Originally Posted by
Teufel Racing
Intresting read,
I would say that "one" day you might see the tire legal, but by then we will be on to the next flavor of the week. I wonder if any mfg. has tried to adopt the bead mounting style of the VTR to a LPR set up. Might work.
There lies the problem. To keep the tire of the same diameter without using an overly large sidewall with the VTR(buggy) style bead, the mounting surface on the rim needs to be slightly larger diameter than the LPR style wheel does. ROAR goes by the mounting surface, not the overall rim diameter. LPR and VTR wheels have almost identical overall diameters, it is the mounting surface diameter that differs. This is what makes the VTR wheel illegal. Without the extra bead "depth" the mounting surface HAS to be larger in diameter. That is what makes the VTR line such a great design though. There is no extra useless rubber on them.
