HRE Performance Wheels 505

Five flat spokes with darker inset panels

The five spokes are wide and flat, and each one carries a recessed panel finished darker than the surrounding metal. That two-tone treatment gives the face a graphic quality - bright outlines around dark shapes - which is unusual here, since most designs rely on shadow rather than on an actual change of color. The dish behind it is very deep.

Two-tone faces make a wheel look smaller and a dish look bigger, because the eye reads the bright outline as the edge of the spoke rather than the whole spoke. On a lowered car with a lot of barrel showing, that is exactly the effect you want, and it is easiest to judge from a three-quarter view.

Vintage, forged 3-piece, offered in 18", 19", 20", 21", 22", 23", 24". Lowered classics and 1990s performance cars, and light wraps where a bright face and a chrome dish both stay visible. We've rendered it on 231 cars so far — same studio frame each time, wheel swapped in place.