Can Anybody Identify These Wheels?
12-28-2017, 05:03 AM
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Beadlocks legal or not depends a lot on the state.Those B.a.d. wheels can be because the beadlock is inside and if it came loose the tire is still on the rim.The other thing is the h1 hummer and all the big military trucks have beadlocks and they can use the us roads.I kinda rather have the h1 beadlocks recentered.They are a double beadlock but are 16.5 rim so tire options are limited.
12-28-2017, 06:24 PM
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Beadlocks legal or not depends a lot on the state.Those B.a.d. wheels can be because the beadlock is inside and if it came loose the tire is still on the rim.The other thing is the h1 hummer and all the big military trucks have beadlocks and they can use the us roads.I kinda rather have the h1 beadlocks recentered.They are a double beadlock but are 16.5 rim so tire options are limited.
I would never run them on mine... I know they serve a purpose...but just not something I have any personal burning desire for, other than they do look cool IMHO.
12-29-2017, 01:04 AM
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The old mud truck i had i ran recentered h1s on and the police never bothered me over them.But running a 40 inch super swamper on the streets and in the rain wasn't a good idea lol.Today i would have used 20 inch beadlocks theres a company that makes double beadlocks in any size you want.
12-31-2017, 11:51 PM
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option for ya.
See my boys Comanche i have a set of stock Charger 17" wheels and drilled holes to mount the Jeep center caps. 17x7
See my boys Comanche i have a set of stock Charger 17" wheels and drilled holes to mount the Jeep center caps. 17x7
01-01-2018, 12:14 PM
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did a little web searchin' on the topic... and have come up with two primary reasons why they are considered illegal for street use in most states...
1. Almost all beadlock wheels are not DOT approved...meaning the companies just haven't spent the money to have them officially tested and approved for normal highway/road use.
2. Read that a lot of them if not all are a 2 piece wheel. Which is really just old school... so don't see why that would be a problem. hell.... I think my stock steelies might be 2 piece... so if that's true, that second point they make is just pure BS. Once that outer ring cools and locks into place around the center, only way that would ever come apart is if you dropped the Jeep out of a plane. lol.
So really I think it's just the first one.... and by companies making them stating they are for off-road use only, that releases them from any legal liability if a consumer used them on road and there was some sort of malfunction. But personally... I think a wheel that is built/designed specifically to deal with the roughest terrain there is which is off road, then pavement pounding with them would be a walk in the park... right?
Just my 2 cents after a little digging.
1. Almost all beadlock wheels are not DOT approved...meaning the companies just haven't spent the money to have them officially tested and approved for normal highway/road use.
2. Read that a lot of them if not all are a 2 piece wheel. Which is really just old school... so don't see why that would be a problem. hell.... I think my stock steelies might be 2 piece... so if that's true, that second point they make is just pure BS. Once that outer ring cools and locks into place around the center, only way that would ever come apart is if you dropped the Jeep out of a plane. lol.
So really I think it's just the first one.... and by companies making them stating they are for off-road use only, that releases them from any legal liability if a consumer used them on road and there was some sort of malfunction. But personally... I think a wheel that is built/designed specifically to deal with the roughest terrain there is which is off road, then pavement pounding with them would be a walk in the park... right?
Just my 2 cents after a little digging.
01-01-2018, 04:47 PM
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had to find a new host for my images.
If you want something different, my son's MJ I put Charger 17x7 stock steels on it, drill holes so can use Jeep center caps for a stock look.
If you want something different, my son's MJ I put Charger 17x7 stock steels on it, drill holes so can use Jeep center caps for a stock look.
01-01-2018, 04:55 PM
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NICE! Yeah that's the look I'm going for, you nailed it. Furthermore, you got a sharp two-door there sir.
01-01-2018, 05:05 PM
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My other one is a nicer body, imagine 300k miles on this one, no rust, but 2wd thats a D44 from an 89 under it and procomp springs, I got a 99 parts XJ with 102k miles on it, engine is going in this one and aw4/242 from the 89. and a front from a 94 parts rigs.
I'm partial to the two doors.
