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post Mar 18 2014, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE (HoosierPE @ Mar 18 2014, 03:52 AM) *
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Nice looking parts. Does the plating offer any corrosion resistance?


Yes, it is supposed to. Nickel is one of the base materials used before the chrome in the chrome plating process is applied. Chrome itself looks like layers of cornflakes, and is not a continuous surface. It is the material under the chrome that adds the corrosion protection and nickel is one of them. This coating is an electroless nickel plating which provides corrosion protection and a hard surface that wears well. The advantage of this process over electro plating is that you can get a very even coating thickness, even inside holes and around sharp corners. With electro plating, it is very difficult to get adequate plating around the sharp corners or inside holes. The plating thickness on our parts is about 4 ten-thousandths of an inch (0.0004).


Excellent thanks for the info.
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post Mar 20 2014, 08:33 PM
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can't wait to see mine in person and see how they perform this year !
was contemplating 3 options:
  1. these
  2. SKF race vette hubs + adapter
  3. similar solution w/o ABS
I don't care about ABS... not in car anymore
This product looks of much greater quality compared to the other alternatives... we'll see.
The SKF aren't rebuildable either.
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post Mar 25 2014, 10:03 AM
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Received mine. Impressive. Hopefully will get to thoroughly thrash them this year.
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post Jul 27 2014, 02:04 AM
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Any updates or information from people that have used these hubs?

How are they holding up?
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post Jul 28 2014, 02:39 PM
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I've run two weekends plus one test day in A Sedan and they are holding up great. Still feel very tight.
I'm very impressed with them so far.
Jack
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post Aug 29 2014, 07:57 PM
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Installed.. Haven't driven on them yet
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post Sep 22 2014, 03:44 AM
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Any update from anyone on these hubs? Just replaced 8 hub bearings in the last 1000 or so miles...3 of them in the last 100 miles. Was considering lighting the car on fire until I joined this forum and found this thread...Are these hub bearings the answer to my prayers? Someone please tell me yes!
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post Sep 22 2014, 04:44 PM
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Some people have had a good majority of the year on them, I hope they can chime in with results or thoughts!
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post Oct 1 2014, 05:52 AM
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In for some updates here as well. Just killed a stock repacement after 3 autox events.
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post Nov 8 2014, 07:28 AM
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QUOTE (Zedzag @ Oct 1 2014, 12:52 AM) *
In for some updates here as well. Just killed a stock repacement after 3 autox events.


With what these cost (and they appear to be worth it) I imagine if there were failures, we'd definitely be hearing about it. No news may be good news in this case.

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post Jun 1 2015, 05:12 PM
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Looking for some reviews after about a year of production/usage of these hubs? I recently killed 3 hubs over the NJ Pro weekend. I killed 2 Brand New Hubs in (4) 30 second Pro Solo runs on fresh A7's. So I very interested in buying these in order to start finalizing my car.
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post Jan 19 2017, 05:45 PM
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Any Updates? Interested in a set. Was wondering what anyone thought about these + the Wilwood BBK that Sam Strano is selling. Sounds like there might be a bracket clearance issue with the ID of the bracket?

From Hoosiers website - "The housing is larger and extends deeper on the inside of the spindle, so there may be a clearance issue with the inside diameter of the track bracket mounting plate when for Corvette brakes."

Should I just go with some SKF 'vette bearings? Really interested in these new ones though...

-EDIT- Well silly me, but I only just realized that Sam sells the hubs too, so I sent him an email.

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post Jan 22 2017, 03:41 PM
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QUOTE (FormulaJoe @ Jan 19 2017, 12:45 PM) *
Any Updates? Interested in a set. Was wondering what anyone thought about these + the Wilwood BBK that Sam Strano is selling. Sounds like there might be a bracket clearance issue with the ID of the bracket?

From Hoosiers website - "The housing is larger and extends deeper on the inside of the spindle, so there may be a clearance issue with the inside diameter of the track bracket mounting plate when for Corvette brakes."

Should I just go with some SKF 'vette bearings? Really interested in these new ones though...

-EDIT- Well silly me, but I only just realized that Sam sells the hubs too, so I sent him an email.


I would call Sam as he sell both the bearing kit and the brake kit. If anyone knows it is him.

I personally have the adapters, but Hoosier was not ready to ship when I was looking.
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post Feb 2 2017, 02:40 PM
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Keep in mind HPE may not always offer parts for these hubs. Since 90% of the components are custom machined pieces, this may become a problem for you to rebuild them.
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post Feb 2 2017, 03:51 PM
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QUOTE (Smitty2919 @ Feb 2 2017, 09:40 AM) *
Keep in mind HPE may not always offer parts for these hubs. Since 90% of the components are custom machined pieces, this may become a problem for you to rebuild them.


Agreed
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