White Wall Tyres

[Cat]

And I guess that makes three of us......Poo roolz  ;D

[Wayne]

What do you mean poo  roolz Grey is the colour that roolz other wise you would not be pickng on the top colour.
WAYNE

[Cat]

No picking intended......I was just stating FACT.....  

Poo roolz!

8)

[Wayne]

No grey rules the white walls look great with the grey.
WAYNE

[RET]

I have the ability to deny access to users who persist in wasting their grey matter writing poo, you know....

It's really starting to get dull you guys. :-/

[Chuck]

Rabbit

Back on the subject of white walls (sorry to the grey/black/white and technicolor brigades  ;D), the porta walls that RET mentioned are also available from John's Rod and Custom in Melbourne.  The Antique Tyre Porta Walls are Atlas brand (from England) and the JR & C are made locally.  I went for the JR & C ones as they are supposedly better???  When using Porta Walls you need to be careful of damage to the sidewall of the tyre as these can sometimes be rubbed badly by the Porta Wall.  Also, if you use brand new tyres, the dye in the tyre can stain the porta wall - they also squeak when you drive but this is what the radio is for  ;D ;D ;D

EK Mad, there is a bloke in Sydney who does have the machine that you talk about, I got his number from Rare Spares when I called them about porta walls a few months ago.  I spoke to him and he said that he does a lot of rods and Harleys.  From memory he was about the same price as porta walls.  Sorry, but I don't have his number anymore.

I ended up going for the porta walls as you could get a wider strip of white as apposed to painting them on but thats only a personal thing.

Cheers - Chuck

[RET]

It's my understanding that the possibility of PortaWalls damaging the tyre side-wall is more of an issue when running them on radials than cross-ply tyres.  If anyone knows more about that I'd be interested to know.

I looked into the grooved/painted tyre thing too, but I couldn't see the value in it when it costs as much per tyre as the PortaWall anyway.

cheers
RET

[Hotlips]

 :DYears ago I had the "groove cut-out and then paint" job done on my EFFEE.  Yes it looked good but didn't last.  I later found out it was ILLEGAL to cut any part of the side wall off of a tyre.  YIKES!?@*&^# :o :o.  Just as well they didn't last.  
Has anyone heard of white walls that successfully go onto radial tyres??? Cheers HOTLIPS. ;) ;) ;)

[RET]

I suspect that the guys who do the painted-on white-walls no longer cut into the sidewall first.  But if you think about the amount of flexing that the tyres do, it's little wonder that the paint cracks and peels.

You can use Porta-Walls with radials, as long as they're not real low-profile jobs.  I think you have to be a bit more diligent about keeping the rubber-grease up to them, that's all.  Otherwise they will rub the sidewall and both will wear.

Give Antique Tyres a call and ask them what they recommend.  Their number is 03 9458 4433.

cheers
RET

[fastjbav6]

I had  Atlas white walls fitted to radial tyres, the tyre stained the white wall and the white wall put a groove in the side of the tyre. I latter was told by a tyre dealer that there are 2 different types of white walls, one for radials and one for cross plys.

Regards
             Seb :)