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Old 06-19-2016, 08:10 AM   #33
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Originally Posted by Blacdout96 View Post
I can believe it. If the rim contact area for the bead is to smooth, absolutely. Long story short, Porsches experienced tires collapsing at 120mph back in the 70's, here the bead would lose contact and collapse, so they took a media blaster to the magnesium to rough it up, never collapsed or slipped again.
I wanted to but I think someone wasn't too keen on it. I feel like that will happen next go around. I think they did the same on the new z28?
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