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03-28-2011, 01:49 PM
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Bead locks for street use??
Why are bead locks illegal on the street? does anyone here bend that law? I have a set of beadlocks for my sami but i dont want to swap them back and forth with a normal set everytime i want to take it down the road. :confused:
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03-28-2011, 02:00 PM
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Show me in printed form where the law is that shows them to be illegal...:)and with all the fake lock wheels, i bet ur average cop wouldent know the difference...
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03-28-2011, 02:07 PM
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they not dot approved, but drove for years with them without any hassle so i would drive with them.
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03-28-2011, 03:13 PM
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No ohio law that says they are illegal. I called the ODOT on this issue to ask questions,
My exact question was, do all items such as bead lock wheels HAVE to be DOT approved to be put into use on the street. I was told , non DOT approved item is not considered safe for road use and the manufacturer can not be held liable for any problems resulting from the failure of said items and the DOT does not support the saftey measures of said items. They wouldnt tell me striaght up that they could or could not be used on the street, and to me that means they are no illegal, or they would have said so. There are DOT approved beadlocks out there and they are approved becuase they paid the money to have them tested and insured for street use. |
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03-28-2011, 04:51 PM
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I've ran my beadlocks on the street for years with no issues.Even when the Ohio Patrol pulled me over for my bumper height,he never said a word about my beadlock wheels.
My rigg is no daily driver though. Nick
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03-28-2011, 05:30 PM
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there are no dot approved beadlocks, but u are rite on the liability issue. i wouldnt worry about driving with them nobody gonna look anyways.i stand corrected hi-impact is making dot beadlocks but they are internal style
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03-28-2011, 06:10 PM
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I know this has been covered multiple times on this board, but I can't find the threads from searching...
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03-28-2011, 06:47 PM
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Mopar sells dot approved bead lock wheels. for $650 each :)
Ohio has no law banning multi piece wheels so you are fine. If multi piece wheels where illegal here, the old split rims would be illegal too. |
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03-28-2011, 07:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
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think i buy 2 sets then!
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03-28-2011, 08:28 PM
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I have ran them often on the road with no law issues. If you get into an accident with injuries they may be frowned upon.
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03-29-2011, 02:23 AM
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Good deal! Thanks guys. I didn't think it would be a huge deal and I guess I just wanted to make sure I could slide. I guess most cops couldn't tell anyway.
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