ICON isn't much help!!!

Nothing huge, but I want to change out the ugly ass bolts on the faux bead lock on the ICON Compression wheels I recently purchased. This bolt has a pretty funky thread pitch and rather than tell me what it is, ICON reps claim they have no idea what it is. Crappy service is enough for me to take them back and go with SCS!!

 

Pop one out and measure thread pitch yourself or go down to hardware store/machine shop where they have gauges..
Regardless, a company should know their product inside and out. Probably just a bit of laziness TBH

 

Yeah, I did exactly that. The local hardware stores tried 5/16"x18, 20,22,24 and no good on any. Just a really weird deal!!

 

Take one to Fastenal. They will figure it out.

 

Good suggestion, thanks! If I can't get it dont, I'll take them back and go with VTX!!!

 

I’ve yet to find something they can’t figure out. There’s been a couple times they didn’t have it in stock but it was there the next day

I was just there today and it took all of 5 minutes to get an exact replacement for what I had

 

VTX huh? What are you trying to do with the Icons? Blackout?

 

The chrome hex bolts look really janky! Aside from the bolts, I love the wheels!!! I would do either a black Torx OR...have the torx glass beaded and painted Cement to match the truck!!

 

If you end up going VTX or SCS these work and save weight https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/scs-ray-10-faux-beadlock.536656/#post-20887808

 

One of the options I initially looked at was nylon!! Thanks for that!!!

 

@TacoInDenver
Here are the specs of the bolt.

M8-1.25 x 8mm

Not a standard size. The few cases I've dealt with the customer sourced a 10mm bolt and used a washer to prevent it from bottoming out in the wheel. I also have seen someone grind a tap to allow it to thread a few mm deeper into the lip to run a 10mm without a washer.

 

Not sure what the head is on these but I assume its this

https://www.fastenal.com/products/details/11510103

 

Called ICON AGAIN today - two times with no call back, no reply to e mail or FB post. Answer today I got when I advised that I would return the wheels if I had to deal with the ugly bolts, "Yeah, I would say you should take them and the suspension back for a refund". No worries, DONE!! Poor customer service will lose in my book EVERY time!!

 

This guy replied to thread pitch on the bolt

 

If the holes are drilled deep enough you can use a bottoming tap to tap to the bottom of the hole.

8 mm x 1.25 Bottoming Taps, High Speed Steel (PACK OF 2)

https://www.amazon.com/1-25-Bottoming-Taps-Speed-Steel/dp/B00KDN7RH8

But you bought the wheels knowing full well what the bolts look like - if you want to change them out expect to do some leg-work to make it happen.

 

... they replied to this post 2 above yours

 

Lol @ returning your wheels and suspension because you’re being ridiculously OCD and whining about what wheel bolts look like.

You sound like a customer service nightmare: entitled, loud, unrelenting when you don’t have an answer in 2 minutes and just plain rude.

 

Total side bar, but I hear Sam Kinison's voice in my head when I read this thread. Also, @Icon_Adrian replied with the proper bolt size...

 

Except these are black oxide and won’t handle the weather very well.

 

that was the first one I found in 5 seconds of looking.. theres others out there.