01-01-2018, 05:09 PM
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Thanks its not bad for a 87 AMC Jeep.
My other one is a nicer body, imagine 300k miles on this one, no rust, but 2wd thats a D44 from an 89 under it and procomp springs, I got a 99 parts XJ with 102k miles on it, engine is going in this one and aw4/242 from the 89. and a front from a 94 parts rigs.
I'm partial to the two doors.
My other one is a nicer body, imagine 300k miles on this one, no rust, but 2wd thats a D44 from an 89 under it and procomp springs, I got a 99 parts XJ with 102k miles on it, engine is going in this one and aw4/242 from the 89. and a front from a 94 parts rigs.
I'm partial to the two doors.
01-01-2018, 05:19 PM
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just stock steel, Charger, Challenger, or Magnum will work.
Took me a year to find a set, then a month to find second set. then nothing since...
the offset is nearly stock and sets the tires under the truck.
I wanted to get a set of fake bead lock rings and weld them.
01-01-2018, 07:24 PM
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You really did do a nice job with those wheels. You know, you made me realize I was going about this the wrong way. I think I'm going to follow your lead. I am currently rolling up my sleeves to get things done. What's that saying, "If you want something done right you gotta do it yourself"? Thank you.👍
01-02-2018, 01:58 AM
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did a little web searchin' on the topic... and have come up with two primary reasons why they are considered illegal for street use in most states...
1. Almost all beadlock wheels are not DOT approved...meaning the companies just haven't spent the money to have them officially tested and approved for normal highway/road use.
2. Read that a lot of them if not all are a 2 piece wheel. Which is really just old school... so don't see why that would be a problem. hell.... I think my stock steelies might be 2 piece... so if that's true, that second point they make is just pure BS. Once that outer ring cools and locks into place around the center, only way that would ever come apart is if you dropped the Jeep out of a plane. lol.
So really I think it's just the first one.... and by companies making them stating they are for off-road use only, that releases them from any legal liability if a consumer used them on road and there was some sort of malfunction. But personally... I think a wheel that is built/designed specifically to deal with the roughest terrain there is which is off road, then pavement pounding with them would be a walk in the park... right?
Just my 2 cents after a little digging.
1. Almost all beadlock wheels are not DOT approved...meaning the companies just haven't spent the money to have them officially tested and approved for normal highway/road use.
2. Read that a lot of them if not all are a 2 piece wheel. Which is really just old school... so don't see why that would be a problem. hell.... I think my stock steelies might be 2 piece... so if that's true, that second point they make is just pure BS. Once that outer ring cools and locks into place around the center, only way that would ever come apart is if you dropped the Jeep out of a plane. lol.
So really I think it's just the first one.... and by companies making them stating they are for off-road use only, that releases them from any legal liability if a consumer used them on road and there was some sort of malfunction. But personally... I think a wheel that is built/designed specifically to deal with the roughest terrain there is which is off road, then pavement pounding with them would be a walk in the park... right?
Just my 2 cents after a little digging.
01-03-2018, 12:17 AM
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No your stock wheels are 2 pieces but welded together so its really one piece,A 2 piece rim aka split has a thick metal ring you have to pop off and then beat back on those are 2 piece and a nightmare to change a tire on.Skip to about 3 mins
And to be honest even a lift kit is marked off road only,Like you said they rather mark stuff off road to cover them only butt and not spend the money to have it tested.
And to be honest even a lift kit is marked off road only,Like you said they rather mark stuff off road to cover them only butt and not spend the money to have it tested.
And I figured the stockies on my 99 were two piece, just didn't state the welded part afterwards. So yeah not a fully traditionally produced old school 2 piece wheel.
01-03-2018, 12:24 AM
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Also... I don't know what it is about them... but the version of plain steelies on my 99... to me, just seem to have that same no nonsense bs function over form as the rest of an XJ does...that for some reason I just have a bit of a soft spot for... because I don't usually care for the look of base model steelies on anything...but these I like. I'm thinking once Winter is over, I might sand these puppies down and do a nice either matte or semi-gloss black finish on them and put the center caps back on.