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Re: wheel width

To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Subject: Re: wheel width
From: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 07:15:50 -0700
I run a Centerline wheel, 4 1/2" wide, with my 15" M&H front runners. 
Works fine!

Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/FCC

Keith Turk wrote:
> Don ... it doesn't fit...
> 
> I'm running the 22" M&H's... and the Camaro has the 23" front runners....
> the only rim that really works is a Mini Spare rim...
> 
> The real issue with a standard 4" rim is that they don't build in the bead
> lip on both sides... so your stuck with picking between a mini spare or an
> aluminum wheel by someone like Huff... ( and the requirement to have it
> tested each year )  The Mini spare of course has a bead lip on both the
> inside and the out....
> 
> The only reason the bead lip has any merit is, in the case of a spin it aids
> in maintaining the tire on the rim.
> 
> Keith ( by the way they are cheap )( don't forget to weld up the inside all
> the way around.)






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