Method for fixing a ring made of a sound-absorbing material on a rim and motor vehicle wheel having a ring made of sound-absorbing material fixed on the rim

A method for fixing a ring of sound-absorbing material to a rim of a wheel, the rim having a circumferential area facing an interior of a tire mounted on the rim, comprising:

• positioning a ring of sound-absorbing material onto the circumferential area of the rim;
• and
• stretching threads over the ring of sound-absorbing material one of toward and onto the rim,
• wherein the threads are stretched over both sides of the ring, whereby the ring is held onto the rim by the threads.

A method of making a motor vehicle wheel having a tire mounted on a rim, the motor vehicle wheel comprising:

• a ring made of a sound-absorbing material positioned inside the interior of the tire and encircling the rim;
• and
• threads covering said ring and fixing said ring to the rim;
• wherein said threads are stretched over both sides of said ring one of towards or onto the rim,
• the method comprising:
• positioning the ring made of sound-absorbing material onto a circumferential area of the rim;
• and
• stretching threads over the ring made of sound-absorbing material one of toward and onto the rim.