Giving you credit to such an amazing explanation also on how you presented it. Exactly what you should know.

I might sound like a newbie but from all the videos that are showing the airing down of a tire...this one really shows why

Lots of good points clearly explained.

Finally a well presented video on the pros and cons on bead locks.. thank you but one critique: although some of us don’t do a lot of off-roading we live in snowy states so airing down on that snow helps with traction

Well described. Very informative. Thanks!

New to the channel, and new to the Jeep world, just bought my first Jeep ever a little less than a month ago, got me a 2008 JKU and love it, just bought the Sunpie Headlights i saw you had and waiting for the weather to warm up a bit so I can install them, really like this channel, learning things about Jeeps and some cool minor upgrades to do to mine that will really help me out, lost my left leg in a car wreck March of 2017 so I;m going to be buying the steel grab bars for the front once i get the money to buy them so I can get in and out easier, again, love the channel you have gotten a new subscriber, keep up the awesome videos!

Ready great info. We definitely want to get some beadlocks that’s mostly what we do on our KZfaq Channel is Rock Crawl. . Very good video on difference in airing down. 👍

Great explanation.. so far the lowest PSI I’ve tried without bead-locks is 12 in the Glamis Sand Dunes. I may get them in the future when it’s more convenient 🤔

Great demonstration! Thanks for that.

Remember, these only clamp on one bead, so you can lose a bead on the inside of the wheel if you air down too much and tire flexes too much.

Thank u u help me a great deal for. My jeep is a overland build not a crawler plus I'll have a spear awesome vid

Now this is an informational video. I've been surfing youtube in search of a good beadlock presentation because I wanted to know if I should run BL's on my side by side. This video answered my questions and yesterday I bought a set of beadlocks with 30" BF Goodrich KM3 tires, I am looking forward to desert riding thjis winter when we head to Arizona. And, THANK YOU for your hilarious responses to whomever the Mr Ben idiot is...... I am still laughing. Thank you for taking time to make this video so guys like me can be informed and make a decision.

Thanks for explaining bead locks! Now it makes a lot of sense to use bead locks or not! Depending on application! Mr Ben has more important issues to deal with than this I think 🤔 . Unless you have so much horsepower you spin the tire in the rim and that’s more likely to happen at the Drag strip!

Good demonstration with the beadlocking

Thx, very well presented.

I ran 33z on stock rims @12psi off road for years no problems. Air pressures under 12 I felt was too low as rocks would sometimes hit the rim. I now run 35z on the same stock rims @17psi. So far so good. I would like bead locks for peace of mind but I feel they’re overrated “ unless you are running a pro rock rig or ultra4’

Love the Geolanders... My buddy works for Yokohama & has the MT's on his jeep. I'm on my 2nd set of the AT's on my Montero sport & like them better than BFG's. Doesn't hurt that he gets them for me @ $60 a piece!! I'd still pay full price for them

I don't know if this is true ,but I'd think lower tire pressure would lessen the impact on the suspension as well therefore lessening the chances of broken idlers and wheel bearings.. Plus they look cool .thanks for video.

Great video!

Well, have two sets of tires. One with standard rims with 35 A/T tires for daily driving and bead lock set with 37 M/T 's for the weekends.

The tire contact patch actually gets massively longer when wired down. Not much wider. Like literally only maybe an inch at the most. There are some sweet videos of people painting their treads and comparing the differences. I always assumed the width changed a ton too but it doesn’t. Contact patch get almost twice as long.

Most of us really don’t need them, but they look so damn cool with a purpose!

You did a great job explaining how they work, and the pros and cons.

Thanks for the video, informative! What do you think of airless tires? Thanks 🙂

Thanks! Informative

Those are the same beadlocks I'm planning on getting for my 2 door. Glad to see them ON a jeep instead of just mounted on a tire lol

Good video, thanks

I have been considering beadlocks, this has been a good start for me. Thanks!

Could you just say that if you ever knocked the tire off the seat in a offroad situation that you need beadlocks, im kinda new second time out and i broke my steering gear box and unseated a tire. And no i wasn't being that rough i was just trying to crawl through stuff. Great video by the way

great video

It’s not the width of the tread that helps with traction it’s the extra length of it... longer footprint.

