of the wheel the bead lock 51 is a part of the integral centering element 50 and forms a ridge or rim which protrudes from a centering element rim surface 71 the inner clamping bead lock 51 clamps an interior end of a tire 40 between itself and a rim of the interior wheel half 30 an end 54 is situated on the other side of the centering element rim 58 opposite the inner clamping bead lock 51 steel cables 41 are provided in the tire 40 as shown cross sections shown the provision of the inner clamping bead lock 51 is significant because it is the result of improving by physically extending a portion of a modular vehicle wheel such as the modular vehicle wheel of the u s pat no 4 989 657 which was mentioned above to what has been considered up till now unobtainable inner reaches of the tire and its bead seat location which can permanently lock the tire bead in place against the rim upon assembling the tire and wheel further the integral centering element 50 becomes a stationary fixed part of the modular wheel that cannot be introduced to conventional wheels or rims by other permanent means and therefore is not an add on feature another feature of the centering element 50 is the shelf i e the centering element rim 58 over the normal tire mounting well 60 the centering element rim 58 allows the transition of the deflated inboard tire bead to find its new center without interruption it provides support for the tire bead and the ultimate contact of the tire.