Locked Up Releases 1.9" Agile Artifact Steel "Spicy Buttermilk" Weathered Bead Lock Rings
Locked Up RC's 1.9" beadlock products are squarely on the show's historically newsworthy pattern (trail-focused beadlock wheel/ring offerings), which would normally support a strong 70-95 score. However, the NEWNESS field flags a key issue: the forum thread announcing this product dates to Feb 11, 2026, while the DATE field (low confidence, first_seen) is Aug 2026 — nearly six months later. This is not a fresh, within-10-days launch; it's an older announcement the crawler only recently indexed.
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Locked Up RC has released a new weathered steel bead lock ring finish for 1.9" wheels, called "Extra Crispy," featuring a hand-weathered crusty top finish with a smoothed, preserved back face. Sold via the Locked Up RC website; full sets recommended for uniform look.
Locked Up RC has released a new weathered finish variant called 'Spicy Buttermilk' for their 1.9" Agile Artifact Steel bead lock rings, the second production finish after 'Extra Crispy'. The rings feature a weathered look with more color variety and are intended as a matched set with the Extra Crispy version.
Locked Up RC has released a second production colorway of their Artifact Steel bead lock rings called 'Spicy Buttermilk,' a weathered finish designed to pair as a matched set with the previously released 'Extra Crispy' version, for 1.9" crawler wheels.