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Old 08-24-2014, 09:11 AM   #1
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Default Rim strips, big ones and little ones

I did a forum search, but no luck; so my apologies if this topic has been discussed previously. I have not removed my old tires, so I don’t know the condition of the inside of the rims. My thought was to include rim strips when I ordered tires and tubes. Then, I ran across two sizes of rim strips, 2” and 5”. In the photo, the 5” strip appears to be contoured; hence, I suppose the nonlinear price scale. My first thought was the 5” strips would do wonders by covering possible rough areas inside the rim; but, then, it occurred to me that if the strips did not fit almost perfectly, there could be more problems created, than solved. Any ideas, suggestions, past experiences?
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Old 08-24-2014, 09:23 AM   #2
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The 5 inch strip sounds more like a flap than strip. A tire flap is used on split rims and is placed inside the tire after the tube is placed in the tire. Then the tire, tube, flap is placed on the rim together.

I would think the 2 inch strip is what is placed on the rim covering the bumps from the spokes.

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Old 08-24-2014, 01:18 PM   #3
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I don't think strips or flaps were used at the factory. If your rims are really smooth on the inside, you don't need them
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Old 08-24-2014, 02:06 PM   #4
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The original rim liners for the cars were a thick paper or cardboard around the recessed part of the rim. I have one wheel with the original paint and liner.
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I have used the narrow style on model A wheels to cover the spoke humps inside the wheels . I see that Brattons has them listed as about one and one half inch wide. Snyders has them listed at about one inch wide . Both list for $2.50 each . Snyders has flaps that covers most of the inside of the rim for $27.95 each . There is a big difference in the price in the narrow liners and the wider flaps . I once had to us a flap on a 20 inch AA wheel . A lot depends on how rusty and pitted the inside of the wheel is. Back in the 70s I had some rusty pitted on the inside 19 inch wheels that caused problems and I made my own wheel liners . I got 4 used throw away 15 inch tubes and cut the inner section to the width that I needed, cut out the old valve stem and streched them over the pitted wheels . This worked for me and only cost about 30 minutes work to cut them out .
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Old 08-24-2014, 04:30 PM   #6
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Old 08-24-2014, 08:29 PM   #7
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I own a very low mileage(9,000 mile) AA stake bed truck. Two tears ago, I removed the original tires from the rims because the rubber was falling off. When I took them apart, each one had a rim liner about 5 or 6 inches wide. They appeared to be just like the rim liners found in split rim tube type truck tires (10 x 20). A word of caution: Have a tire dealer who specializes in truck tires inflate them for you. They are equipped with a tire cage to safely inflate the tires.
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