aganzon

HRE C97

Brushed Aluminum Centers / Polished Lips

Fronts: 19 x 9 et 35 w/ 1.5" Lip
Rears: 19 x 10 et 35 w/ 3" Lip


Michelin PS2

Fronts: 245/35/19
Rears: 275/30/19

Wheels weighed in at 19 lbs. Lost 9 pounds of unsprung weight on each corner!!!

saer1one

BEEEUTIFULL..!

seven11

now slam it

BenzoBoi

shardul

iTrader: (1)

wow that is a lot of weight saving. looks good

OXOJE55

dlav06

bobgodd

Looks great. Do you notice the difference with the lighter weight, driving wise?

Also, why not run larger tires, was rubbing an issue?

aganzon

Nah, thanks. I prefer keeping in stock height to avoid issues. Maybe a conservative half inch later, though.

aganzon

Yeah, the C97 are super light. I weighed the stock tires and wheels compared it to the C97 w/ps2 during the install and was pleasantly surprised. I was anticipating about 5 to 7 lbs difference but found 9 when we used the digital scales. I even brought my own scale to be sure.

Yes, I do feel the improvements in the way the car handles and rides. With the lower profiles, it feels a little more planted. I can also feel that the suspension rebounds more freely equating to equal or better smoothness and better at keeping the line during mid-turn bumps and expansion joints. The reduction in unsprung weight (which was my primary goal in picking the C97) and reduction in rotational inertia is really noticable.

WRT larger tires, I had many conversations with Matt Goldstein of HRE about offsets and had a few posts here about the tires and offset combination because I wanted to have at least a 3" lip in the rears. The C97s were a bit different compared to the 547's as an example. Because of the step-up lip on the comp series, we had to be careful in offset fitting to clear the brakes. Initially, I was a bit worried about the 35 offset and thought that it might be a bit aggressive. As it turns out, the fitment is perfect. No rubbing what so ever.

As well, I had many conversations with Darwin at SonicMS and they were a little worried about rubbing. I really wanted to go 255 fronts and 285 rears...perhaps I will try it when it's time to replace the tires.


Overall, I am very happy in the way it turned out.

aganzon

Thanks everyone for the compliments!!

drivermod44

by the way your PS2's are on the wrong way. your tire guys fault. have them switch them around.

Vader55

Cannot go wrong with HRE, I think I would like the wheels black though

aganzon

Thanks! How can I tell which way is the correct way?

Dogshine

i thought they looked wierd... this is true.