I think it's something about the bolts that hold the ring on can come loose and fall off and cause a tanker to swerve and crash into a pre-school full of little kids and explode. Somethin like that...bigd9247 said:i was just curious as to why true beadlock wheels are not street legal? i think there are some street legal true beadlocks but most are not DOT approved...![]()
BajaRnr12 said:I think it's something about the bolts that hold the ring on can come loose and fall off and cause a tanker to swerve and crash into a pre-school full of little kids and explode. Somethin like that...
They are illegal in the US due to the fact that they are not an error proof system of mounting. The DOT requires that a tire and wheel combination cannot come apart.They are also REALLY hard to balance. Most people who use them don't even bother attempting to balance the tire, since they never get above 5 mph.bigd9247 said:i was just curious as to why true beadlock wheels are not street legal? i think there are some street legal true beadlocks but most are not DOT approved...![]()
More info to consider:bigd9247 said:i was just curious as to why true beadlock wheels are not street legal? i think there are some street legal true beadlocks but most are not DOT approved...![]()
Source: www.high-impact.net/wheels/beadlockinformation.htmNO beadlock wheel is DOT approved. Including the military Hummer wheel. (The military is exempt from such nonsense). Some of the better ones are certainly well built and obviously stronger than most OEM wheels.
Ours balance up and drive just fine. We have driven them from California to Colorado and Utah and back. We have had no problems. As for the strict definition "are they legal?" this is a question for a lawyer. I dunno. I hear lots of opinions, they don’t all agree. Many people use them on the street. The DOT is a federal organization. Different states may have to be safer and stronger than factory DOT wheels. The problem is that the DOT has never written a specification for them to comply with, so they cannot "rubber stamp" them. Different states have different laws on whether you are required to comply with DOT approval, and on what parts. For liability reasons, I cannot legally endorse the use of beadlock wheels on the street.
I've talked to a few people with the walker evans beadlocks and another person with stock 4runner wheels converted to beadlocks by OMF and all said they have had zero problems getting them to balance.Zackattak said:They are also REALLY hard to balance. Most people who use them don't even bother attempting to balance the tire, since they never get above 5 mph.
That's just what I've read and what some people have told me about them. Maybe it's just different people or diferent beadlocks?????ocmike said:I've talked to a few people with the walker evans beadlocks and another person with stock 4runner wheels converted to beadlocks by OMF and all said they have had zero problems getting them to balance.