bead locking rims

[LIMA BEAN]

Man I need to take a step back and inform myself about these. I thought NOT dot approved meant illegal but apparently not or at least its a state by state issue. Liability in an accident because of them may be a big issue though. Here is one article from a forum I thought was neat that shows old school and new school formed bead sections.


http://www.jkowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6332

 

[--weezl--]

i don't feel like reading all of that, but basically it's not the fact that you have non dot approved things on your vehicle that is illegal, it has to do with the fact that you are removing a safety feature (rims) that ARE DOT approved

short lesson: DOT is Department Of Transportation, a government group that regulates automotive products, certain things must be approved by them to be used on the street, these include illumination lighting, safety lighting (tail lights) windows, windshields, rims, tires, ect... take a look on your rims they will have "DOT approved" stamped on them, same with tires, windows, headlights, any modification to any of these products renders the product no longer approved as it is modified... this is why nightshade is illegal...

in canada, there is Transportation Canada, which is much the same, the regulations between the countries are much the same, with a few differences like daytime running lights in canada...

when you modify rims they aren't the same rim that the DOT approved, when you bought them... this is also why techincally painting your headlights (like i have done) is illegal, because you are modifying the headlights...

beadlocks in themselves are NOT illegal, it's people who are unlicensed to modify rims, modifying rims and putting them on vehicles to be driven on the street that is the issue... that's why you can buy DOT approved beadlocks

 

[RavoHimself]

Well we had a professional welder put on the bead locks. I have no question about their safety and reliability. We mainly only use it off road or as a sunday driver. Highway driving usually doesn't happen because of the gear ratio but still sometimes high speeds are used. I would agree that if your not a professional welder then you should not try this yourself. But like I said. We had a professional do it so it is perfectly safe for how we use it

 

[--weezl--]

fair enough, there is nothing wrong with them being used in general, the aftermarket non dot ones just aren't designed for highway speeds is all... i just wanted to warn you all, nothing more i can do than tell you my opinion on the safety, and inform you of the laws

 

[straycat]

do you havea pic of the front of the wheel?

Yo, Bro!! I got the thumb dive from the wife. If I doid not find the picture I was just going to take off the spare and take a photo.

This is a Jeep Wrangler rim that works on the Ranger. It is just not as deep as the AR rims I have on the truck.

 

[sloth69mustang]

Man I need to take a step back and inform myself about these. I thought NOT dot approved meant illegal but apparently not or at least its a state by state issue. Liability in an accident because of them may be a big issue though. Here is one article from a forum I thought was neat that shows old school and new school formed bead sections.


http://www.jkowners.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6332

this actually as a lot of good info. and i would trust something like this setup. i may look into this a lot for my truck. my truck will see freeway speeds but i usually dont even make it to 70 bc of my ratios.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

this actually as a lot of good info. and i would trust something like this setup. i may look into this a lot for my truck. my truck will see freeway speeds but i usually dont even make it to 70 bc of my ratios.

Those Racelines are way sweet, the Walker Evan's are nice too though.