Cap-it - F150 Prerunner Baja Project: Part 5

So it's been some time since our last update, so here's the latest....

For choice of tires it was an automatic decision on what to use.
MICKEY THOMPSON just released their new ATZP3 - 37x12.50x17

New compound with improved cut and chip protection

Deep, aggressive sidebiters for improved protection

Multi-draft grooves for self-cleaning and improved wear

PowerPly^™ 3-ply sidewall construction

Beside being a brand new tire, Mickey Thompson recommended us to use this tire due to many Off-Road Race Teams having really good success on the track and trails.

Contact your nearest Cap-it Store for more details about Mickey Thompson Tire & Wheels Products.

As for wheels we called TRAILREADY Wheels (they are also one of our suppliers for H/D Front Bumpers) and ordered up a set of their 17x8.5 HD Beadlock Series Wheels with a Cap-it Red powder coat ring.

TRAILREADY

The beauty of beadlock wheels is that you really don't need a tire machine to mount the tires on. All you have to do is get some soapy solution and lube up the tire bead and push the tire onto the wheel.

For those of you who don't know how a Beadlock wheel works, here's a short briefing on it. The majority of wheels have 2 inner lips on the wheel to where the tire locks onto. On a Beadlock wheel the wheel lip is reversed in where the tire sites on the top of it and then Beadlock Ring clamps the outside of the tire to the wheel.

Off-Road enthusiast prefer this method at it limits the possibility of having the tire blowing a bead in having the tire come off the wheel.

Now time to install the Beadlock ring with the supplied hardware

To tighten up the 24 bolts to the ring, just like a tire you alternate in a criss-cross pattern which give you even pressure around the seal.

Once your finished torqueing all the bolts down to 20lbs the actual beadlock ring will have a concave look to it. This is due to sandwiching the tire in between the ring and wheel.