I've been a quest to this forum for a while as I want to make my '98 Tahoe into an expedition vehicle for family camping in the future. I decided to register to share a new product that I think alot of us on this forum can realte to. It's a 1 piece internal beadlock wheel. Typical beadlocks have no exterior bead on the rim and uses an external ring with typically 32 bolts to pinch the exterior tire bead to the interior bead on the rim. Quick explanation for those that are new to beadlocks. They allow the user to air down tires to low and very low air pressures and not popping a bead since it's pinched. This allows the tire sidewall to fold and obtain superior traction on rocks, in sand and mud, etc. These work great if you do mostly trial runs on them and not much highway driving. B.A.D. Wheels Inc. (B.A.D. = Bead Assist Device) has ingeniously come up with a design that keeps the exterior bead on the wheel making it safe for highway driving and pitching the interior tire bead from the interior side of the tire allowing the tire to be aired down to just about any p.s.i. like a typical beadlock. The wheel has an exterior rock ring protection against the rock if you like playing in the rocks, run it for looks or run it without. Either way it's a good looking wheel. They aren't available yet and the purpose of this thread is to create awareness of options that are available to us. Thanks!
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