looked for a review thred, couldent find one, might as well make one. what kind of beadlocks are you running? where did u get them? how much? most important, do they work? pictures are always nice too.
thanks, Mike
Ive owned Walkers and now have OMF's. The Walkers were awesome, never had 1 problem with them. The OMF's for some reason loved to break bolts on the front set but not the rear. Other then that ive had no issues with them.
Thats the problem with 16.5's. And Double beadlocking them is a bandaid for an aged tire design. All the tire manufactures are slowly discontinuing their 16.5 tires. If you're buying rims why not buy 17"s??? Everyone and their dog makes a wheeling 17" tire, think stickys's...
i have randy slawson's old omf's i think he had them done back in 05 they are still holding strong today. a few scratches a side and one broken bolts.
i'm really happy with them
i like weld-ons.....added a 3/16 rod on the inside bead. seems to work great for my purpose. but i have under what it costs for all of them than even 1 hummer or any alloy versions would be
Not bashing here but damn, this happened on dirt. I've seen guys take way harder rolls on rocks and never seen a wheel do this. Needless to say I'm in the market for new wheels.
I made my beadlocks.. 1/4" steel welded on to steel rims.
Mine work great I have had them for over 3 years and never had an issue..
If you can not afford the bling aluminum ones and want some beadlocks. weld on ones work great and are a great option.. and 99% of them working is the person putting them together.. IE: can you weld and have no leaks.. I have NONE
The Gov. does have something new. All the new hummv's come with 24bolt double bead locks. But its still a 16.5 wheel. But thats OK, I'll keep running my 8bolt H1. They work great and have lasted for 6yrs now.
17" steel allieds with 42's and a 7000lb (yes thats right) bronco. Been great so far. Did knock out the nutserts and went with 3/8s bolts instaed of the 5/16ths. A buddy with a similar rig in weight and tire size kept blowing the 5/16ths, so i learned from his mistakes.
Ballistic Fab beadlocks with custom rings. They are awsome I run about 3psi with 36X12.50 TSL SX's. $250 for a set of 5, awsome deal! I'm getting a set for my 8 log 1 ton build as well.
Ran my Staz 16.5s for over 3 years at 3lbs of air and never had a bead or air burping issue. I'd still be running those rims if comp rubber fit them.
another angle of my 17s. just can't get the black chrome powder coat to show up very well. they're look pretty dang impressive in person. Its even hard to tell theres a 3/8" cold rolled rim protector. :smokin:
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