Beadlock Nubie Question

[c20040215]

Nope, but I bet you buy your gas at Costco and use the cheapest off-brand oil too and buy cheap counterfeit crap from a big warehouse type operation just so you can save a buck immediately and that is probably where you got your Pandaland load range "C" tires.

So where do you get your gas and what name brand, high end oil do you use? I want to be as cool as you.

And how do all these have anything to do with beadlocks?

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[grimmjeeper]

So where do you get your gas and what name brand, high end oil do you use? I want to be as cool as you.

And how do all these have anything to do with beadlocks?

 

[Terrymo]

Does a beadlock that is designed, engineered and tested in the U.S. but manufactured in China get a pass on the Pandaland stamp of disapproval?

 

[c20040215]

I have a set of KMCs sitting in my garage since December last year. The original plan was to get a new set of 38x12.50R17 to replace the 37s. Recently, I have been contemplating if I should just swap out the wheels. The current tires still have 12-13 / 32 left and that's probably good for another 2 years. 38s are so expensive...

I most likely would swap out the wheels. I will report back how it goes.

 

[Ratbert]

Nope, but I bet you buy your gas at Costco and use the cheapest off-brand oil too and buy cheap counterfeit crap from a big warehouse type operation just so you can save a buck immediately and that is probably where you got your Pandaland load range "C" tires.

Do we need to start a thread of ludicrous shit said by @Nokones?

From recent threads we have:

Tires with nitrogen, the pressures do not increase or decrease. When I mean regarding the tires will grow, I mean the pressures do not increase.

And:

Load Range "C"s are for the street and not the Trail. Load Range "D"s for the dirt roads and Load Range "E"s for Trails with rocks and other obstacles.

 

[shagles]

Nope, but I bet you buy your gas at Costco and use the cheapest off-brand oil too and buy cheap counterfeit crap from a big warehouse type operation just so you can save a buck immediately and that is probably where you got your Pandaland load range "C" tires.

Oh no! Will costco gas turn my jeep into a Geeley? Or *gasp* gay??? I can't have that! Whatever will I do? *swoon*
Get fucked

 

[yokramer]

Load Range "C"s are for the street and not the Trail. Load Range "D"s for the dirt roads and Load Range "E"s for Trails with rocks and other obstacles.

 

[Erievon]

Nope, but I bet you buy your gas at Costco and use the cheapest off-brand oil too and buy cheap counterfeit crap from a big warehouse type operation just so you can save a buck immediately and that is probably where you got your Pandaland load range "C" tires.

Uhhh, you know Costco gas is Top Tier...right?

 

[Terrymo]

Uhhh, you know Costco gas is Top Tier...right?

How I feel as I hop out of my Jeep to fill it up with tippity top tier gas at Chevron while all the peasants across the street fill up their Jeeps with top tier gas at Costco

 

[mgroeger]

It sure AF sounds like you don't need beadlocks. They're not needed for The Rubicon or the Moab trails you're most likely considering.

I thought I'd need them...just because I thought I'd need them. People here made me realize that no, I don't need them. Haven't regretted not having them.

Pffft... all the cool people have beadlocks fo sure. Gay people do not use beadlocks at all which is why we call them gay people. I also put 1.3765oz of amsoil on the inside of the beadlock ring to make sure they spin faster.

 

[c20040215]

Pffft... all the cool people have beadlocks fo sure. Gay people do not use beadlocks at all which is why we call them gay people. I also put 1.3765oz of amsoil on the inside of the beadlock ring to make sure they spin faster.

 

[jeepingib]

If you are airing down lower than 20 pounds on a non-beadlock wheel it is not if the bead separates and lets all the air out, its going to be when, and if you are running with a tire that has a Load Range "D" or less it will definitely be sooner rather than later for that when to occur.

How does a more supple sidewall equal losing a bead easier? Especially at 20 psi.

 

[mgroeger]

How does a more supple sidewall equal losing a bead easier? Especially at 20 psi.

A "C" rated sidewall is thinner and thus more flexible and thus easier to pop off a bead... been there done that.

 

[jeepingib]

A "C" rated sidewall is thinner and thus more flexible and thus easier to pop off a bead... been there done that.

I've burped C, and E. I've found that the C will bend and flex staying on the bead, while E it takes less sideways force to pull the thicker sidewall away from the bead as it resists flexing.

 

[D00KEY]

You're all wrong.

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