty much whichever way you wanna do it,
which is super awesome,
but then what ends up happening,
I'm gonna use my super strong hands,
is that when you leave the car show,
or you wanna have a different design on entirely, voila.
You take that bad boy off, you can get it painted,
you put this part back on,
which is going to go right here.
And then you put your old one back on,
which is gonna be, seat right back in.
And there you go.
And then you're back to the two part.
So this is pretty neat.
I mean, it's definitely something different.
I don't think this is for everyone.
And in my eyes, I like it.
I would like to see it in metal.
Some sort of aluminum would be super cool.
Probably a little bit heavier,
probably a little bit more cost effective.
But this is purely a show piece thing.
This is purely an aesthetic add on.
This is purely just to make it that cool ode
to an older style design, older purpose.
But I definitely dig it, I think that it could look good
on a lot of different stuff.
It's cool that Rotiform seems to always be going into
weird unique things and this is the first time
that I've seen it.
First time that I've talked about it.
So we will be sure to get more information as it comes.
But if you're interested in picking up a set of these,
or anything like that, shoot us an email
at wheels@fitmentindustries.com.
We can get you the hookup on those pieces.
I don't even know how much they cost.
Be sure to use the actual appropriate tools
because who would not use the tools given to them?
That's just a stupid thing to do.
But honestly the metal center cap is probably
my favorite part about the whole thing.
So that is the turbo fan, the Rotiform RSE.
What do you guys think about it?
Do you like it?
Do you not like it?
Let us know in the comments below.
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what you'd like to see next.
If you wanna pick up a Rotiform RSE
or any Rotiform wheels for that matter,
or the turbo fan, head over to fitmentindustries.com.
That's kinda where we do all of our stuff.
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We're almost there, we really wanna get there.
It would help us out a ton.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
we will see you later.
Peace.
And in case you don't like this,
it actually ends up being a pretty awesome hat
which if you let go and you have an odd noggin like mine,
it's a hat.
Whoo, I thought that thing was gonna fall and crack.