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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The F-150 lineup is getting a mild refresh for 2013, and Ford has announced some running upgrades are headed to the off-road-ready SVT Raptor variant as well. Unlike the regular F-150, the 2013 Raptor ...

Prices for beadlock-capable wheels – and Ford Performance 'beadlock rings' for hardcore off-road use – for the 2023 Ford Ranger Raptor have been announced for Australia. And it turns out it's a ...

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 ...