TITANIUM - FLASH Bead Locks. Part no #515
NEW style of Bead Lock to better secure your O Rings to your rim in either Titanium (available here) or Stainless Steel elsewhere on the site.
Weight per kit for mail is 45.50 grams
These Bead Locks will hold your rubber O Ring in place by containing them in a cavity, not letting them distort as you wind the Bead into the rim.
You can see in the close up picture of the rim, there is just a very small opening between the actual Bead and the rim. We recommend this as if you screw the bead to the rim, it will gouge the rim and may distort the O Ring inside.
The main improvements with these Beads;
* A full cavity underneath the Bead head to contain the O Ring.
* We have made the head of the Bead flatter to get away from errant front bumpers.
* We then made the Bead head wider to better accommodate the O Ring and secure better.
* Then we made the 3mm Hex into the head of the Bead deeper, where as the stock units were 1.9mm deep, the Flash Beads are MUCH DEEPER!!
* We also went to a slightly thicker O Ring for sealing purposes....BUT, if push comes to shove and your at the track in trouble, the older smaller O Ring will get you out of trouble,
The FLASH Bead Kit comes with 12 Bead Locks and 12+ (spare) O Rings and a Twirler while stocks last (of the Twirler).
As a comparison, the Stainless Beads weight 2.94g each and the Titanium Beads weight 1.93g each. Overall that is 12.12g LESS off your driven weight!
(NB; Check your racing organization if these are legal to use).