Hello , I am still waiting for resolution, since the original dealer , who installed the tires to beadlock capable wheels is working with my dealer to make things right. I’m not sure if I will get those damaged rings returned to me , they may need to submit to regional GM service manager. I know I read they are not functioning bead lock rings,(or bolts), so they are not made to support tire beads off roading.

 

Is there any chance they gave you the old beadlock rings back? I'll buy them from you. I need a sacrificial set for rock crawling.

 

Hummer technician said it failed. Have to order replacement. Not sure what the failure is only that the onstar light kept flashing red light, alert system stated emergency call only.

 

What happened with onstar antenna? I had so many connection issues I connected my hummer to my wifi Hotspot and home wifi.

 

Hummer is still in service , waiting for new decorative rings and bolts.Fortunately the tire bead was not compromised when the decorative ring was bolted over it. Rings were bent, and some bolts showed signs of stress. While in service they did radio update. The Onstar antenna needs to be replaced too.

 

That’s exactly what the gmc technician stated, there is no way to safely torque those decorative bolts too. It’s just a miracle there was no problems like the person in Canada who experienced the ring failure.

 

All i know is i have swapped my tires on my Omega and the beadlock is 100% decorative. Tires came off normally and went on normally. no beadlock removed.

 

Hummer EV is safely at gmc service, both the service advisor and technician surprised the decorative rings lasted so long. This could have been a disaster, with blowout at highway speed.
I will update status once they check with regional GMC rep.

 

Thank you for the reply, I do have the reddit post, I have inspected my rings and they all have bolts.
This will be interesting since the original selling dealership is in Florida and I purchased the vehicle in Texas. One owner and owned for one month, 2700 miles. Delivered in Aug 2024.
All the warranties did transfer to me. I purchased in Dec 2024 3600 miles

 

Used Omega's are amazing deals.

 

I think there was a post on reddit about someone that kept having issues with a slow leak and that come to find out the dealership/GM had mounted the tires like it was a true beadlock with just the decorative rim attached. They only found out when some of the decorative ring screws got their heads popped off from the stress. GM replaced all four rims and tires as goodwill in that case.

 

Scary! , I am not sure how these tires are still on the wheels after 5800 miles ?
All bolts are still on. Thank goodness

I appreciate the article and fast replies. Thank you very much

 

Check out that reddit post, he got a whole new set of wheels.

 

I believe these 4 tires were mounted incorrectly at the dealer , after looking at the spare tire ,seems its the only one mounted correctly, with the decorative ring bolted to wheel.
Someone has some explaining to do.

 

The tire should be on the inside of the rim. If you have a real beadlock forged ring with grade 8 bolts then you can mount the tire on the outside of the rim and clamp it down with the bead lock ring. This is only used when off roading where you lower the tire pressure to 15 psi for rock crawling because that low pressure isn't enough to hold the bead against the inside of the rim and the tires break the bead loose and deflate

Otherwise the bead lock ring serves no purpose for everyday driving. Not needed.

The omegas came with two sets of wheels some customers got both sets. The dealer had to remove the tires from the factory wheels and install them on the beadlock wheels and obviously some technicians thought the bead lock was real.

 

Omega Edition window sticker states:
18-inch Gloss Black Beadlock-capable wheels with Carbon Flash Decorative Ring (dealer installed)

 

When you say mounted normally , this means the decorative ring is bolted to the wheel, and tire bead is not touching this ring.
Ill be at dealer this afternoon. More updates to follow.
Somehow the tires are holding air , which would be my biggest concern, and that the ring has not caused any damage to the tire bead.
Thank you for fast reply.

 

My Ed1 with bronze beadlock package have the same wheels just different color. I assure you none of mine use the beadlock decorative ring. All mounted normally. This explains why discount tire had issues. They probably couldn't find the torque specs for the ring because it doesn't exist yet and the decorative ring wouldn't have torque specs.

 

Yes, the decorative ring is bolted between the tire bead and the wheel. All four decorative rings are the same on all four original delivery tires, only the spare tire has the ring bolted directly to wheel. I can not see any tire bead . l checked the window sticker and it says dealer installed? Did the dealer make a mistake? Poor training , no training?
l have 5800 miles on the vehicle, it’s time to visit dealer and have them inspect immediately.
Thank you for replies.

Those folks with omega editions may want to inspect your gloss black Beadlock capable wheels with carbon fiber decorative rings

 

Are you trying to say the 4 wheels had the bead between the rim and the ring. None of your tires should be bolted between the decorative ring and the rim because it's just a decorative ring with limited clamping force. GM still doesn't offer the real bead lock ring. I keep calling to check as I want it for off roading. They do offer the 17 inch ring for the Colorado.

Found a case where the decorative bead lock was mistakenly used and gm was so concerned about it they replaced all the wheels under warranty.

 

The shop manager invited me into the shop to see that they had to remove carbon flash decorative ring from gloss black Beadlock wheel,with all those bolts ,to remove tire. They were not familiar with this type of wheel, since I told them it was only Beadlock capable and you had to purchase from GM the functioning Beadlock part for off road only.
l was more concerned that they did not have bolt pattern with torque specs so
I had them use the spare tire since I knew it also had the gloss black Beadlock wheel with carbon flash decorative ring., only problem is carbon flash decorative ring on spare tire is not bolted with the tire bead between the ring and wheel, It is bolted to wheel.
I will find out more next week when I take Hummer EV to my gmc dealer. My gmc service advisor said there is a bolt pattern and torque spec for those bolts that attach ring to wheel.

 

I would have thought that they would be able to swap the tire without doing anything to the faux beadlock since it's essentially just decorative... But maybe they were afraid that their tire machine would damage it...