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Originally Posted by john rogers
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 dump after all?
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There is sometimes a rubber strip on the outside wall of the tire that is intended to protect the rim from rubbing. Not really effective, but that's the popular theory. Race tires are often of a slightly different construction than strret tires and can use wider rims than street tires. In general, a street tire can use a maximum wheel width that's close to the tread width (not the section width). This is usually true within a half inch, or so. Those wheels look to be at least two inches too wide for the tires.
More stupidty, from the "stance" nation:
