Has anyone made their own beadlocks like the secondair ones. It seems like they are way over priced. the Idea is good but they should sell for more like 50-100 apiece. They look like they would be easy to duplicat for much less than they charge for them. It looks like all you need is a canvas "belt" and correct size innertube maybe some glue to hold them together? and a piece of brake line or something of the sort to port your valve to fill the tire arround the bladder of the tube. I am going to experiment with this on one of my older rims when I get the time and would like to know if anyone else has made their own. thanks in advance
make your own beadlocks (2ndair style)
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Not something i would personally mess with. Kinda like homemade BREAKS. If they dont work right youll find out in a hurry on the road.
Would be sweet if you could figure it out though
Would be sweet if you could figure it out though
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THe way theirs work is just a tube inslide that is thin and close to the rim and holds the beads to the outside of the rim, so even if it fails your no worse off than having a normal rim, and maybe some serious vibration from the flopping of the tube. I have 12" wheels and I like the look as well as the even wear of the tread. So the cheepest option at this point is about $1k for a set of new beadlocks or the inflatable ones, plus the inflatable ones like secondair sells are not easily visible and would probably pass as street legal (although there are no inspections in MT so its not a big worry to me)
you can get beadlocks for far less thne 1K.
just look around, you can get a set of nice allied 36bolt ones for about 150 a piece, or some of the DIY ones for about 200bucks.
Shane
just look around, you can get a set of nice allied 36bolt ones for about 150 a piece, or some of the DIY ones for about 200bucks.
Shane
Jetboy said:
A dude at the local place here sent his in to have em done too. I think it was right around the 140 mark as well. If your interested ill get the info from him.