Anyone out there running AEV beadlocks on a daily driver? If so have you run into any problems with them, such as balancing, retaining air pressure, etc etc anything negative.


Also any photos of the Argent or Silver beadlocks on a black JK would be nice to see

 

Great wheels IF you are going to use them for what they are meant for.
If this is mainly a DD you do not want them.
You will also have a hard time finding a store to mount, rotate, balance etc
them.
If you are truly going to use them for what they are made from what I
understand they are the best option to allow road use as well.

 

No they are not the best beadlock but they are the best Beadlock which is DOT approved. I think there may be one other company which produces DOT approved beadlocks but from what I read they were very pricey and not that great. Now if you are willing to change your wheels whenever you are going off road then I think you really would be better off with another Beadlock as the DOT approval is what most people go with the AEV for.
ETA I could be wrong, I do not own or run beadlocks so have not looked into them much but that is what I recall reading....
Also, as for running not DOT approved beadlocks on the road, do not do it... If you have any accident or anything your insurance will not cover
you and has every right to terminate your policy...

 

I was at AEV a few months ago, and asked them about this, and as long as you are willing to maintain the wheel it is a very good option. It allows you to run lower air pressure off road, doesn't leak, and in my opinion looks good. The main thing that you need to ask yourself though is if you are willing to take the time to maintain the wheel because the bolts (24 per wheel) need to be torqued monthy, and replaced anually. It is no more difficult to balance than any other tire, but as you go up in size on any tire they get more difficult to balance, and it is more time consuming to mount, and there are less shops willing to take the time to mount these.

 

Might be worth taking a look at Staun internal beadlocks - staunproducts.com/beadlock.php

 

Buy an internal bead lock and lock both sides. Try Staun.

 

droooool, Thanks for the pic Alec

Thanks guys for all of the comments. I just have a 4 mile commute to work and I am only 15 miles from my favorite riding area. So they will get used as they were meant to be just about every weekend.

Torquing the bolts monthly and replacing them annually to me would be a small sacrifice for what I get in return. If that is indeed all that needs to be done.

I am a little familar with beadlocks having them on my ATV, so I am use to the maintenance, but no experience using them on a Jeep. So any info is appreciated.

Thanks again guys

 

I have these on my rig and use it quite a bit on the Highway. I had a pretty rough time getting these to balance out but am running 37x12.5x17 BFGoodrich Krawler KX tires which may be part of the problem? After having the local tire shop try and balance these tires a couple of times, I drove to the nearest RoadForce shop and begged/bribed them to Roadforce my tires. They ended up clocking 2 of tires to get them close and had no problems with the other 3. Before I had these Road Forced, There was some serious vibrations happening at about 50mph. Now, it is hardly noticeable and there is less than 1/4th of the weights that the local guys used.

Make sure you get a torque wrench as you need to torque to 10 ft/lbs first and then 15 ft/lbs on all 24 bolts.

PS, the shop that has the Road Force machine has a policy that they will not balance over a 35" tire but I went to gsp9700.com and found that the machine can handle up to a 40" tire and presented that to them so they would do it.

 

i went to taht site but cant find where it says that it will handle a 35 inch tire. help?

 

Sorry, it was in their technical info but I don't see it there now. I did find their specs on tirerack's website which mentions max tire diameter 40 in. here
http://www.tirerack.com/winter/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=109