I bought my first Gladiator (my first jeep ever). I think most of my off road will be desert sand, some rock, mostly sand. I go out to the desert to shoot. The most difficult area will be going down and back up a berm.

You should have painted the steel wheel so people would say yup I see differences now... just kidding keep up videos good stuff

There is another con to airing down too much, cupping. Loss of ground pressure or contact patch in the center of the tread. Tire composition, vehicle weight, terrain are all factors on how much air pressure you need. My 4x4 weighs 5600lbs sans camping gear etc, runs 35/12.5's an an 8" wide non beadlock wheel. 15 psi is plenty low enough to let the tires conform to the terrain with no major loss of ground pressure applied to the center of the tread. The wider tire on a narrow wheel with 15 psi keeps the beads seated, and it also helps prevent cupping and tire damage by pulling the sidewalls in. With front/rear lockers it goes most anywhere I point it.

Thanks for the vid..guess I'm not getting them..love the look but for a daily driver no thanks on the maintenance 👍

You should do a video review on the Geolandar G003!! 👌

Hi my freind ill been follow you and i find this video big diferent how is you jk now i have an question size of tire wheel brend and lift kit on this video ? I want to buy an JKU Rubicon so i may buy stock o whit some upgrade but i would like to got beadlock wheels and 37” future 40” tires so build up litle by litle you have a lot of skills Thanks

Is there no air leakage from the inner surface of beadlock wheels?

Good job man ....beadlock is great upgrade💪💪💪

im sorry my english is not so good so i didnt get it... is beadlocks rim good every day use in the city or not? i dont go off road never

One question you didn't really cover, can you still go 60-70 mph with beadlocks safely? I want to upgrade my wheels one day and I love beadlocks but I gotta be honest it's more of a daily driver than it is a rock crawler, though I am not afraid to take it on a trail like some of these mall crawlers!

Hey thanks for the info. Does this help with changing on the trail if you have a flat as well. Oh don't worry about anyone that complains about your videos it just shows how sad their life is to be that angry and unhappy.

Love your vids man. I’m in northern VA so if you ever wheel up in Rausch or nearby areas would love to catch you on the trails. You’ve probably already answered this a bunch of times but what are those wheels? Been wanting to switch to beads (not tubes (lol)) for a while. Thanks bro

Go team rugged!

new to the 4x4 game here but I just don't see the benefit to the point of the bead lock helping prevent the bead from popping off, because there's only the lock on the outside of the rim. the inside is still able to pop off. yes, changing tires would be easier with those for sure.

Who makes the rims on your jeep?

airing down does NOT widen the tire footprint - it lengthens it. Think about it. You only widen the tire footprint if the sidewall is in contact with the ground!

Nice informative video. Unfortunately lots of very opinionated know-it-alls in the comments. Everyone has to be the one to state their opinion the loudest I guess. Thanks again for the video!

Can you please tell me what brand of Brad locks these wheels are ?

So can you air down on pavement/highway to say to 20lbs for a softer pickup ride or will that wreck a typical highway pickup tire? thanks

Nice! What kind of lift do you have?

what kind of beadlocks are you running because ive been looking for all black ones

Call looking red Jeep running the rock with the air down tire

why does the bead not break on the inside of the rim ...??????

How do you like the dirt life wheel after some time?

What wheels are those ?

How can you sit into your car? Bring a ladder every time with you? :)

But it’s it good to drive air down like that lol I mean I seen what it did, but I’m not gonna be rock riding like that more like empty trail maybe lil Rock but still

Yes, you should

Where'd you get your wheels from?

Go Team Rugged!!!

Go team rugged!!

What fenders do you have ?

Go Team Rugged!

Ever gone through Canyonlands national park Backcountry?

What lift u have?

good video. As someone looking at the Yokohama's as a potential tire upgrade, I am awaiting your update on their tread wear and how they are holding-up. This is meant as a serious information request and I only comment after noticing the annotated items in this image: i.imgur.com/g6g9015.png - are they chunking and slicing a fair amount? Thanks.

Those tires would have much better traction to go over that rock in the mudd because at the same time that you're going over the rock, you're pressing it down. So, when you're pressing the rock down, you're going over it. Lol. Those tires were made for the mudd, not on a street surface.

2019 ford raptor supercrew here. What air compressor do you recommend? I can plug a regular cord in my truck. I don’t know which air compressor to get!!

