Ok great that makes perfect sense! And are these rims street legal? I live in the super strict but amazing state of California! Lol
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http://www.liftlaws.com/california_lift_laws.htm
The simple answer is no, you cannot have true beadlock wheels in California. Here is the deal, most makers of beadlock wheels do not certify them with DOT. If they do get a DOT cert, in most cases there is not a weight load rating officially on the record with DOT. The cert is for offroad use only and is for liability purposes.
Imagine putting your jeep on a truck scale and getting the total weight, divide it by 4, and that is the amount each wheel (not tire) has to support.
The reality is you would have to be a special kinda asshole to motivate a chp officer or blue police officer to get your GVW, then attempt to locate the weight rating of the wheel just to issue a citation for having an unsafe vehicle for road travel. Plus they could tow your vehicle, but most agency policies allow cops and chp officers to release the vehicle.
24002 CVC is the catch all for this kind of stuff. This section was big on the late 80's and 90's in the L.A. area to tow lowriders with wire rims. Also, in most cases this section is incident to another vehicle code violation, such as speeding or tinted windows.
I know that's a lot of info. If you find a shop that will mount beadlock wheels, don't be surprised if they make you sign a receipt that had small print saying your wheels are for offroad use only.
If you have your beadlocks on and you are cruising down the road and see a Deputy Sheriff, wave, smile, point to your pretty shiny new beadlocks and that Deputy will probably give you a thumbs up (or the middle finger up), depends how far into the shift that Deputy is.
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