View Poll Results: What combo should I go with?
Polished Wheel with Polished Beadlock
10
16.67%
Polished Wheel with Blue Beadlock
7
11.67%
Polished Wheel with Black Beadlock
1
1.67%
Med Grey PC'd wheel with Polished Beadlock
1
1.67%
Med Grey PC'd wheel with Blue Beadlock
2
3.33%
Med Grey PC'd wheel with Black Beadlock
3
5.00%
Black PC'd wheel with Polished Beadlock
8
13.33%
Black PC'd wheel with Blue Beadlock
17
28.33%
Black PC'd wheel with Black Beadlock
11
18.33%
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Help me with my beadlock and wheel color combo.
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Wahoo! The sample will be done and sent out today!!
After hearing everyone's input, it made sense that the lock ring would get beat up. Polished was the clear choice. (Cheaper by $12 ea too).
Now, the question remains about the wheel. Do I go polish it and deal with the oxidation every winter, or do I PC them silver/grey/black and call it a day. I guess I'll need to revise the poll...
I'm going to get it mounted up with a tire and take pics first.
After hearing everyone's input, it made sense that the lock ring would get beat up. Polished was the clear choice. (Cheaper by $12 ea too).
Now, the question remains about the wheel. Do I go polish it and deal with the oxidation every winter, or do I PC them silver/grey/black and call it a day. I guess I'll need to revise the poll...
I'm going to get it mounted up with a tire and take pics first.
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I'd go silver PC to keep the maintenance down, then start assembling pieces for the SAS.....Glad to hear you kept the ring non-colored, sounded kind of ricey to me.
Last edited by Mad Chemist; 06-17-2005 at 11:42 AM.
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I sold my MT Classic II's with 33's and wanted to do something a little different. I never aired them down far enough to lose a bead - I was chicken to go too low because my spare is seized under the rig. That's one of the many things that will get solved while the Runner is out of service...
I wanted to use the stock alloys since I had them and gain some width so I could run a bigger tire - beadlocks were also on my list of "must haves" eventually...
I wanted to use the stock alloys since I had them and gain some width so I could run a bigger tire - beadlocks were also on my list of "must haves" eventually...
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I voted black wheel-blue beadlocks but now that i gave it some thought, polished beadlocks do make more sense and look just as sweet. Id still keep the wheel color black though...
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Sweet. So what are you gonna do about the tires. I still think that black pc with a polished ring would look sick, especially wrapped in those 35s.
Don't forget to post pics.
Don't forget to post pics.
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Originally Posted by Cebby
Wahoo! The sample will be done and sent out today!!
After hearing everyone's input, it made sense that the lock ring would get beat up. Polished was the clear choice. (Cheaper by $12 ea too).
Now, the question remains about the wheel. Do I go polish it and deal with the oxidation every winter, or do I PC them silver/grey/black and call it a day. I guess I'll need to revise the poll...
I'm going to get it mounted up with a tire and take pics first.
After hearing everyone's input, it made sense that the lock ring would get beat up. Polished was the clear choice. (Cheaper by $12 ea too).
Now, the question remains about the wheel. Do I go polish it and deal with the oxidation every winter, or do I PC them silver/grey/black and call it a day. I guess I'll need to revise the poll...
I'm going to get it mounted up with a tire and take pics first.
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Originally Posted by r0cky
By the way, and I'm sure you know this, if you get them pc'd, they'll be all torn up after the first time you take them off-road ... and the bad thing about that is not just that it'll show through, but that the scratched up paint part will be sharp.
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UPS came today!!
It appears that these are not much more than 3/4" wider (where the bead sits that is...)than the stock wheel. Looks like I'll be rotating tires often. I'm considering running a 1/4 spacer possibly....bah, I dunno.
I'm not going to mount one up until I figure out what i want to do with the wheel color. I think black is tooo dark and you won't be able to even tell this thing is a Toy wheel. Maybe a medium gray metallic for a contrast, but not too dark?
How about some pics...
It appears that they machine off the outside lip completely and weld on their stuff.
It appears that these are not much more than 3/4" wider (where the bead sits that is...)than the stock wheel. Looks like I'll be rotating tires often. I'm considering running a 1/4 spacer possibly....bah, I dunno.
