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scoutman 
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 Topic: 16.5" wheels and safety beadsPosted: 13 June 2006 at 7:47am |
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Do all 16.5" wheels not have safety beads or does this just pertain to stock wheels? I don't want to get new wheels and not get the safety bead.
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-DRM-
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Posted: 13 June 2006 at 7:47am |
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The only ones I have ever seen that had the safety beads were stock rims.
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 2:08am |
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I have bought several sets of after market wheels for 16.5' and none had safety beads. Stock 7" wide OEM do on some . Steve
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Posted: 15 June 2006 at 4:05am |
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scoutman
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Posted: 16 June 2006 at 8:30am |
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Why would they keep making these rims? Especially when they know of the problem and they are pretty widely used in the 4x4 world. I want a plain 16.5" black rockcrawler rim 8 lug, but with a safety bead.
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Posted: 19 June 2006 at 3:52pm |
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Why not just weld on your own safty bead? We did some Trail Readys (alum) and they worked flawlessly...
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Posted: 19 June 2006 at 4:58pm |
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Did you just run a continuous surface bead, or tach in some wire in a circle? I have seen both used effectivly... Shoot - I have even heard of people using fiberglass resin to create a safety bead. |
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scoutman
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Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:12am |
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Are you talking about a weld on TR beadlock ring or a weld on safety bead? I would like to run the H2 aluminum rims but they are 17" and my tire choices are limited for a 17" rim. The tire I want to run puts me back at a 16.5" rim which narrows my choices to keep running the hummer rims (too heavy), buy expensive rims, get steel rims (prefered option but no safety bead). BTW I would like to run a 38x14.5 TSL SX tire but with a H2 rim. Edited by scoutman |
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Posted: 20 June 2006 at 2:33am |
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So get some stock steel rims with the safety bead, pick up a weld-on beadlock kit, and you get about an 8" wide rim that would be perfect for those tires and are not too awful heavy.
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Posted: 23 June 2006 at 4:45pm |
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Travis had the 16.4 TR Beadlocks with the 38" SXs... Nathan (CustomFabBoy) welded an aluminum rod creating an inner saftey bead on the 16.5s ~Mo |
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