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The large rim bead has been around for a long time and I think it was originally to help protect the side of the tire? Here are a couple of pictures of Porsches from 1997 that show the factory used rims like this......not so dumb after all?


Last edited by John Rogers; 02-25-2014 at 06:28 PM..
Old 02-25-2014, 01:15 PM
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