RenntechE55

So my pops bought a set of HRE M43's back in August and has loved the lipless look. But the weekend before thanksgiving he cracked one. We were on the I10 from PHX to Casa Grande when we were getting off at are exit and he was in the fast lane and he switched lanes and when he did it kind of sounded like running over a reflector but a little tiny bit louder , so we didnt think any thing of it. We get to are property which is only about 1/2 mile off the highway and when I got out to open the gate I noticed the tire was deflated. I jacked up the car put the spare on and and inspected the wheel and tire. There was no bends on the rims and no holes on the tire. I looked at the back side and noticed a crack where the rim starts to bend and meet the tire. To my surprise the rim was not bent at all. I called Matthew at GMP since we bought them from him and he called HRE right away and there is a new wheel being made for free all we have to do is send back the cracked rim. Its pretty weird how this happen because there was no Pot hole and its a very nice well travel road. We even checked the tires before the trip and put 40 all around. Thank you to Matthew at GMP and Vinny at HRE.

jdj27x

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MBH motorsports

Thats HRE for ya.. Always taking care of the customer. I always think of HRE as a step above others. Great company to say the least.

For future reference, IF you need a wheel fixed. I can fix them. Even cracks like that.

RenntechE55

LOL I dont mind it but might not be the best thread to post a set of HRE wheels for sale since Im mentioning a 4 month old set that one cracked for no apparent reason.........

RenntechE55

really? how do you fix a cracked monoblock? just weld it?

X2Board

Holy Crappyoly. Thank goodness that didn't happen at high speed, or was not a sudden catastrophic failure of the entire wheel.

MBH motorsports

Its a little more involved than that. I can do cracks, curb rash, chips, gouges, and even chucks of missing rim. I can even get them powder coated, painted or chromed.

RenntechE55

You have a PM

guysandiego

they should pay for your shipping too !!!

komp55

Since HRE's "forged" wheels bend so easily, it doesn't surprise me that their monos would crack. To the OP, do NOT bother getting a cracked rim repaired, it will never be the same and represents a genuine safety hazard. Welding + wheels = fail.

Peter_02AMG

Wow! that suck! I hope everything work out. I'm was going to get the P40 but saw your 840R and changed my mind.

novae500

great to see that HRE is sending a new wheel to you...figured it should have withstood the bump on the highway....

Peter_02AMG

HRE stand behind there products..not to many wheel manufacture does that.

vb26

I dealt with Vinny before. vary knowledgeable and all around nice fellow

James@ACG

to HRE, a great company to work with.. also nice to have them in our backyard

RNBRAD

We pay the high price these company's ask for rims so that exact thing will not happen.

BlownV8

What's it matter if they stand behind their wheels or not when they crack for no apparent reason. Nice to know that your wheel may fail at interstate speeds. Makes you feel good about spending over $1,000 per wheel doesn't it?

EURjus2slo

The rim was obviously cracked from a previous run in with something(pothole). Once changing lanes and going over the little bump, you hit it right on the head by setting up the bump and the previous crack. With the pressure built up inside the tire(40 is quite alot) and mixing that with a bump it made the rim crack even more. More so from the bump then the pressure.

RenntechE55

But why would it crack before it would bend? Plus it never hit a pot hole prior, the wheels where chrome then painted so I think there would be so paint chipping some where if it had hit a pot hole before. BTW: most ppl run 40 with the extremely small side wall.

transferred

what size rims? I run a max of 19s on sedans and 20s on SUVs as keeping some tire really helps ride and reliability on these rough roads around these parts...never bent a stocker

-Rob

RenntechE55

20x9 up front and 20x10.5 in the rear. Whith Az being such a new state the roads arent to bad around here.

pearlpower

I run 20s as well, 42 psi up front, 38 in the rear, in order to assist with the severe understeering nature of the car. Still good ride quality. Certainly no cracked wheels.

Scary crack and I agree, how did that happen with no apparent pothole damage? Strange, glad HRE is taking care of it, not great is the unknown.

E55MKB

I am curious on whether that crack (metal fatigue) might have been exarcebated by the chrome plating process