I'm not going to mount one up until I figure out what i want to do with the wheel color. I think black is tooo dark and you won't be able to even tell this thing is a Toy wheel. Maybe a medium gray metallic for a contrast, but not too dark?
How about some pics...
It appears that they machine off the outside lip completely and weld on their stuff.
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Yep, that's how my Champions were made, they preserve the existing width of the wheel, at least that was the case with my 15x8s. They are a good beadlock design, though. The inner lip on the rim helps center the tire. Many bead locks lack that inner lip and that makes it very hard to mount the tires and have them balance up properly.
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Those look real nice. I still like black, I'de have to see pics of other colors to change my mind. The fact that no one will be able to tell that they are Toy wheels just adds interest to intrigue. People would be like, "What kind of wheels are those?" so you'd say "Stock!" Then they'd get closer and be like, "Dude! Those are the coolest rims I've ever seen." And you'de be standing there all proud saying, "I know, that's why they are mine!!!"
Just a thought.
Just a thought.
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OK, polished ring is a given - although I may go for a standard ring as oppposed to the C3. I thought the C3 would look good symmetrically with the 4 spoke design of these alloys. I dunno - seems to cover up too much possibly?
I painted some of the wheels I had not sent out to Champion yet.
One color is Duplicolor "High Performance Wheel paint" - in charcoal. It leaves almost a wrinkle finish - probably should be clearcoated for a final finish.
This is a half assed effort at polishing them (the beadlocked one). I followed this polishing writeup.
http://home.off-road.com/~kemanuel/S...l/SR5Wheel.htm
No heckling - this took a few hours as it is...
Then I tried a black color I use for all sorts of stuff. SEM Trim Black. Not sure how durable it is for a wheel paint, but I use it because the sheen is right and it always dries nicely. It is the best black paint for misc stuff out there IMO.
Following are a few shots of all 3 versions together. The 2nd pic below shows the charcoal paint closest to reality.
I believe duplicolor makes a black wheel paint that is probably more durable than the SEM trim black. I'm leaning that way. There was a bright silver available. I might try that one for poops and giggles...
Anyone have an opinion on the colors?
I painted some of the wheels I had not sent out to Champion yet.
One color is Duplicolor "High Performance Wheel paint" - in charcoal. It leaves almost a wrinkle finish - probably should be clearcoated for a final finish.
This is a half assed effort at polishing them (the beadlocked one). I followed this polishing writeup.
http://home.off-road.com/~kemanuel/S...l/SR5Wheel.htm
No heckling - this took a few hours as it is...
Then I tried a black color I use for all sorts of stuff. SEM Trim Black. Not sure how durable it is for a wheel paint, but I use it because the sheen is right and it always dries nicely. It is the best black paint for misc stuff out there IMO.
Following are a few shots of all 3 versions together. The 2nd pic below shows the charcoal paint closest to reality.
I believe duplicolor makes a black wheel paint that is probably more durable than the SEM trim black. I'm leaning that way. There was a bright silver available. I might try that one for poops and giggles...
Anyone have an opinion on the colors?
Last edited by Cebby; 06-25-2005 at 06:11 PM.
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You know, everybody has black. I can't really tell if the middle one is like this, but how about something dark grey, like the teflon wheels. I don't even know if they make a paint the color of teflon.
Oh yeah, nice bling.
Oh yeah, nice bling.
Last edited by Robinhood150; 06-25-2005 at 06:36 PM.
#38
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Originally Posted by 4Crawler
Wanting to draw as little attention to them as possible. Even modifed the hardware to make them look sort of like street locks:
#39
Mike...sounds like a cya to me...or a sales pitch to buy his bolts. I've been doing a ton of beadlock research for fabbing my own and Rockstomper uses all kinds of bolts...countersunk flat heads, button head, hex head...tensile strength is a material property and treatment, not head type. Did he tell you what tensile strength he recommended? If not, he was blowing smoke up your skirt IMO.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
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Originally Posted by waskillywabbit
...tensile strength is a material property and treatment, not head type. Did he tell you what tensile strength he recommended? If not, he was blowing smoke up your skirt IMO.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
Keep us posted on what you decide.
He must have been blowing smoke! Well son of a......