Dirty Life Roadkill Beadlocks:

We love getting new parts in. Spending a little time going over them, taking pictures, getting up close and friendly, checking quality and craftsmanship and getting an overall feel of how it compares to others on the market. So when word got over to the Northridge Nation Studio that a couple pallets of a new beadlock showed up, we hustled next-door to the warehouse and grabbed a couple to bring you a closer look at them.

Introducing the Dirty Life Roadkill Race Series beadlock wheel. They are a high strength cast aluminum wheel featuring a forged 6061 beadlock ring and available in a machined or satin black finish. They feature a 24 bolt forged aluminum locking ring for tire bead retention and the beadlock ring mounting pattern is double-drilled just in case you mess up a threaded hole or three.

So let’s get right into these new beadlocks and show you what we see.

Dirty Life Beadlock Features:

• High strength aluminum casting

• Forged 6061 aluminum beadlock ring

• 24 bolt locking ring

• Grade 8 retaining bolts

• Extra thick wall for more rim strength

• Lightweight 10 spoke design

Dirty Life Beadlock Size Specifications:

• 17×9

• 5x127mm (5×5″)

• 4.45″ Backspace

• -14mm offset

• 3400lb Load rating

• 32lbs per wheel

Available in either a machined aluminum or satin black finish, you can go for the flash or the subtle look to match your Jeep’s styling.

The Dirty Life Roadkill beadlocks come with all necessary hardware to mount up your tires except for valve stems. They even come with a set of plastic spacers in case you are running a real thick beaded tire.

The beadlock mounting face has non-slip bead lock grooves to help keep the bead firmly seated. They also feature a double drilled bolt pattern so if mess up a threaded hole you can rotate the ring one hole for a full set of brand new mounting holes.

Backspacing on the Roadkill 9302 measures at 4-1/2″ (even with the tape measure not perfectly vertical, LoL!).

The rim width measures out 8-3/4″ wide from bead seat to bead seat.

The bead locking seat itself measures in at 1/2″ which is perfect for most off-road tires.

Adding in the optional spacer, the bead locking seat measures in at 5/8″ which is more suited for the big 14 ply off road racing tires and other thick beaded tires like the Super Swamper Bogger.

The wheel mounting surface of the Dirty Life Roadkill beadlock even has recessed pockets to fit the rotor retention clips if you still run yours.

Our thoughts on the Dirty Life Beadlocks?

After spending a little time with the Dirty Life Roadkill 9302 beadlocks….we like ’em. They look to be a good quality wheel at a good price. The forged beadlock ring should stand up to quite a bit more off road abuse and we really like the double drilled bead lock ring mounting pattern.

The one big question we’re always wanting to ask is how tough is the product. We did a quick google search and found multiple racers running the Roadkill Race Series beadlocks in both desert racing and Ultra 4 and they are taking the beatings and abuse that comes with going fast in severe terrains. Dirty Life also backs them with a Limited Lifetime Warranty. With a racing background like that and the warranty, we’re going to say that these beadlocks should take the abuse of the most trail users just fine.