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Part of the reason I went with wigsplitter was Trail Worthy was confusing "custom PVC". I don't need custom, standard rim, standard tires.. :P As for fit, with the standard 12 bolt rims, and Wrangler MT -- the wigsplitter are 'tight' but not unreasonable. There is no way that bead is going to...

Unfortunately all of them are in the tires and are a bear to remove. However, I can get tell you it's a blue/green PVC with an 18" O.D. pipe. Only one of the pipes has any writing on it. There was a number "1120", which I looked up and it says it's for water main/sewer usage. I didn't see...

Doesn't look like it's hard to make them. Just need to chamfer the edges, and then add a cutout (of some kind) for the air valve.

Those are the ones. It was definitely cheaper them me trying to do it myself. (roughly for a set of 4 the cost of another tire.)

Thanks. Combination of the sunshine and setting the tire on top of the PVC insert. The first two went much easier then the last two (as the sun set and the tires got colder.) I will tell you disassembling, cleaning, painting, reassembling.. all without air-tools. It is one hell of a...

lol I'm only going to do 4.. I think the 5th would kill me. :) We'll see if I can get this done by the weekend. Figure I can only handle one or two wheels a day (after work).

"How to do this" (12-bolt rims w/ the alignment hole) 1. Put the tires in the sun and let them bake so they are more pliable. 2. Take the tire and figure out which side you want the outside to be. If it's NOT the side with the paint marking, then find the side with the paint and transfer the...

HAHAHA I found this one on YouTube. Definitely a 'different' way to do it. "YEET!" PVC beadlock install Had to share it cause I got a hell of a laugh from this. I may try something similar though, lube up the PVC insert and bead.. then _SET_ the tire on top and push down..

I bought it pre-made. 7" side to side, and it fits over the 16 1/2" rim... My current plan is to try to find a helper.. then use the compact utility tractor to push down on the tred (with the tire on it's end). I tried this by myself and the bead didn't move apart, but I think with a helper...

Going to put them in the sun in the morning, hopefully they'll loosen up over the day. I do have a small Kubota BX26 series tractor with a bucket.. so with someone else I can push down in the tred of the tire while they pull the bead apart. That MIGHT let me get the PVC in (along with the tire...

ya I suspect that is what it will take. Need to inset a 7” chunk of plastic into a 3” hole

I'm using tire soap (from a large bucket). The problem is that I'm unable to lift on the tire bead. Tire on the ground, I stand on the tire bead (against the ground) and the bead doesn't even move.. I lift up on the sides and can MAYBE lift the top bead 1/2". The youtube video shows the guy...

Ok, I have NO IDEA how to get the PVC beadlocks into the tires. The youtube video I found showed the guy standing on the inner tire, lifting up and then sliding the PVC in and rotating it into place. I am NOT heavy enough or strong enough to do that. between beads of the tires is only about...

Got the tires. All four have a date of 2022 on them. 20th week of 2022 or May16th (or so) 2022. Going to try to get one of them mounted tonight after work.

Update, tires should get to the tire store sometime on Monday. Then I can pick them up. So just about 3 weeks from when I ordered them to delivery, not so bad.

I got 4 from wigsplitter. 5th (spare) not going to bother with an inner beadlock.

Still waiting for the tires to arrive, but figured I would pull the run flats out of the old tires I got with the HMMWV (not the ones ON the HMMWV when I got it.) Whoever figured out to use an engine hoist to pull the runflat out was a genius. I was very hesitant to do it, but now that I have...

I'd settle for an engineering report from whomever the vendor was that designed the 12 and 24 wheels.. or a DOT rule that says that a 'DOT T' stamped 2-piece rim does or does not require an inner beadlock.. (I suspect it does not.)

To be clear, this is pretty much devolves into a religious debate "OMG you need beadlocks!" to "Na, just run them as is." Without any specific DOT or wheel manufacure information that you MUST have an inner beadlock, it's all guess work.. some of which is even educated guessing. With that...