not really a question just more of a chating thing. so i've run alum wheels on my km2's for over a year, done everything from huge river rock crawling at under 10 psi to deep snow runs running about 2 psi, never blown a bead. so what's the point of spending way more money on beadlocks?

 

seems to me you are getting lucky. I would eventually like to take my old 8" wide wheels and put a set of DIY beadlocks on it. I have blown beads at 8-10 PSI coming down on a rock.

comes down to personal preference I suppose

 

JINX!

Beadlocks are a natural progression in the maturation of a wheeler.

 

i don't think so. i go with people that have been wheeling for 10 years plus, (they drive jeeps so they're like 5k for weight) they all run just alum wheels and have sliced more tired then we have blown off beads.

 

Poor mans bead lock = 8" wide aluminum wheel with 12.5" wide tire

 

double beadlocks ftw

 

in 25 years of wheeling I have had to replace 4-6 cracked aluminum rims due to cracked edges....pounded back a few steel rims

 

ya i shaved a good amount of my alum wheel off this weekend but nothing to bad. plus like scuba said its an 8 in wide wheel with a 12.50 tire.