Beadlocks

Hyena · June 22, 2005, 08:41:56 PM

It looks funny.

TrackVino · June 23, 2005, 10:50:57 AM

Those things look really good. I might have missed something, but why use bb's

WHITE_TRASH · June 23, 2005, 11:17:08 AM

BB's balance the tires beings 90% of the tires shops out there wont even look at you if you bring in a beadlocked wheel. Well that and how can you beat the price of about $6 to balance 2 sets of tires and never have to worry about knocking a weight off or having to rebalance them?

KYOTA · June 23, 2005, 05:58:11 PM

finished up today , 38's made a BIG difference to the 35's

MagPede · June 23, 2005, 06:29:11 PM

mudmaster · June 23, 2005, 06:54:43 PM

Likey

Hyena · June 23, 2005, 08:25:29 PM

Looks a lot better! BTW, were did you order them from? Was is from Discount Tire?

Yota4life · June 23, 2005, 10:21:42 PM

Do you think your going to have any fender rubbing problems?

KYOTA · June 23, 2005, 10:31:00 PM

I hope not after doing all this http://board.marlincrawler.com/index.php?topic=2993.300 scroll half way down

WHITE_TRASH · June 23, 2005, 10:50:03 PM

Rub on the tubeage silly not the firewall. Sheesh kids these days.

Yota4life · June 23, 2005, 10:56:02 PM

Yeah i meant when your tucked in the rear fender and the front fender tube.

TrackVino · June 24, 2005, 07:16:27 AM

4DEES · June 25, 2005, 10:32:49 AM

that fawker looks SWEET!

KYOTA · June 25, 2005, 10:43:22 AM

Quote from: Yota4life on June 23, 2005, 10:21:42 PM
Do you think your going to have any fender rubbing problems?

Dunno yet got to try it out and see, if so I'll probably cut the fender tubing off, but just looking at it I think I'll be OK

and thanks 40's

4DEES · June 25, 2005, 11:48:32 AM

just ordered my beadlocks from ALCHEMY also!

Skinny_Pedal · June 25, 2005, 12:05:46 PM

it was looking like a drag racer before the fronts got mounted

. the swampers look much better

To The Floor · June 27, 2005, 12:06:48 AM

OMG why the hell would you by Sx's. you poser... $That\'s Gay$ should've bought thornbirds
how much were the beadlocks again? $250 for a set, but is that for all 4 or two or what? how much were they for all 8 rings and hardware?

... on a more serious note, that thing is bad ass

4DEES · June 27, 2005, 12:11:50 AM

they are $250 including hardware and EVERYTHING,I paid $295 shipped to me here in SoCal.

Volcom · June 27, 2005, 06:55:20 AM

Did you have to modify the steel wheels to accept that welded on part of the beadlock? Did you have to cut the lip of the wheel off? If so, how tough is that.

KYOTA · June 27, 2005, 09:48:27 AM

the weld on ring sits in the lip of the wheel

Nick $240 +$20 to ship from Bend to here so probably not much more to get them up there to you.

dirtyskivies · June 27, 2005, 01:08:08 PM

wheels and tires look GREAT!

waskillywabbit · June 27, 2005, 04:39:13 PM

Alchemy doesn't have a website I can find...do they have one where I can see other options perhaps?

What size rims are those BTW?

KYOTA · June 27, 2005, 06:31:10 PM

no site gotta call him - those are 15's

waskillywabbit · June 27, 2005, 06:47:07 PM

Quote from: KYOTA on June 27, 2005, 06:31:10 PM
no site gotta call him - those are 15's

15 x WHAT!?

KYOTA · June 27, 2005, 06:50:07 PM

15x8

waskillywabbit · June 27, 2005, 06:54:56 PM

Quote from: KYOTA on June 27, 2005, 06:50:07 PM
15x8

Hoping I didn't have to get wider rims cause I like my 15x8s.

rockhound · June 27, 2005, 07:49:42 PM

$250 has got to be the best price out there for beadlocks.
The tech tips and parts sources gleaned from buildups, is the coolest thing about this forum.
I've heard about the problem with balancing, and I've seen a product written up, I don't remember what it was called, but bb's are the same principle and cheaper.

KYOTA,Your rig is really looking awesome. $Beer Chug\'n$

KYOTA · July 25, 2005, 04:12:44 PM

updated pic, trimmed out rear wheel well before last weeks trip and there was no rubbing at all front or rear. Notice my first dent behind the cab

and the switch back to single shackles.

BigMike · January 10, 2006, 07:07:52 PM

Wow, this looks much better then a procedure that I was going to follow here:
http://www.rockcrawler.com/techreports/diy_beadlocks/index.asp

That guy had to cut the outter bead off of his wheels and then center and weld on the beadlock which included that part of the wheel.

So I was a bit

about doing that, but man KYOTA, If you are saying that these rings just fit into the inside lip of the wheel, then sheesh, I could pretty much do that right now to my wheels even....

Also, what are you guys talking about bb's? So you are pouring in some bb's inside of the tire and letting them fly all over the place inside the tire?? How many bb's per tire? Like a hand full or something?

BTW, yes, sadly, I am just finding this thread today. No one ever told me about it

Volcom · January 10, 2006, 09:04:47 PM

Quote from: BigMike on January 10, 2006, 07:07:52 PM
Also, what are you guys talking about bb's? So you are pouring in some bb's inside of the tire and letting them fly all over the place inside the tire?? How many bb's per tire? Like a hand full or something?

On a 36-37 inch tire, you would need about 10 oz's of BB's. If you use BB's, make sure they are the steel kind, don't use the copper-coated ones. The coating flakes off and when mixed with water and moisture, they clog the valve stems. Steel shot for shotgun shells make good BB's too

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