Slim357

Im thinking of getting Humvee wheels and recentering them myself or rather have a buddy of mine whos a welder do it. Also looking at the Goodyear MT military tire or the military Guard dogs from trail worthy fab. Anyone run them before or recentered the wheels? I dont wanna spend the money if the tires are crappy. Wheels I can get for 32 a piece and centers for 52 a piece. Tires are a bit more pricey tho.

zjguy

the goodyear millitary tires suck ive had the 36s and 37s the 36s are super soft and if you drive on the road they last about about as long as a bogger on the road the 37s are crap offroad and just gum up

Slim357

Damn Iv always like them

wiggles

You have to be super precise when recentering or you'll have big issues rolling down the road

xjmarc

Heavy is an understatement with those tires. 10 ply sidewalls and even with valve stems removed they look over inflated and the sidewalls won't flex. I've given away several sets back when I used to recenter the wheels because no one will buy them. If you're set on the wheels skip the 8 bolts and get either 12 or 24 bolts and get rim stiffeners because the lip is very thin and weak. For what you'll spend modifying them you'd come out cheaper buying beadlocks that have your bolt pattern or getting some DIYs. Don't use the mag run flats that come with the h1s if you plan to air down because they'll cut the inside of the tire and they weigh more than the wheel itself.

Slim357

Was gonna run pvc runflats and my main reason for wanting at least the wheels is that they are double bead locks not just singles and they are much cheaper

xjmarc

35 a wheel, 45 for a center, 5 for O ring, 30 for ring stiffener, 45+ for insert. That's 160 a wheel plus your labor. My Eatons cost me 150 shipped and I know the centers are good. Plus mine weigh a good 15 or more pounds less and came in whatever size and bolt pattern I wanted. Plus I'm not limited to 16.5" tires which are getting harder to find.

andrewmp6

Hes right i was thinking about the h1 beadlocks too tell i seen the price and options for tires.

rmoore1031

Goodyear MT/R is the only good tire from a humvee. The regular MTs don't have a good tread pattern. Anytime I had extra MT/Rs in the motorpool, I'd put them on non-armored Humvees.

Slim357

Are those the bias ply ones?

DougyFresh

Bart and Bassett both make beadlocks that are under $125 a piece on SummitRacing.com

I'd love to have a set of the 15x8 3" backspace Bassett Inertia Advantage wheels personally

rmoore1031

I think so but its been awhile.

DougyFresh

the BSF Recovery team wrecker uses the 37's and they seem to do pretty good, but on the other hand, there is 50 inches of tire on the back and 25 up front

N20jeep

they do fine on a wrecker....not a 3500lbs jeep

Slim357

Ya thats what got my thinking hard about them. I have always loved the look of them and they seem to do quite well on there wrecker even better then swampers at times.