H1 wheels?

[Jump This]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=746158
Anyone know anything about these?
As far as I can tell they are not beadlock wheels and probably wiegh quite a bit.
I know this is not advance fab, but the guys who hang out here probably know a bit more about them then some others...
If they end up in my garage, I will be running the 8 bolt pattern sets.

 

[RCman]

They ARE beadlocks, double beadlocks in fact.
I'm running (well my jackstands are) a set of the stock 12-bolt ones (not the the vendor you posted above) with some Great Lakes Offroad rock rings. I didn't recenter them as I am using fullwidths and they help keep my width somewhat no ridiculous.
The bolt name is a little misleading, they are all 8 on 6.5". Some have 8 bolts to clamp the halves together, the others have 12. No real difference between the two other than the 8 bolts came with bias 36" tires and mag runflats and the 12 bolts came with 37" radials and rubber runflats.

What else do you want to know?

Edit: Here's a Billavista Write-Up/Review on some H1s. That should answer any question you have and then some.

 

[x2elite]

Yeah those are double beadlocks, and the ones pictures also have the rubber runflats in them as well. I ran a set of these on my 86 suburban for a long time. I can buy those from a guy local to me for about $35 a piece (wheel, runflat, and 36 or 37 inch tire already mounted).

 

[x2elite]

Oh yeah if you are going to do it, go with the stamped centers, I haven't heard good things about the flat centers. They don't have nearly as much rigidity as the stamped centers.

 

[Jump This]

They ARE beadlocks, double beadlocks in fact.
I'm running (well my jackstands are) a set of the stock 12-bolt ones (not the the vendor you posted above) with some Great Lakes Offroad rock rings. I didn't recenter them as I am using fullwidths and they help keep my width somewhat no ridiculous.
The bolt name is a little misleading, they are all 8 on 6.5". Some have 8 bolts to clamp the halves together, the others have 12. No real difference between the two other than the 8 bolts came with bias 36" tires and mag runflats and the 12 bolts came with 37" radials and rubber runflats.

What else do you want to know?

Excuse the ignorance but...
What is thier backspacing? Is thier 8 bolt pattern same as Ford?
Heavy or uber heavy?

 

[RCman]

Excuse the ignorance but...
What is thier backspacing? Is thier 8 bolt pattern same as Ford?
Heavy or uber heavy?

The backspacing is ~7.25", pretty large and you will run into clearance issues with steering if you are running high steer (thats why I made my own arms).
Yes, the same 8 on 6.5" pattern the Ford's (and everyone else really) had before they went to the metric pattern.
They are heavy, IIRC they are about 45lbs each stock without runflats. I can weight one of mine when I get home if you'd like, I have some unmounted.

 

[squirrel80]

Hey Rick I think that is the point of the recentered wheels is that they can change the backspace to a more normal distance. I would give them a call to find out your options. To me they look more on the uber heavy side. My aluminum beadlocks are heavy and can't imagine that steal ones would be anywhere near the weight.

 

[Ghost]

I got a set and will be testing them out next weekend at the Crawl. 406 was fairly helpfull but never responded to me last questions about the runflats that came with my H-1's. You will need to recenter them for a rear D60. Mine would not fit the tire hit the leafspring. My front would have been fine though. How did you avoid this RCman? Spacers? :dunno:

 

[RCman]

I got a set and will be testing them out next weekend at the Crawl. 406 was fairly helpfull but never responded to me last questions about the runflats that came with my H-1's. You will need to recenter them for a rear D60. Mine would not fit the tire hit the leafspring. My front would have been fine though. How did you avoid this RCman? Spacers? :dunno:

I don't run leafsprings anymore.

 

[Ghost]

I don't run leafsprings anymore.

Oh. Yea that is my next mod, after I regear.

 

[JeepFreak21]

Double beadlocks FTW!

16.5" wheels FTL!

Make sure you find some tires that you like before buying those wheels!

And get a hold of CJ66Dean too. He recenters H1 wheels too. Great guy to deal with! He's in the Sacramento area so shipping should be cheaper. A lot of us up here have done business with him.

Billy

 

[RCman]

Double beadlocks FTW!

16.5" wheels FTL!

Make sure you find some tires that you like before buying those wheels!

X2! The 16.5" size does make tire shopping a little harder, but not all that much. As much as I like mine so far, I think I'd be hard pressed to spend $200+ per wheel on them. If I was dropping that kind of coin on wheels it isn't all that much more to get some fancy 17" double beadlock wheels. Then the tire choices increase a ton!

And get a hold of CJ66Dean too. He recenters H1 wheels too. Great guy to deal with! He's in the Sacramento area so shipping should be cheaper. A lot of us up here have done business with him.

Nice guy. I'm using his metal ring inserts, makes tire install simple.

 

[Sponge Bob]

i am using 2" spacers to clear my steering arms and rear leafs also with a outside measurement of 81.5 just enough to fit on my trailer.they bend rather easy when your able to run no air pressure so rock rings become a must.

 

[256offroad]

do yall not run into your hubs getting the crap beat out of them cause they are sticking out?!?(for the guys that haven't re-centered)

 

[Sponge Bob]

yes your hubs will take a beating. you could run drive slugs to keep from ripping off a locking hub but the hub will still get a beating