Show me your beadlock wheels
- Thread starter Plumber1
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Raceline has 17" beadlocks with 3.5 backspacing. Is that too little bs for 35" tires? I'm not concerned about flare coverage.
I'm running 3.5" on my beadlocks. Haven't had any issues.......yet
My non-beads were 3.5” with no fitment issues.
The Trailreadys I acquired have 3.75” of bs with no fitment issues.
Another set of Raceline Monster 232 3.75” bs wrapped with 35x12.5r17 Mickey Thompson Baja Legend MTZ
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I traded out the 15" wheels with the 35s for some 17s with 37s.
Custom that we designed and that is the small hub.
I thought the taillights were cool, but if BMB is offering beadlocks then its time for me to start making some poor financial decisions.
We've done a couple of sets. I will NEVER do another set even for someone I like. I literally have over 100 emails for the last set and I could not get even the most simple basic questions answered. One of the things that was very critical in the design for me was to not have the lug nut recesses cut into the center bore. Since this is for the small hub kit and we have control, I asked the owner to measure the diameter of the hub so we could get it done nicely.
I was trying avoid this.
The only answer I got after several tries was just to match his existing center bore. Given these are very custom and I have control over a lot of the design elements, I got off my ass and went and measured a hub, added a small bit for clearance and used that.
When the wheels arrived, the owner was ecstatic that the lug nut recesses didn't cut into the center bore. WTF?? Why did you think I kept hounding you for that number?
Between that and all the other BS we went through, never again.
That said, even if I were so inclined, there is no way to make any money doing it. That set of 5 in a forged alloy with 10mm screws and a spare set of rings was over 3 grand our cost. Granted, the same wheel done here would be over 7 grand, but who does that?
downthepines
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If those polished beadlocks were your last set, you picked a good set to go out on. They are gorgeous.
They are, and the inserts are stainless steel EZ-Lok style. I found and purchased some 10mm aluminum flake coated alloy socket head cap screws to stop any galling issues and also to never have a bolt breakage problem. We actually toned down the polish level to match existing. We could have gone all the way up to a mirror finish but not our call. Pretty spectacular set of bead locks especially being forged.
If anyone has need for some short 10mm socket head cap screws in stainless, I have a good sized bag full.