Drive to Cars for the Cure in Orlando from Miami - SL HRE issues - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline

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02-09-2006 | 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by LSM

I have never had that problem, could be also attributed to your alignment.....your wheels look like they're at -4.0 in the back....

Lou

No its not contributed to the alignment. Like I said (if you read) once the napkins absorbed the water, the ride was smooth, until the rain collected in the wheels again.

My car did get aligned prior anyhow. Its clearly the water build up issue...John Wallace of HRE admitted, you'd feel vibration at 70mph in the rain.

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02-09-2006 | 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ari

Just to be clear. This is not specifically an HRE issue . Any reverse drop center wheels will do this. Just comes with the territory.

Really nothing to blame HRE for.

Absolutely not true

The Cargraphic wheel has a special channel in the back barrel to disperse water. it would never get TUV approval if it had this problem.. the AVUS wheels and Maya also did not display these problems

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02-09-2006 | 10:42 AM

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So all the TUV wheels will be fine such as techart and all the german companies?

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02-09-2006 | 10:53 AM

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So all the TUV wheels will be fine such as techart and all the german companies?

I don't believe techart makes a Reverse Lip wheel, so it wouldn't be an issue

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02-09-2006 | 01:30 PM

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what is a reverse drop wheel ?

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02-09-2006 | 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by 03-turbo911

Yup, HRE is not the only wheels afflicted with this. Just the limitations on the design.

Hmm, i have not seen any other wheel manufacturer have this problem

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02-09-2006 | 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by RufMD

what is a reverse drop wheel ?

there are 2 types of wheels that you can buy

1.) no lip wheel usually a one piece wheel

2.) Step lip wheel looka the lip it looks like a step " hahha" sorry easiest way i can explain it

3.) reverse lip this is where u get the big fat lips.... ..

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02-09-2006 | 04:16 PM

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It does happen to all reverse drop center 3pc US made wheels. It is because our outers are spun and there is no way (yet) to spin the inner barrel without the groove. This does include all reverse lip wheels made by HRE, Kinesis, Zone, Modulare, Auto Couture Forged, AVUS, GFG, Collectizone, Donz forged, etc.....

Most of the German made multi-piece wheels utilize a different form of rim construction other than spinning (such as casting for example) by where the drop center can be formed on the outside but not the inside. However, the trade-off for this is extra weight.

One piece wheels are exempt from this problem by nature of their construction.

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02-09-2006 | 06:43 PM

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Man I had no idea of this issue, but I don't think it would stop me from buying reverse lip wheels. Hey Shank let me ask you, how badly was it raining outside? A lot or a little, just wondering if it was downpour or just a drizzle?