15X10 + diy Beadlocks with IROK 36x13.5?

SHINTON

SHINTON

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I am looking a set of beadlocks here / also considering buying a DIY kit.

In both cases, the wheel I believe is a 15x10 already and I know the DIY kits add another 1.5" or so?

The tire I am wanting to move towards is a 36x13.5 IROK bias ply...

Is that just way too wide a wheel for that tire? (Why/what issues does this cause or not cause?)

This is for my 85 Yota pickup, goal is to go with a really low PSI for on trail use!!

Have heard rumors of similar rigs even going 0 PSI, 1 PSI, etc / that the sidewall is tough enough for that kind of weight and you get "great" traction. I think my deflators goes down to 5ish psi on the dial.

All thoughts welcome... IROK being chosen mostly because when searching for SX vs IROK, on yotas the owners all seem to prefer the IROK for that setup/rig.
 
Sam, IMO, I would go with a narrower wheel.
T figure how much the DIY bead lock will add to the overall width of the wheel....
Add thickness of the Weld on part, plus the thickness of your tire bead, plus the thickness of your clamp part of the DIY kit.
I have seen the IROK tire go better than about anything else. The only draw back I have seen personally is sidewall strength. IF you go with that wide of a wheel it will bulge the side wall a little more, and make it more prone to side wall damage. A narrower wheel will "tuck" the side wall inward just a little more providing a bit of protection.
My DIY kit is welded on an 8" wheel. I have run the 39.5 Bogger, and currently 44 TSL's
The first being 16.5 wide, and now 18.5 wide with the 44's. So far, no side wall damage. If I were gonna buy a new tire, I would definitely buy it from somewhere with a warranty like 4Wheel Parts.
 
I honestly don't know about any of the other makers of DIY beadlocks, but the ones Broncomania sells won't add that much to the width of the wheel. The inner ring sits inside the outer "lip" of the wheel. The only added width to consider is A: the thickness of the wheel itself (~1/8") B: the thickness of the ring (1/4") and C: the thickness of the sidewall. That's it, period. The outer ring doesn't add to the overall wheel width since it clamps on the outside of the bead. It doesn't change the distance from tire bead to tire bead. THat said, I'd still use 15/8s for the iroks.
 
the diy beadlocks i run on my xj are welded on 15 by 8 steel wheels. I run 36/13.5/15 iroks and they work great. The iroks are actually suposed to be run on a 10" wide wheel (from interco's website and is printed on side of tire), so with my 8's plus the thickness of the 1/4" inner ring and the thickness of the irok bead put them right around 9" I don't think i'd go much wider than that but thats just me.

We have also ran them on 8" wheels with no beadlocks and they still work great.

this is the wheel tire set up i'm running:
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