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They are for homologation to IIRC - some countries get all narky about expsed tires and when viewed from above you can't have a certain & of tyre exposed on ANY wheel/tire combo in the range so these little lips are built into every variant as for economy of numbers. th'ye somethimes on the front fenders too. alway wear the fender where the fender starts to taper toward the centre line.
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do you have any source to back up that claim? not that something like that would be impossible but it seems unlikely to me that all of the sudden several independant manifacturers find their stock fenders to narrow for all their tire options (i have yet to see a version of these cars that have oem tires extend past the fenders ). i know that local law here forbids tires that extend past the fenders,(although the actual text might be vague enough to allow such "cheats"). i'll have another look at them with what you said in mind.