Drive to Cars for the Cure in Orlando from Miami - SL HRE issues
#1
02-08-2006, 02:24 PM
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Drive to Cars for the Cure in Orlando from Miami - SL HRE issues
Had fun driving up with
Hershel
Hernando
Xico
Duane
RobertM
Ron(Viper Testarossa)
FrankGT2
to Cars For the Cure.
UNTIL - My HRE's in my SL600 started collecting water in the wheel barrel. It caused a severe vibration driving thru the rain. I had to pull over and absorb the water with napkins, then drive off again for 10 minutes until the vibration started again. I never knew of this problem until this trip. The water build up threw the balance of the wheel off significantly causing the wheel to hop. Anyone hear of this before?
I called HRE, and they said all wheels do this, but none of the other cars - Duane's Maya, Herschel's Cargraphic wheels, Ron's Avus, Xico's Cargraphic turbo R's had any collection problems like mine.
I've asked HRE to get back to me with a solution asap, but so far not looking to good.
Hershel
Hernando
Xico
Duane
RobertM
Ron(Viper Testarossa)
FrankGT2
to Cars For the Cure.
UNTIL - My HRE's in my SL600 started collecting water in the wheel barrel. It caused a severe vibration driving thru the rain. I had to pull over and absorb the water with napkins, then drive off again for 10 minutes until the vibration started again. I never knew of this problem until this trip. The water build up threw the balance of the wheel off significantly causing the wheel to hop. Anyone hear of this before?
I called HRE, and they said all wheels do this, but none of the other cars - Duane's Maya, Herschel's Cargraphic wheels, Ron's Avus, Xico's Cargraphic turbo R's had any collection problems like mine.
I've asked HRE to get back to me with a solution asap, but so far not looking to good.
#2
02-08-2006, 02:29 PM
There was a thread a week or two ago asking about this problem. The guy had the exact same problems. https://www.6speedonline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=41027
#5
02-08-2006, 04:33 PM
Originally Posted by ShankCS
Had fun driving up with
Hershel
Hernando
Xico
Duane
RobertM
Ron(Viper Testarossa)
FrankGT2
to Cars For the Cure.
UNTIL - My HRE's in my SL600 started collecting water in the wheel barrel. It caused a severe vibration driving thru the rain. I had to pull over and absorb the water with napkins, then drive off again for 10 minutes until the vibration started again. I never knew of this problem until this trip. The water build up threw the balance of the wheel off significantly causing the wheel to hop. Anyone hear of this before?
I called HRE, and they said all wheels do this, but none of the other cars - Duane's Maya, Herschel's Cargraphic wheels, Ron's Avus, Xico's Cargraphic turbo R's had any collection problems like mine.
I've asked HRE to get back to me with a solution asap, but so far not looking to good.
Hershel
Hernando
Xico
Duane
RobertM
Ron(Viper Testarossa)
FrankGT2
to Cars For the Cure.
UNTIL - My HRE's in my SL600 started collecting water in the wheel barrel. It caused a severe vibration driving thru the rain. I had to pull over and absorb the water with napkins, then drive off again for 10 minutes until the vibration started again. I never knew of this problem until this trip. The water build up threw the balance of the wheel off significantly causing the wheel to hop. Anyone hear of this before?
I called HRE, and they said all wheels do this, but none of the other cars - Duane's Maya, Herschel's Cargraphic wheels, Ron's Avus, Xico's Cargraphic turbo R's had any collection problems like mine.
I've asked HRE to get back to me with a solution asap, but so far not looking to good.
Lou
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02-08-2006, 04:41 PM
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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
Lou
#7
02-08-2006, 10:03 PM
oh yea....big problem...i posted something about 5-6 months back....got bombarded from a few people...bottom line it is in the design and the size of the groove...got a complete techinical run down how it is not possible based on the law of physics.....trust me possible....nothing worse than driving a car that had such good performance on dry pavement to feeling like the wheels are coming off....some crazy sh-t! not for me....ever....
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02-09-2006, 01:41 AM
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I have the same problem in the CLS55. I decided to take the wheels off ahd am running the stock wheels. Too much of a hassle in my opinion, especially for a daily driver.
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02-09-2006, 02:48 AM
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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.
Really nothing to blame HRE for.
#14
02-09-2006, 05:26 AM
this is a known issue, this happened with a bunch of audis..check it out, HRE got back to him with responses and everything:
http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...light=hre+rain
http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...light=hre+rain
http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...light=hre+rain
http://audizine.com/forum/showthread...light=hre+rain
#15
02-09-2006, 05:31 AM
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.
Really nothing to blame HRE for.