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Tyres with a ridge around the rim to protect alloys?
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RichardLW
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Dave Wilkinson
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ORIGINAL: RichardLW
I think you will find that all N-rated tyres have this rim protection to a greater or lesser extent.
Richard,
It's not true. It's nothing to do with N-rating, it's just that some manufacturers design the tyre with a particularly heavy moulded bead on the outside specifically to protect the rim. As has been said before, it's not really that effective - perhaps against a mild brush with the kerb but anything with any force behind it will still damage the wheel.
My wife's BMW has Bridgestone Potenza RE040 which do have the rim protector and it didn't make the slightest difference when she clouted a high kerb in the multi-storey - still took a chunk out of the wheel!!
The Yokohama AVS Sports that I have on the 964 very definitely don't have a rim protector at all - and they ARE n-rated.
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Dave
Dave Wilkinson
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Regards
Dave
These are standard 993 NB tyres - 205/50/17 and 255/45/17 Michelin Pilot Sports (I think ...) N2's
The inch was an estimate, but it is certainly very noticable, and much more than 1/4 inch
I'm away for a couple of days now, otherwise I would put up a photo to show exactly what it looks like
Pete
Black80XSA
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Strangley i've seen lots of variation the the RPB (rim protector band) on supposedly the same tyres - some Pirellis have a larde rib, other nothing at all. Some bands are very close to the rim edge, other s are quite a few millimteres away from it.
Below pic is 225/40/18 Michelin Pilot Sport on a 7.5" wide rim - RPB clearly visible !
Michael Downing
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It was the Michelin Pilot Sports I was looking at.
The protection doesn't work, though.
Excuse me while I sob quietly in the corner for a short while.
Guest
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I'm going to get Bridgestones after all. The rears are nearly new bridgestones and the fronts are bridgestones that need replacing soon. I have read some threads and the owners manual about keeping the same type of tyre all round so I'll just stick with what it has on it.
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