Anyone else have this problem?

[qballjr13]

Luster - Thats what I was thinking. My father-in-law has a 97 Vette and talks all the time about how guys on the Corvette forums replace them with standard tires. I dont see how a wheel can be different and ONLY accept a Run Flat???

[imported_Luster]

Luster - Thats what I was thinking. My father-in-law has a 97 Vette and talks all the time about how guys on the Corvette forums replace them with standard tires. I dont see how a wheel can be different and ONLY accept a Run Flat???

If you look at a Run Flat tire, side-by-side with a "normal" tire, without reading the lettering on the side of the tire, there is no difference. The difference is in the stiffness of the sidewalls. Run-flats don`t flex (much). The sidewalls are reinforced to be as much as 6 times more rigid than regular steel belted radials.

That`s why tire pressure sensors are needed with run-flats, because you can`t tell by looking at them or driving on them, whether or not you have a flat tire!

I think the only manufacturers of run-flats are Goodyear, Michelin, Kumho, and Firestone. (Please correct me if I`m wrong).

I`ve seen all these tires and they all have the same type of sidewall and bead.

I also would like for someone to explain how a certain wheel could be for RFT`s only.

[imported_Termigator]

Luster - Thats what I was thinking. My father-in-law has a 97 Vette and talks all the time about how guys on the Corvette forums replace them with standard tires. I dont see how a wheel can be different and ONLY accept a Run Flat???

The Run Flats Michelin made for the Odyssey are different. They only fit the rims specific to the Odyssey Touring model, which happens to be specially made to use the Run Flats Michelin made specifically for the Touring model. If you look at the Run Flats on the Odyssey Touring, it won`t have the regular numbers (e.g 235/60/17) on the side.