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Both of my sets are OMF conversions so I can't comment from experience on every brand/design/style. But all that I've heard of/looked into recommend checking the torque every so often. The few people I've met in person that run them say they haven't had any issues with any bolts loosening. My 16s loosened up a bit for the first several hundred miles and then seemed to hold torque after that. I've read from others on forums that it seems to be a mix, some folks don't have any issues and others have to retorque a couple times and then they are good. I only have a couple hundred miles on my 17s but they seem to hold torque a lot better, I didn't do the first check until 200miles or so but they didn't loosen up like my 16s.I'm curious. I have never had beadlocks or thought about them. what is the constant maintenance?
OMFs have a recommended torque sequence of after first 100miles and then every 250miles afterward. Proper way to retorque consists of letting all the air out of the tire and checking all the bolts and filling it back up.
OMF also recommends replacing all the bolts every year. For shits and giggles I pushed this on my 16s to see what would happen and after about 2 years I had a bolt fail on one of the wheels. I also found out the hard way on my 16s that if they don't get torque checked they'll also start to break bolts....I had a sidewall slash and had to replace one of the tires but forgot to torque it again afterwards, went on a trip to Colorado and I had a couple bolts fail on the same tire on the drive up there, luckily I found it at a gas station and swapped out the tire before it failed.
Generally from what I've read from others it seems, and is my experience as well, that after the first couple hundred miles they are usually good. I only do torque checks before long trips, if I do local trails I don't bother.