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I've got a set of 28" interco snipers on system 3 beadlocks. I bought them for an area I ride that has lots of gravel/dirt seasonal roads and pavement between areas. I dont need my 32's riding this area,and dont want to wear them out on pavement. it's more high speed rally type riding with whoops and occasional muddy washouts. The snipers have been outstanding, machine goes where you point it, with lots of traction on the loose gravel. I've got about 250 miles on them. When these wear out, I'm going to stud them for winter lake racing and buy a set in 30". 1b56e617a33dd8b42aa0903836c856ba4ab3b834afa5f6b5aeb3b0d237bfda2c

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This is what i believe on the tires, and the answers i was looking for on wheels. The terrabites are about 50% tread left. I think i will replace them ( bfg km3 ), sell the terrabites for whatever i can get and move on. Thanks
Welcome from Southern Arizona.
I'm runnining the ITP Hurricanes 15x 7's but they have the 5+2 offset and a 1 1/2 in spacer in the rear with 235/75R15 Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10 tires.
What size Terrabites do you have?
 
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I'm about to buy the HD9 wheels for my Talon and know nothing about beadlocks other than the idea behind them. Can I mount my own tires 'easily' with beadlocks (does one bead remove)? Someone suggested RTV as a bead sealer but I'm concerned about it skimming over before I can get the bead tightened - is there a 'real' bead sealer that won't skim over before tightened? Redundant question - will the bead sealer pretty much solve the 'beadlock leak' ?

fwiw: although I'm competent mechanically, I'm north of 70 and don't enjoy constant maintenance anymore, I just wanna ride (why I bought a Honda). A perpetually leaking set of wheels will eventually 'catch me out' and I'd like for that to NOT happen. (yes, I carry a pump)
I totally get what your saying CID.
 
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Yes they do, that is what i'm running because i don't want to run wheel spacers.
Neither do I. I stopped in the dealer yesterday and he can get me the HD9s at a good price so I ordered a set - 2 are in stock, 2 are back ordered. Hopefully this won't turn into a 'can't get 'em, no idea when they'll ship' situation. :oops: My stock tires are about done, I can't wait long. :eek:

I went with the center wheel (polished spokes) but black bead lock rings. I wanted red rings (and why they're crudely MS Painted) but those rings are only available in 14". I tried emailing STI twice about getting red on 15" rings but no reply. At some point I might get them done locally. Anyone know if aluminum can be powder coated - I thought that was a magnetic process of some sort? Or can aluminum be 'charged' to hold the powder?
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I'm about to buy the HD9 wheels for my Talon and know nothing about beadlocks other than the idea behind them. Can I mount my own tires 'easily' with beadlocks (does one bead remove)? Someone suggested RTV as a bead sealer but I'm concerned about it skimming over before I can get the bead tightened - is there a 'real' bead sealer that won't skim over before tightened? Redundant question - will the bead sealer pretty much solve the 'beadlock leak' ?

fwiw: although I'm competent mechanically, I'm north of 70 and don't enjoy constant maintenance anymore, I just wanna ride (why I bought a Honda). A perpetually leaking set of wheels will eventually 'catch me out' and I'd like for that to NOT happen. (yes, I carry a pump)

Yep, you can do it easily. I'd never done it before. Took maybe 30 min per wheel. Haven't leaked air yet, been a month or two. No sealer in or on mine. Just soap and water, 1/4" drive inlb torque wrench and 10mm socket, 5 gallon bucket, and a crappy pancake style air compressor.
 
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Welcome from Southern Arizona.
I'm runnining the ITP Hurricanes 15x 7's but they have the 5+2 offset and a 1 1/2 in spacer in the rear with 235/75R15 Hankook Dynapro ATM RF10 tires.
What size Terrabites do you have?
30/10/15. Replacements will be the bfg km3 32/10/15. Loss of acceleration is of no concern to us, hoping to smooth the ride a little more. Just turned over 10000 miles, 125 mile days are quite common so comfort is key to us old fuddyduddys
 
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Yes they do, that is what i'm running because i don't want to run wheel spacers.
What’s the offset (if any) of the OEM on the Talon X???
 
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Neither do I. I stopped in the dealer yesterday and he can get me the HD9s at a good price so I ordered a set - 2 are in stock, 2 are back ordered. Hopefully this won't turn into a 'can't get 'em, no idea when they'll ship' situation. :oops: My stock tires are about done, I can't wait long. :eek:

I went with the center wheel (polished spokes) but black bead lock rings. I wanted red rings (and why they're crudely MS Painted) but those rings are only available in 14". I tried emailing STI twice about getting red on 15" rings but no reply. At some point I might get them done locally. Anyone know if aluminum can be powder coated - I thought that was a magnetic process of some sort? Or can aluminum be 'charged' to hold the powder?
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Good choice, Great looking wheel.
 
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Anyone know if aluminum can be powder coated - I thought that was a magnetic process of some sort? Or can aluminum be 'charged' to hold the powder?
Yes, it can be powder coated. Thats a bout as much as I can help you with though. My cousin works in metal shop and they fab a lot of aluminum railings and such. They outsource the powder coating. Beautiful finish also.
 
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i have system 3 as well with tusk terrabites, 3 months no loss at all i did have bead lock seal put on upfront was 12$ a tire
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Just a quick update, the bfg's have been mounted for a week with zero pressure loss. The terrabites measured 7/16" at the bead, the bfg's measured 11/16". 1/4" is quite a lot of difference. I understand that a lot of people run the terrabites with good luck, but it seems to me that all terrabites may not be created equally. Maybe i just got a bad set.
 
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Just a quick update, the bfg's have been mounted for a week with zero pressure loss. The terrabites measured 7/16" at the bead, the bfg's measured 11/16". 1/4" is quite a lot of difference. I understand that a lot of people run the terrabites with good luck, but it seems to me that all terrabites may not be created equally. Maybe i just got a bad set.
Bead clamp width on System 3 and STI wheels is 10 mm. You should shoot for a 25% crush but at least 20% to avoid leaks. That means the bead needs to be at least 12 mm and preferably 13 to 14 mm. 7/16 = 11 mm so that is why the Terrabites are hard to seal.

The variation in the bead thickness makes some of them leak and some not. I had one that only lost 1 psi a week but another that lost 1-2 psi a day and the other 2 somewhere in the middle but I never measured all of mine to see if there was a difference.

11/16 = 17+ mm so you will experience bead ring "coning" if you are not careful. DO NOT over torque the ring bolts and you will need to constantly re-torque your rings because they are not bottomed out and the rubber will compress over time.
 
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