1.   Sparks flew from the wheel rims.

2.   Although standard tires quickly fall off the wheel rim when deflated, the new beads keep a flat tire on the rim, even during severe cornering.

3.   Chickens and goats wandered about the carcasses of police cars resting on rusted wheel rims.

4.   Engineers also redesigned the part of the tire contact with the wheel rim, called the bead.

5.   His specialty was the wooden wheel rims.

6.   Jurors were shown twisted and blackened pieces of metal, including a gear, a wheel rim, a crankshaft and a rail frame.

7.   No license tag is required here since the motors scrub the rear wheel rim to drive it, rather than the chain.

8.   Outside the office, radish sprouts are emerging in planters fashioned from Mustang wheel rims.

9.   The end of the sidewall terminates in the bead, the part of the tire in contact with the wheel rim.

10.   The probers also found other items -- tires, wheel rims and empty barrels -- that most likely were not left by a responsible excavation contractor.