I was just looking at a couple pictures of some rigs and it looked like a few of them had either stock steelies or those cheap black wheels that you pick up for $40 a piece that were bead locked somehow. Just wondering how that was done?

 

here are some write ups:
http://www.rockstomper.com/catalog/wheels/beadlocks.htm
http://www.jeepaholics.com/support/Topic582757.aspx
http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/beadlocks/index.html

 

Damn that's pretty sick. Thanks. Kinda wishin I didn't buy aluminum

 

Simple solution. 2 sets of tires. Smaller set on alloy for the street and bigger tires locked onto steelies for the trail. Not so anoying to bang $40 steelies on rocks, than it is with $100+ alloys.

 

Yea you got that right. Good idea

 

you can beadlock aluminum wheels also. sky manufacturing and trailready with bead lock them.

 

Is it possible to do it yourself?

 

do you know how to weld aluminum? not matter if its steel or AL you have to weld a ring onto the wheel. sky manufacturing makes a DIY kit. search them out.

 

I'll have to look into it. But for now I'm gonna wait till my build's done.