With warmer weather upon us I put the HRE RS101s on my car this week. The car was professionally photographed foe HRE's website as well and those pics should be up shortly.

Thanks to HRE wheels, Paul Howey at Howey Industry who sold me those wheels and worked with me throughout the build process, Mercedes of Massapequa who sold me the car, Detailing Dynamics which did all the appearance and electronic mods on the car and Mercedes of Rockville Center who installed the Renntech mods.

Here are my own pics.

 

More pics.

 

are they 18's? what are the specs? they look odd..............

 

They are 19s. OEM size in front. A half inch wider than OEM width in the back.

Would have loved to have bought 20s or done a big drop but not with our terrible New York City roads.

 

Looks nice!

 

Looks solid ... Congrats ... Should net you better traction (if that's even possible) going wider in the back

Smart to stay safe with 19's

 

Did something similar recently as well by getting a set of HRE P43SC in satin charcoal. Stayed with the stock 19x9 up front and went 19x10 in the back. Went with the 295 wide Michelin PSS rear tires and the car handles like it lost 200 pounds.

 

19's or 20's if you hit a hole your bending either size. They just dont look like 19's...they look small but nice style.

 

Very nice and the chrome/shiny appearence compliments the rocker and front air dam trim. Do the wider rear wheels fully tuck under the back fenders?

 

Thanks. Yes they appear to tuck under the rear fenders

 

its so weird how when u swap wheels aftermarket yet dont upsize, the car looks weird, yet in the oE set up, it looks fine...

granted 20s always look better than 19s, but driving on rubber bands has no performance advantage....so nice job with the 19s

did u use stock tires sizes

 

Thanks. Yes these are the OEM summer tires. 20s do look better but I wanted more sidewall on the potholed NYC area roads

 

Those rims look awesome. Great choice!

 

Thanks!

 

They look smaller because it's a multi piece wheel, so the lips with the smaller spokes kind of get swallowed up. I'm running 3 piece 20" HREs on mine and IMO it's just right because the larger diameter by 1" balances out the multi piece setup. The stocks look the way they do since the spokes go almost all of the way to the tire.


@sdg if you're concerned about ride quality it's good you didn't go for the 20s as I definitely notice the car's a little more harsh. I've gotten used to it though. From what I hear though Seattle streets aren't nearly as bad as NYC. I already spend a lot of time babying my rims and being very caution when driving.

Weren't you getting some 20" ADVs for the summer, though? Or perhaps I'm confusing you with someone else.

 

Yes with the terrible potholed condition of NYC roads I did not want a shorter sidewall which comes with 20 inch wheels.

I did get ADV005 wheels but got them for my 991 Turbo S. They are beautiful.

 

Oh that's right I forgot you switched the order over to that car. Are those 20s?

 

Yes the ADV1s on my 991 Turbo S are 20s -- the smallest wheel size that will fit over the Porsche Carbon Ceramic Brakes. Here are the pics:

http://rennlist.com/forums/991-turbo/868966-my-991-turbo-s-on-adv1-track-spec-cs-wheels-with-titanium-fasteners.html#post12211401

 

Looks nice!

 

Outstanding choice. Looks stellar.

 

Thanks!

 

Thank you!