Multi million dollar race teams use beadlocks. There is a reason for that. Great job man.

What about a tire update

Go TEAM RUGGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least i now know what its designed for, only for serious off roaders

Why wouldn’t you put a bead lock on the inside too?

Go Team Rugged

Go team Rugged

GO TEAM RUGGED

"You're going to notice that extra weight (60 pounds???) in fuel mileage (from 60 lbs?) and engine performance (SMH) ...ummm...e(x)specially if you have it re-geared." YES, NOW WE GET TO WHAT AFFECTS FUEL MILEAGE NOTICABLY--- re-gearing (and/or/with taller tires), and decreased aerodynamics from the higher stance.

Hutchinson rims, nuff said, the rim is split in half with a liner, nothing else does it

If I get beadlock wheels does that mean i have to have the ring on it or can I put the ring on whenever I feel like it Can I buy a beadlock capable wheel and buy the ring later on? Or do they have to be together?

That sad, most of your information is good and helpful. That bit about fuel mileage and engine performance though, is jibberish.

Go team rugged.

THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU PAY! (Beadlockers) Use Inner tubes.. You know your stuff, Job done.

Or you can go with internal beadlocks and avoid all the disadvantages you mentioned.

Go team rugged

Go team rugged OIIIIIIIO

I can save everyone nine minutes and twenty seven seconds by just saying ... 'Yes'. lol

use an inner tube and it will hold the air in if the bead get pushed off the rim. you dont need Bead lockers to keep the tyre from spinning.. Look at drag cars with low tyre pressure.. look at this.. i.ytimg.com/vi/7UDItzX2NkI/hqdefault.jpg

What are the cons to beadlocks? There are none lol.

Imagine thinking airing down as low as possible isn't a thing in sand

Good job JK Gear. Lemme give a shout out to your buddy Mr. Ben. I bet he's a Vegan. They are a pissy sort don'tcha know. I bet the only "beef" he's eatin is his boyfriends inner-tubesnake. Note to Mr. Ben:: the world has a lot to offer and it would suck to be you.

I'm going with regular wheels. I don't need the cops busting my balls. Beadlocks are not street legal.

Inner tubes are not used in car tyres today as a rule as they are not needed. The same as Bead Lockers are not needed. Heavy and time consuming, very over priced and are mostly use by people who really no nothing about inner tubes. Locker are flashy looking and work only for something that is not likely to happen in most off road driving. If you think you are going to go Total Off Road looking to get stuck and try and do the insane? Why not just fit inner tubes? Go out to where these guys are with their flashy cash killer gimmicks are driving around with your inner tubes fitted and do what they are doing. They will loose air before you do that is for sure. But these fuck witted morons are making money trying to sell these heavy and not fully thought out gimmicks to people who have no idea. The Old saying is.. THE LESS YOU KNOW, THE MORE YOU PAY! (Beadlockers) Use Inner tubes.. You know your stuff, Job done.

Disagree. Normal shops won't deal with it. Some jurisdictions it's not legal. Only clamps the out side. I've seen more bead lock wheels go flat than not. Marry a tire to wheel "time" and low pressure is easy. I run 8 psi on not bead lock 37s.

ONLY FOOLS BUY BEAD LOCKER RIMS !!! ...........TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!! ... Unless you are racing at high speeds around corners with very low tyre pressure in competitions that your daily Disco will never be able to do. I think bead locker rims are a useless gimmick that take way to long to change a tyre and will not stop the tyre bead from popping off the inner side of the rim. I have used them. Heavy, pointless and not worth the money. I use an inner tube in my rock crawler rims so I can have very low pressure. Works perfectly and have never had the tyre lose all it's air from when a tyre is pushed in from it's bead to far. It holds the air in the tube still and pushes itself back on the bead as the tyre turns. When off 4X4ing for fun, you are not going that fast (over 40mph into tight corners). You drive slow so you can run inner tubes in Tubeless Tyre's. Unless they are on super low profiles that is because it is very hard to fit them in. So why do you people waist good money on them? .. Is it because they look good? .. Just buy the rims that look like bead lockers instead.. Don't be sucked into this bead locker bullshit.

Go team rugged!

What wheels are those?

Go team Rugged

GO TEAM RUGGED