Welcome dude! Nice rigs!

Thanks guys! Looking forward to talking to locals for once. Seems like everyone on my other forums is at least 500 miles away.

welcome nice trucks

Welcome!!

welcome!

Played with my H1 12 bolts over the weekend! I really like the Blacked out look w/ the clean bolts. I want to find some deep lug nut that will fit over the extended bolts to keep that clean look and protect the threads.

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Backspacing is too deep for now, stock is around 7" on H1s. I really like the stock look and don't want to pay to recenter as it is expensive and the rims will never balance. I have a pair of 2" spacers that would make them doable in the front, but it would hit my control arms at full turn. Going to wait to install after I do a DRW conversion in the front and then use the spacers in the rear.

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Wow, that thing looks battle-ready. Are they heavy?

As they are right now they are about 60lbs each for a 2 piece steel 12 bolt H1 double beadlock rim. Without inner beadlocks. Once I add PVC inners it will be closer to 65lbs. Not a big deal since this will be losing DD status here soon hopefully. A heavier rim will also help keep traction better that light wheels and steel rims are easier to repair if damaged and less likely to be damaged than an aluminum one. I'll be adding a set of stiffeners to the outers before installation. Something like this is what I'm thinking. Should add another 5lb....

http://www.greatlakeoffroad.com/images/D/12boltRB.jpg

The 8 bolt ones are a little lighter but I would NEVER run a set of 8 bolts with a fullsize truck and the 37" military Goodyears. Military specs show the 8 bolt rims only capable of handling a bias ply tire (the old 36" military Goodyears), the newer 12 bolt I have were designed for the newer radial tires (newer 37" military Goodyears.) The newest ones are the 24 bolt H1 beadlocks designed for the newest Goodyear Bajas, basically to prevent wheel damage from IEDs.

I see many guys runs the 8 bolts on the road with radial tires, but the stock bolts aren't designed for that kind of pressure and they will pop. And once they pop you have to notice quickly or you could lose them all very quickly. I know some guys that run Grade 8 bolts in them that are stronger, but it's still questionable in my mind.

Here's the new super BEEF 1/2" thick Long-Arm Dodge Off-Road brackets and hardware! You can see that it comes with necessary mounting hardware in Grade 8 flavor....and thumb-sized thickness!!!

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I'll be doing a long-arm conversion on my Black Ram, here's the starter pieces!

Damn those are BEEFY!