Not All Wheels Created Equal /ENGINEERED
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Not All Wheels Created Equal /ENGINEERED
The aftermarket is filled with cool wheels. Some last forever, some crack in your driveway. Why? Our very own, Alan Peltier, explains.
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Nice video HRE...thanks for sharing!
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Well I had HRE 540s with a stepped lip on my 02 Z06 they where absolutely gorgeous- 19" all around. The problem was they could not be driven daily as the outer rim would constantly get bent. Every time I would take them back to HRE in Vista to have them fixed. One time on the 10 freeway in LA I hit a pothole that dented up three rims. This was the 5th or 6th bent rim in like two years,
After I got those back they where taken off the car and sold. This was several years ago, so maybe things have changed, but I still have misgivings about daily driven cars that are not on stock wheels. I think most aftermarket wheel manufacturers still use 6061 aluminum that is IMHO way to soft for an outer wheel.
Here they are on my long gone 02 Z.
After I got those back they where taken off the car and sold. This was several years ago, so maybe things have changed, but I still have misgivings about daily driven cars that are not on stock wheels. I think most aftermarket wheel manufacturers still use 6061 aluminum that is IMHO way to soft for an outer wheel.
Here they are on my long gone 02 Z.
Last edited by Hirohawa; Oct 31, 2015 at 02:03 AM.
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Well done, we have always tried to explain the HRE vs the World Difference in Custom Wheels. Everyone likes to say this wheel looks the same but costs X times less, and the title says it all, ALL WHEELS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL, we have stated it over and over.
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Poor quality lightweight aftermarket wheels are the enemy, for they cannot handle the forces car like this can subject them to, and are at the very least going to visually degrade and at worst put the occupants in peril.
To make beautiful and lightweight wheels that are as strong or stronger as the heavy OEM ones is where it gets hard, and therefore expensive.
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Actually OEM wheels are generally engineered very well, no matter what country they're made in. Car manufacturers don't want to keep replacing them under warranty so they usually over specify them to be on the safe side, that's partly why they weigh so much.
Poor quality lightweight aftermarket wheels are the enemy, for they cannot handle the forces car like this can subject them to, and are at the very least going to visually degrade and at worst put the occupants in peril.
To make beautiful and lightweight wheels that are as strong or stronger as the heavy OEM ones is where it gets hard, and therefore expensive.
Poor quality lightweight aftermarket wheels are the enemy, for they cannot handle the forces car like this can subject them to, and are at the very least going to visually degrade and at worst put the occupants in peril.
To make beautiful and lightweight wheels that are as strong or stronger as the heavy OEM ones is where it gets hard, and therefore expensive.