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On 23 Oct 2001, at 17:18, Hanson,Todd wrote: > I must have missed the discussion: What exactly is a "safety rim"? > What is the rim's function or purpose and how does it differ from a > standard steel wheel? The safety rim has a hump just inside the bead that the bead has to climb over to get into place. This makes it harder for the bead to be pushed sideways toward the center of the rim in hard cornering. All VWs got these rims around 66 sometime. I suspect that they were something new and that all the auto makers introduced them about the same time. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org