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[MeBEEF]

Hey Everyone,

I modeled and 3D printed beadlock wheel trims. You can do almost any color and design pattern you chose with this method.

Here is my first official revision of it. It is in white for cheap/quick printing, but it looks pretty nice.

The cool thing is it is also dirt cheap, about ~$7/wheel or less. AND if you damaged them, who gives a s#!t, you just print another one.

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[Joejr]

Hey Everyone,

I modeled and 3D printed beadlock wheel trims. You can do almost any color and design pattern you chose with this method.

Here is my first official revision of it. It is in white for cheap/quick printing, but it looks pretty nice.

The cool thing is it is also dirt cheap, about ~$7/wheel or less. AND if you damaged them, who gives a s#!t, you just print another one.

Looks pretty good. Now I need some in Code Orange.

 

[MeBEEF]

I need a bit more time to dial it in and test durability. Once I I get it right maybe I'll sell them (no profit just materials and consumables). The print time is 36 hours for all 4 wheels.

 

[KayaPayaPigDog]

Dude... this is pretty rad! I am all for it. i will get in touch via chat and i'll take a set for sure whenever you have some time to print them.

 

[KayaPayaPigDog]

also, how much more work would be in CAD or whatever you use to design it to get it set for all of the bolts all the way around like the true beadlock rings?

 

[MeBEEF]

Dude... this is pretty rad! I am all for it. i will get in touch via chat and i'll take a set for sure whenever you have some time to print them.

So I can print some for people on here. I will charge for the plastic, and maybe some for printer time, as 3D printers have consumable parts, like the nozzles, and a few other parts but it's not much.

As for material: I am thinking ASA, as it is pretty robust, still quite cheap, and water resistant, but I need to look further into this, like UV resistance.

The print time is about 40 hours total for the 4 wheels is my guess.

Also if you guys can think of other design patterns, let me know. I was thinking many little circles (sort of like a golf ball), or slanted line (like in the pic but with an angle).

The color matching to paint will not be perfect but close enough.

I think the idea is for people to drop-ship the filament to me from amazon, and send a few extra bucks via venmo or whatever for the comsumables.

The other idea is I can just share the design for free, and if you have a printer you can do it on your own, and/or you can get it printed at a 3D printing website.

For colors: Go to amazon and type "Overture ASA filament" and you can see examples of the colors.

For green RR's: Use Olive Green
For Cactus Grey: Use Gray

If you want a code-orange-like color, I saw a few other filament that has this color.

Another cool benefit, it should lighten up your wheels a bit, my guess is you'll drop 4-5 lbs per wheel.

 

[MeBEEF]

also, how much more work would be in CAD or whatever you use to design it to get it set for all of the bolts all the way around like the true beadlock rings?

That is easy, but would take more time, as It takes some of test prints to get the hole alignment. I'll work on this next as an option, I find Mechanical Modeling fun.

I actually bought the ford performance beadlock rings for $850 or whatever it was, and now I am thinking I might return them. we shall see.

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