are there any fake beadlock kits out ther? or DIY?

TwistedcaB · Dec 23, 2008

like the title says are there any kits or write ups on making my plain steel wheels like the crager street locks or any other fake bead lock wheels? if theres not a kit i have access to a Auto. Plasma machine. thanks

Dan

tomcat · Dec 23, 2008

all that work, might as well make them REAL beadlocks

Muddy Beast · Dec 23, 2008

x2 on just make some real beadlocks. Or atleast make me some.

~Scott

TwistedcaB · Dec 23, 2008

haha. well i've heard that it's kinda hard to make them not leak on the DIY beadlocks and i'd rather not have to cut off the edge of my wheel. and idk how cali. is about having true beadlocks on the road even tho it's probally hard to tell the diff. now haha.

et89xj · Dec 23, 2008

DIY4X.com offers rings that weld onto your rim to help fight denting the lips, I think they call they rock rings. I run DIY4Xs weld on bead locks, you do not do any cutting just weld the inner ring to the lip of the rim(fits down in the outer lip) I have had NO leaks(RVT is your friend here) and do NOT drive my xj on the street...andy miobi.org

TwistedcaB · Dec 23, 2008

ok thanks man. and whats RTV?

ECKSJAY · Dec 23, 2008

Do you NEED beadlocks or just want the look?

TwistedcaB · Dec 23, 2008

no i dont need them. just like the look of them.

Markos · Dec 23, 2008

TwistedcaB said:
no i dont need them. just like the look of them.

If you are simply going for looks, the easiest approach would be to buy stick-on rhinestones. From five feet away, they will surely look like beadlocks. Especially if you have black wheels. I'd recommend that you buy in case they fall during your offroading trips.

http://craftsuppliesforless.com/craftsupplies_rhinestonejewels.html

ECKSJAY · Dec 23, 2008

Markos said:
If you are simply going for looks, the easiest approach would be to buy stick-on rhinestones. From five feet away, they will surely look like beadlocks. Especially if you have black wheels. I'd recommend that you buy in case they fall during your offroading trips.

http://craftsuppliesforless.com/craftsupplies_rhinestonejewels.html

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

TwistedcaB · Dec 23, 2008

ha ha ha very funny

it's no different than Crager streetlocks that a ton of people have.

emr1101 · Dec 23, 2008

Markos said:
If you are simply going for looks, the easiest approach would be to buy stick-on rhinestones. From five feet away, they will surely look like beadlocks. Especially if you have black wheels. I'd recommend that you buy in case they fall during your offroading trips.

http://craftsuppliesforless.com/craftsupplies_rhinestonejewels.html

talk about ghetto rigged haha

RCP Phx · Dec 24, 2008

TwistedcaB said:
ha ha ha very funny it's no different than Crager streetlocks that a ton of people have.

I dont know,how "gay" are you?

TwistedcaB · Dec 24, 2008

that doesnt even make any sense??? and besides im looking at real kits too now anyways

heyjpark1 · Dec 24, 2008

I'll bet you 75% of the people with real beadlocks that are hammering the OP have no need whatsoever for beadlocks.

My $.02

FlexdXJ · Dec 24, 2008

whats so wrong with street locks that you don't want them?

xcm · Dec 24, 2008

FlexdXJ said:
whats so wrong with street locks that you don't want them?

its like fake carbon fiber, its just something men should not do...
its making something look like it does something, while not doing it.
lipstick on a pig.
its just unethical.

Ramsey · Dec 24, 2008

heyjpark1 said:
I'll bet you 75% of the people with real beadlocks that are hammering the OP have no need whatsoever for beadlocks.

My $.02

How do you figure, if you airdown you "need" them.

tbburg · Dec 24, 2008

xcm said:
its like fake carbon fiber, its just something men should not do...
its making something look like it does something, while not doing it.
lipstick on a pig.
its just unethical.

Actually, the street locks are worse then that. They make a truck preform worse then it would without them. A "street lock" rim weighs more then the same wheel without all that crap on the lip. Decreases acceleration, increases brake distance increases un-sprung weight. That's all good, right?

Ramsey said:
How do you figure, if you airdown you "need" them.

I can run 12 PSI on stock steel rims

(but I don't play serious in the rocks)

FlexdXJ · Dec 24, 2008

well if you make a rim "kinda" like a streetlock its gonna do just the same as you mentioned tbburg! That is still what this thread is about, right?

I am very happy with my soft 8's and if i was gonna make some fake beadlocks I would just go ahead and make real ones too!

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