Dirt Daily. Icon Beadlocks for Wheelin' at a Jeep Jamboree

Beadlocks are wheels that help keep your tires bead tight to the wheel so when you drop your air pressure for better off road traction it doesn't spring a leak. Beadlocks are great to use, but can be difficult to install, and by difficult I mean time consuming to get them just right. Recently Icon Alloy wheels introduced a new type of beadlock that is very simple to install such that your local tire shop could probably do it. Plus they are street legal. On today's episode I'll show you the new Icon Innerlock wheels and a set of General Grabber X3 tires. Plus I'll do a recap of my trip to the Jeep Jamboree event in upstate New York last fall.
to learn more about the Icon Alloy wheels go here:
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to sign up for a Jeep Jamboree event go here:
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find your own set of General Grabber X3's here:
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[@themancalledyeti283]

Just found your KZbin! Currently binge watching it while wrenching in the shop. ⚡️🛠️⚡️

[@MatthewHarrington72]

Those Jeep Jamborees sound like a great time!

[@clydesuckfinger8068]

Pricy, too

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

They are expensive.

[@MatthewHarrington72]

@@clydesuckfinger8068 good things are worth the price! Especially if ya get ta roll wit Fred!

[@clydesuckfinger8068]

@@MatthewHarrington72 If you can afford $650 for 2 trails, go for it, I don’t have that kind of disposable income.

[@MatthewHarrington72]

@@clydesuckfinger8068 sounds like a deal. Have a nice day.

[@LukeEdward]

Fred, in regards to the TPMS for your EARLY JL, 1) Buy an old set of rollers from a basic steel wheel JL, use them, and resell the wheels. That’ll give you TPMS usually for free. I specifically keep an early set of steel wheels stacked specifically for this purpose. OR 2) RockAuto has a SET of these for about $100 in total. OR 3) the EARLY build 2020 Gladiators used the correct sensors and you can usually get a set for super cheap. It’s where I got my SECOND set of TPMS for my 2018 JL.

[@brentmcmillan646]

That wheel concept looks like a great idea! I’ve never been in trouble for running non DOT compliant wheels or tires on anything under a 10K GVW. Maybe I’ve just been lucky, IDK.

[@jasonlovell3934]

Come see us at the Texas Spur Jamboree in March.

[@RossJanitorial]

I'll be on the trail in my new zr2 with one of your neighbors. See you this weekend Fred! Looking forward to hearing how the "beadlocks" work. I want the method version if they seem to be getting good reviews.

[@jamesrussell7982]

Over here in Australia, you will get a ticket for running beadlocks. There's an Aussie company called Second Air that makes a pneumatic beadlock solution that goes inside the tyre and locks both beads. You should check them out Fred!

[@bradywilliams2666]

There's a company here in the states that are the same thing. Staun Beadlocks

[@dmerc374]

The reason why people say that beatlock wheels are not DOT approved is because the DOT definition of a Pneumatic Wheel and Tire combination is that air holds the bead to the wheel, in a true beadlock Air does not hold the bead to the wheel, the ring and bolts hold the bead to the wheel hence not a DOT defined combo, in the ICON system however, air does hold the bead to the wheel and so could be called DOT compliant, the bolts act as a secondary bead holder.

[@ALMX5DP]

@@dmerc374 might be the same as what I’ve read but maybe put in a different way. I think I always thought they weren’t street legal in some states due to a potential failure point that could result in a rapid loss of air pressure (aka blowout). Not sure if it’s actually been tested to show that or all just theoretical though.

[@CraigGrunenfelder]

yeah I don't think so. DOT doesn't have that definition that I have ever seen.

[@LukeEdward]

DOT needs to have the wheel’s air holding ability, a safety item, to be maintenance free. Beadlock wheels need routine maintenance to keep the bolts on the locking ring correctly torqued. It would be akin to rotating your brake light bulbs. The reason you won’t get a ticket because if a safety item is safe, there’s no infraction. Do your brake lights work? Yes? No broken laws. No way for the officer to know that you have to rotate your bulbs. They just work.

[@dmerc374]

@@CraigGrunenfelder Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Subtitle B, Chapter 5, Section 571 .109 new pneumatic tires for Motor Vehicles

[@CraigGrunenfelder]

@@dmerc374 Thanks, but standard 571.109 only applies to the tire construction, testing, etc build before 1975. Standard 571.139 if or light vehicles tires. That did lead me to find 571.110 which covers Rims. Section S4.4 under (571.110) and specifically S4.4.2.b states multi piece wheel and does not say they are not allowed. I'm not seeing anything that addresses beadlocks.

[@arni7045]

When you are driving in heavy snow conditions the tire can fall off ether side so inner beadlocks can be beneficial.

[@offgridrecon]

Icon reinvented the wheel… 😂

[@TerinasAdventures]

Woo hoo! Dirt Daily!

[@TJY2K]

Currently saving up for these wheels.

[@jeepn0811]

I have these wheels and love them

[@JeepnJeff]

When I was looking at new wheels, I really wanted to try the Icon Rebound Pro's but they didn't have a 5x5.5 bolt pattern. That's the problem with a lot of these newer wheel companies. They don't make the older pattern.

[@andybunn2910]

I can do the Rubicon or get the wheels, not both . Rubicon in August, Icons shortly afterwards.

[@Rapsgarage]

It would be better if you used O-ring grease.

[@brianjames2208]

Depth perception not working. I thought the wheel in the back was a giant wheel. Took a second to see the table.

[@danielbuck]

Curious how those beadlocks work? Would love to hear a followup on this after you've had them for a while. Seems like it would be alot faster and easier to mount. Wonder how easy it is to seat the bead with all the bolts not snugged up and sealed yet.

[@Zombierippa]

What I don't understand is why I can't buy any wide wheels with very little backspacing. The 17's are always 9" wide or less, why? I want deep wide wheels so I don't need wheel spacers or full width axles. Every Jeep around here has wheel spacers front and rear because nobody sells wide deep wheels anymore.

[@marktadlock5428]

Wow what about air leakage around the screw threads ?

[@jnzkngs]

Hey fred! You're probably too busy to go through the comments, but I was wondering if you looked underneath the 4xe enough to see whether or not that drivetrain could be modified and moved around to fit under an fc cab?

[@weaselduke]

Will it still prevent the tire from spinning on the rim?

[@ALMX5DP]

I am not sure if the pins apply pressure to the bead area especially since beads can probably differ a bit between model or brand. I also don’t see any knurling either on the seating surface.

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

No.

[@scleco93]

Looks like a couple dozen potential leak holes to me.

[@GeorgiaJackson1986]

BATMAN!

[@davidaretz8751]

How well did thay balance out?

[@Gunpla-Slinger]

These won't prevent wheel spin.

[@janesy86]

Might not get a ticket for beadlocks, but I could see if you were in an accident, if someone were to know or inspect, could use that against you

[@ALMX5DP]

Yeah probably depends on if that aspect could be proved in any sort of way to have contributed to the accident or damage.

[@Grissle209]

The Hutchinson double beadlocks are DOT Approved I believe?! At least is says so on the wheel itself.

[@SpeedandChromeTV]

Fred, where can I buy a shirt like that?

[@TerinasAdventures]

It’s a brand from Truckee, CA - Drink Coffee Do Stuff. Pretty sure they have an online shop 😊

[@SpeedandChromeTV]

@@TerinasAdventures thank you

[@leadhammer]

Almost got a nice jeep. Finance company lost that fir me.

[@ssarkees]

I don’t know Fred… that seems a little sketchy.