If you're not an off-road fanatic, you may have heard the term 'beadlock-capable wheels' or 'beadlock wheels' in relation to preparing a car for going off road. This refers to a rather special type of ...

On a traditional wheel, the bead on both sides of the tire that contacts the wheel sits on a bead seat just inside the outer diameter flange of the wheel. Air pressure and friction at this interface ...

New wheels are great. However, in some cases the wheels that come with your ride are already a pretty strong set. In our case, we loved the size and look of the wheels our Polaris RZR-S came with.

The Tesla Model Y can now attempt to join the world of serious off-roaders with new beadlock-capable wheels from Unplugged Performance. While these new wheels won’t suddenly turn a Model Y into a Jeep ...

Anthony Capretto is an automotive journalist at CarBuzz with a background in Media Communications and Film from the University of Pittsburgh. Since joining in 2022, he’s covered industry news, EV ...

Introduced back in 2022, the GMC Sierra AT4X stands as the most off-road-focused Sierra model to date, featuring a bevy of all-terrain goodies to take its capabilities the next level. Now, the Sierra ...

Tesla aftermarket specialist Unplugged Performance has released a new beadlock off-road wheel engineered specifically for the Model Y. If you don't think the Model Y is the right car for this type of ...

Excellent question Jason, as beadlock wheels are not something we've seen too much of, outside aftermarket off-road specialists. And to be clear, in the case of the new Ford Ranger Raptor, we are ...

We're not quite sure why the Chevy Colorado ZR2 Desert Boss prototype in our latest spy shots is wearing the Bison's beadlock wheels. One possibility is that GM is simply testing the wheel and tire ...

One surefire way to give any crossover an added dose of coolness is by outfitting it with a set of off-road wheels and tires. Unplugged Performance wants to allow owners of the Model Y do just that, ...

Michal studies Automotive Journalism at Coventry University in the UK, and has been writing for CarBuzz since March 2025. He was nominated for student culture piece of the year recently and has been ...