Should I complete the 599 HGTE pack or Not?

I personally like the monolithic wheels as well, but probably makes sense to go HGTE if completing the package.

 

Personally, I love the HGTE wheels. The exhaust is great (IMHO) but the sway bar and internals are more important to handling. You would spend a lot for HGTE wheels so they may not make sense for you. I have receipts from when it was added to my car it was a bit over $27K (as I recall, would need to look). My car already had all of the CF parts so I am only missing embroidery on the seats and I have a yellow tach instead of white. OK, I have a GTO grill as well and I like that better than the HGTE.

I guess my point is get the bits you like and ignore the rest. There are a LOT of partial HGTE cars out there and that muddies the water for cars that have everything. If it isn't an original HGTE, there will be a reasonably large margin between your price and the others. That makes it all about what you like/want out of the car.

 

The HGTE front wheels are 1/2"/12.7 mm wider and with the smaller offsets will stick out ~10 mm more than the monolithic rims. Use the same size tires.

599/HGTE/SA Aperta


Five Spoke F 19”, R 20”, 5 X 114.3 mm

Front 8J X 19 ET 43.5 mm, Rear 11J X 20 ET 63.8 mm

Challenge Monolithic 20”, 5 X 114.3 mm

Front 8J X 20 ET 43.5 mm, Rear 11J X 20 ET 63.8 mm

HGTE/SA Aperta Five Spoke 20”, 5 X 114.3 mm

Front 8.5J X 20 ET 40 mm, Rear 11J X 20 ET 63.8 mm

 

Are you going to change the Rev counter to silver and get the correct seats? I would try to check out exactly what the dealer did. The fact that the exhaust was not changed is a big give-away.
Grill, wheels, and exhaust are the basics. Springs would be next and then the interior.

 

Have you seen the advertisement from Scuderia Smith Motorsport in the classifieds - HGTE exhaust for $3900?

 

I believe the springs are the same but they changed the rear sway bar and there is a different suspension ECU.

 

The Monolitic (Challenge style) rims are nice, but they are only casted aluminium rims.
HGTEs has (what i know) a forged center, so lighter and higher strength.


Daniel

 

John could get the exact weight of the HGTE rims at the next tire change

I think they are between the Monolitic and the AppTec GTO

Pentagram F/R :
8+11 Monolitic F/R : 13,95 Kg/15,?? Kg
8,5+11 HGTE F/R :
9,5+11,5 GTO from BBS F/R : 9,16 Kg / 10,33 Kg
9,5+11,5 GTO from AppTech F/R : 10,97 Kg / 11,97 Kg

10+11,5 F12 TDF F/R : 10,2 Kg/11,2 Kg (if i imagíne correct)
The rear 11,5x21 inch Monza SP rim has 13,5 Kg, also a forged rim
The rear 11x20 inch 812 Competizione rim (new style) has also 13,5 Kg

Daniel

 

Be happy that the rear of your seats is in leather, so no sticky backside, never !

Daniel

 

I thought the GTO grills do not fit the GTB?

Sorry for the hijack...

 

Yes they do. I will post a pic of my car for you.

 

It's a special GTO style grille for the GTB.

Different to the real GTO grille.

Daniel

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Yes, I had asked this question long ago:
Monolithic rims - strong
HGTE rims - stronger
GTO rims - strongest

 

Same for the design


Daniel

 

I dont know about any of the other upgrades but my car has the HGTE exhaust and secondary catalytic bypass and it sounds great! Well worth the price of entry. It came with the 20" Monoliths and prior owner put 15mm and 20mm spacers. Looks and sounds amazing.