What’s the difference in design between the 228 and the 229 besides the back spacing?
They look identical.
They are pretty much identical except for the backspacing and the drain holes. But if you look at the picture of the black wheel I posted, you can see how they machined out the lip around the threaded holes for the water to drain through to the holes on the rock ring. That is what I am trying to re-create.
Dear god...RIP to whoever has to balance those.
Holy Fuck man!
I get what you are saying but just because it sounds like a good idea doesn't mean it actually is! I'd highly recommend stopping at one wheel and using it for a spare. There's no way you can consistently remove the same amount of material evenly around the entire circumference of the wheel. If you want the drain holes buy the Machetes & be done with it. The wheels Eddie is running on Jet Li have drains holes too I believe. Think they may be KMC Robbie Gordon editions or some such....
As everyone has mentioned your are ruining the integrity of the wheel. Regardless of what you think that wheel is designed that way for a reason and the other one has the drain hole and integrity in mind. Plus your really gonna throw the balance off of the wheels big time.
Come on guys, this group is smarter than that. I have a lot of respect for you guys so hear this in the right way. There is so much bad information out there on forums that mislead people and one of the reasons I chose to follow Wayalife is because you guys speak truth even if it is at the expense of people. I have thick skin and can take anything that gets thrown at me but I am going to correct the mis-information knowing that I will need to put on my flame suite. Make fun of me for wasting time on something frivolous but as soon as you make stupid claims, it becomes just as bad as the other forums out there.
There is no way that the difference in amount of material that is removed from each of the 24 “pockets” will affect the balance of the wheel and tire in any noticeable way. And, I’ll get “WAYALIFE” tattooed on my forehead if a wheel fails from drilling holes through those pockets. It’s just not going to happen.
Aluminum weighs 2.7 grams per cubic cm. We are talking about fractions of a gram that I could potentially be off per pocket. A wheel weight weighs 7 grams in comparison. The 40” STT Pros are going to have more inconsistencies than the amount of aluminum I take off. But therein lies the reason why we balance wheels and tires, right?
I’m not sure why anyone would drill holes in a perfectly good new wheel, I’d get sick at my stomach. No thanks.
Same reason why people cut perfectly good sheetmetal or drill into a perfectly good body panel or cut a perfectly good frame to fit a new bumper or cut perfectly good brackets to install different suspension. Replacing a $300 wheel is a lot more stomach-able to me than thousands that it could cost to fix the frame or body panels. I have cut into those as well but so have most of the people on here. :idontknow:
I balanced mine. I don’t know why large tires on beadlocks would be different from any other tire/wheel combo. Some shops can’t or won’t touch them, but if you find a shop that will do it, why not?
It’s not so much the wheel as it is the tire. The larger the tire, the more room for inconsistencies there are, especially with the large lugs on MT's. They are generally harder to balance than a low profile tire, for example.