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Well then the question is why are Schedule 80 plastic sleeves used in place of the rubber runflat/bead lock combo?....those that have run the Hutchinson 2 piece rims without the runflat almost automatically replace the rubber components with the plastic sleeve....if you haven't had a tire...

Today 23:02 derf Bold, too. LOL!....I was referring to myself....so does derf = fred?....Paul

Awww sorry derf....fat fingers, glasses and semi-opposing thumbs....so if you held it up to mirror....:)

If you do contemplate doing what dref said above....just make sure you get rims that are 8 on 6.5"....as many of the newer style rims are 8 on 170mm....just "off" enough to make a difference....would really suck to mount tires on the rims and then they didn't fit....

Another "con" is if you lose enough air pressure....or a catastrophic loss of air pressure the tire is going to come off the bead rather quickly....and possibly roll off the rim completely....the 16.5" rims have a 15* bead angle where as others have a 5* bead angle....the run-flat in conjunction...