Will they fit??
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With no safety bead lip on wheel they suck. Weld on a beadlock ring and you risk still losing the inner bead.
I have an ambitious plan to to make my aluminum 16.5 wheels beadlocks with an outter weld on ring and inner safety bead welded on with a 1/8 aluminum rod.
Guys are doing it here
16.5" rims cheap beadlock idea - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum
3/16 rod can be hard to mount/dismount so I'm going with a 1/8 rod then another trick is wrap welded on bead with high quality duck tape/gorilla tape to fine tune a little higher (like 2 wraps) .
I have an ambitious plan to to make my aluminum 16.5 wheels beadlocks with an outter weld on ring and inner safety bead welded on with a 1/8 aluminum rod.
Guys are doing it here
16.5" rims cheap beadlock idea - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum
3/16 rod can be hard to mount/dismount so I'm going with a 1/8 rod then another trick is wrap welded on bead with high quality duck tape/gorilla tape to fine tune a little higher (like 2 wraps) .
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I've been recently looking into beadlocks, and 16.5 options.
Trailworthy fab is the leader in doing recentered H1's
$249 12 Bolt Hummer Wheel Special
They offer 8 bolt and 12 bolt outters
Trailworthy fab is the leader in doing recentered H1's
$249 12 Bolt Hummer Wheel Special
They offer 8 bolt and 12 bolt outters
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Cheap H1 rims and a recenter job DIY and use the rubber runflat and get to wheeling with NO psi.
I mentioned trailworthy fab a lot earlier, and Staun beadlocks....thanks for 1/2 the back up.
I will be interested to see what you do with this homemade beadlock idea.
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I never had bead issues before.
I won't wheel again until I get beadlocks. Period
H1's are a sweet setup if they are recentered but heavy as ****. I even found a set of used ones local at $75 a piece but would need recentering. I passed.
I want the ultimate 16.5 wheel. Inner welded on safety bead and outer clamp ring in light aluminum. No one offers that in aluminum 16.5 you'd have to go 15,16, or 17" of many different brands.
I've got a line on a new set of 44" boggers in a 16.5. I was seriously looking into 17" trailready aluminum beadlocks but they don't make a 44 bogger in 17" size.
I won't wheel again until I get beadlocks. Period
H1's are a sweet setup if they are recentered but heavy as ****. I even found a set of used ones local at $75 a piece but would need recentering. I passed.
I want the ultimate 16.5 wheel. Inner welded on safety bead and outer clamp ring in light aluminum. No one offers that in aluminum 16.5 you'd have to go 15,16, or 17" of many different brands.
I've got a line on a new set of 44" boggers in a 16.5. I was seriously looking into 17" trailready aluminum beadlocks but they don't make a 44 bogger in 17" size.
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If I do it I'm going to convert these ones. 16.5x10.
After I weld on the outer ring and mount to outside face it'll be like an 11" wide wheel.
I'll just weld it with my spool gun.
Hardest thing is finding a vendor that sells a kit in aluminum. DIY4x4 says they do but I can't seem to get a reply back. Been couple weeks.
After I weld on the outer ring and mount to outside face it'll be like an 11" wide wheel.
I'll just weld it with my spool gun.
Hardest thing is finding a vendor that sells a kit in aluminum. DIY4x4 says they do but I can't seem to get a reply back. Been couple weeks.
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Are those mattracks? Those yours? Pretty bling setup. Those are freakin pricey!
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Good luck on the converting of the aluminum rims that will be a cool project to see finished. I was also wondering if any of you guys had run a 37x12 .50x 16.5 on a factory high boy suspension system the truck currently has 35x14x16.5 bias tires and there is still some decent room but I'm not sure the extra 2" will fit. Thanks for your help
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Years ago, when 16.5's were popular and a factory option for F250's, i believe the Ford rims were 6.75x16.5......At that same time, for the guys who wanted to run bigger 16.5's, the old steel "wagon wheel" white spokes and chrome spokes, as well as the alloy wheels of the same time period were mostly offered in 8.25x16.5 and 9.75x16.5 sizes.....Some time in the 90's im guessing, aftermarket wheels were available as wide as 10", 12", even 14" wide in 16.5" sizes.........FWIW, ive got a set of BFG A/T 35x12.50x16.5's mounted on Weld Typhoons, 2 are on 8.25's and 2 on 9.75's..........the 8.25 and 9.75's were both designed for the 60's-80's trucks in terms of backspacing......I believe that many manufacturers started producing wheels more designed for the 88-later GM/Chevies, 94- later Dodges, and F Super Duties........If you want 16.5's id look for the 8.25-9.75's for your Highboy