PAX wheels pictures

I was swapping some sensors out of a member's PAX wheels and tires into some ASpec wheels today and thought I would share a couple pictures I took. One of my other stores has a PAX machine and had already dismounted the tire before he brought them to me. This is the first time I've actually seen a bare PAX wheel so I decided to take a picture. The system is actually a great idea but there are just way too many downfalls for it to have been successful, cost being the biggest factor. Had the technology developed further and more automobile and tire manufacturers hopped on board, the costs would have been reduced and the options and availability would have been much better. Unfortunately, conventional run flat tires are typically already costlier than the average consumer is willing to spend and the PAX system is only slightly more beneficial and significantly more expensive than those.

Here's a picture of an RL PAX wheel without the tire or the support ring:



Here is a picture of the support ring inside the assembly. I don't have a PAX machine at my shop so I just cut openings in the sidewalls to remove the sensors: