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.

 

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

 

Always been a problem with the reverse drop center wheels.

 

yeah, there have been many complaints. just means you can't drive in the rain

 

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

 

common problem as stated

 

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....

 

I saw this problem at Audi forum about 2 years ago, HRE simply done nothing with this issue.

 

Shank, It would have been nice to see the 600 at the show.

 

very common problem with HRE. maybe you dont drive in the rain enough

 

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.

 

Yea this is a known and common prob's with HRE's, such a shame they wont even do anything about it

 

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.

 

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

 

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