Thoughts on these?

[jeepin4x4james]

Found these Aero beadlock rims through summit....Made for circle track. Whatcha think of them for rockcrawlin? They seem like they'd be sweet....Especially for the price....Good BS options too....

Here they are on Summit....
http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?Ntt=aero+wheels&searchinresults=false&Ntk=KeywordSearch&DDS=1&N=115&target=egnsearch.asp

SO....Whatcha all think???

 

[Caleb]

I can't speak for those ones specifically but generally the racing beadlocks have very thin rings, meaning they'd be great for going down a track but would suck for going down the trail getting smashed and mangled by rocks...

 

[Caleb]

not to mention for only $30 or so more you can get a set of nice MRW or Allied Beadlocks.

 

[jeepin4x4james]

Ya.....That ring does look a little thin...

 

[jeepin4x4james]

Well...Where's the best/cheapest place to get Beadlocks?

 

[Milner]

Areos are good rims for what they are designed for, but they are a thinner/lighter shell than a regular truck steel wheel. The wheels will bend more easily.

The beadlocks I run use an aero outer rig(drilled to use bigger bolts), with a heavy wheel and thick inner ring. The reasoning for the thin outter and thick inner ring is that when you hit them the outer will give/bend, but not deform the inner. Outers are cheap and easy to replace, unlike the inner. They were built by TruDesign in Wheatridge CO....Don't have the # anymore....