by Casey » Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:30 pm
When you mount tires on any wheel, they have a certain direction they are supposed to go on and off from, that's why the drop in the center of the rim is offset. That drop allows the bead on the opposite side you're prying on to move over towards the side being pried, and lets it be stretched over the edge of the rim. The birddogs have an extra deep and offset drop in them, so deep that they could only put little tiny holes in the center of them. The point of that is to make it extremely easy to dismount and repair a tire on the trail. I've mounted two sets of tires on them and all I have is two 24" tire bars, but with the birddogs I usually use just one. They are by far the easiest wheels I've ever changed
2006 Rubicon, stock engine #2, stock transmission, stock T-case, stock axles, stock gears, stock diffs, springier springs, couple of random holes drilled, bits of scrap metal welded on with some junkyard parts thrown in for good measure.