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Those are the ring halves for the beadlocks. They were a huge help with taping, and I was careful to let the tape down slowly and not distort the natural contour of the tire. The tape made the tires significantly stiffer even unmounted, acts almost like a real tire carcass to some extent.

The beadlocks made things quite a bit easier vs. glued tires, and most of the time was just cleaning the shredded foam out and getting the tires clean inside. The compound of the ZM tires is like the rubber they make those wallwalker toys from, you have to pry it apart from itself, so the tape stuck like crazy. I'm not sure how well some tape sticks to the various compounds, but it worked great for me.