Xtreme 35 rimlock delete

[Terrymo]

The wheels look like crap without the ring.
Just get different lighter wheels.

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This. What are you thinking this small weight reduction is going to accomplish?

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[kah.mun.rah]

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This. What are you thinking this small weight reduction is going to accomplish?

Buys a Wrangler and then worries about the weight? Is that like buying donuts but taking off a few sprinkles to lose weight?

 

[Zandcwhite]

Buys a Wrangler and then worries about the weight? Is that like buying donuts but taking off a few sprinkles to lose weight?

More like buying donuts but not eating the hole in the middle.

 

[Alchemist03]

make sure to get shorter ‘bolts’ if you’re going to run them without the Beauty Rings.
(you know those are just for looks and not the rings or bolts you need if you were to actually run Bead Locked, right?)

I just saw the price of the actual Mopar bead lock ring... holy heck. Near $400 for 1 ring? I'm really hoping I'm understanding that wrong and it's for a set of 4...

 

[jadmt]

I just saw the price of the actual Mopar bead lock ring... holy heck. Near $400 for 1 ring? I'm really hoping I'm understanding that wrong and it's for a set of 4...

no that is for each one.

 

[jadmt]

Sure, go ahead and remove the rings. The wheels will look like this:

heck that might kind of nice with black bolts or button heads.....one nice thing about the protection rings is they can be painted any color and also easily touched up if damaged...I wish the AEV protection rings were like the mopar protection rings in they only had a handful of bolts holding them on instead of 24 which makes it kind of a pain pulling them off to touch them up....I have read that some people worry about how they affect balancing but mine had zero affect...ie tire balanced without and then when I installed they were still perfectly balanced.

 

[Terrymo]

I’d rather trash the rings than the entire wheel. Too late for me

 

[jadmt]

I’d rather trash the rings than the entire wheel. Too late for me

that aint but a scuff.....

 

[Aonarch]

I just saw the price of the actual Mopar bead lock ring... holy heck. Near $400 for 1 ring? I'm really hoping I'm understanding that wrong and it's for a set of 4...

Ford is the same.

 

[jadmt]

I wonder if the bolts are spaced the same as AEV? AEV is a bit cheaper..I know someone used to make polyurethane protection rings that would be handy...light, tough and cheaper....
https://www.aev-conversions.com/pro...gs-hardware-kits/#select-ring-or-hardware-kit

 

[Terrymo]

Plus aren’t the OEM bolts $3-4 each? Ridiculous

 

[X35]

I wonder if the bolts are spaced the same as AEV? AEV is a bit cheaper..I know someone used to make polyurethane protection rings that would be handy...light, tough and cheaper....
https://www.aev-conversions.com/pro...gs-hardware-kits/#select-ring-or-hardware-kit

Not sure if those would work as they’re not cut out for the valve stems like the OEM rings are

 

[Slippery Pete]

Has anyone painted the rings on the newer XR wheels? I know that there were a few who painted the older XR rings.

 

[X35]

Has anyone painted the rings on the newer XR wheels? I know that there were a few who painted the older XR rings.

You can definitely easily remove and paint the rings on either the older or newer styles.

 

[Alchemist03]

You can definitely easily remove and paint the rings on either the older or newer styles.

How in depth would be recommended? Just a simple, spray with Rustoleum or Mopar paint code and clear coat or powder coat?

I guess it's all subjective at the end of the day but doing a color match is cool. Love the red rings with the red Jeep or Mojitio match

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