cant find that white wall tire that you want?

[marquisman]

here is a simple solution.



iv checked them out on ze interwebz and they average $50, for the set(4). pretty smart, since white walls are becomming scarce.

[sly]

I can see this for a sleeper. get performance tires and put a white wall on it so it doesn't look like it.

[miamibob]

Too bad you can't install them WITHOUT dismounting the tire!

[chitownvic]

Yea they been out for a few years even have em for Bikes/Choppers IIRC I dont think there recomended for radials just Bias plys

[johnunit]

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/product.php?cPath=188_238&products_id=1871&MOONSESSION=tkoetttsc1hpm6meeln879flt0

Yep, not recommended for radials. Which sorta defeats the point since bias ply whitewalls are sold anywhere blackwall bias ply's are. Too bad.

[88Vic]

What could go wrong if you mounted them with a radial tire? I don't see how it could matter.

[johnunit]

bias ply tires don't bulge out at the bottom nearly as much. I'm assuming the radial tires bulging out would cause the whitewall to not stick/form to the surface properly making it obvious it's stuck on.

[marquisman]

http://www.mooneyesusa.com/shop/prod...m6meeln879flt0

Yep, not recommended for radials. Which sorta defeats the point since bias ply whitewalls are sold anywhere blackwall bias ply's are. Too bad.

one word...FUCK! i missed that part.

if they are for bias only, they prolly wont fit right on a radial. the side walls are different.

[chitownvic]

Just some feed back on em on frm the H.A.M.B.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=306795&showall=1

[MrMarquis]

On tubeless radial tires, they eat away the sidewalls. Some guys have reported it actually rubbing all the lettering and whatnot off the sidewall of the tire after only a couple thousand miles. Seems kinda dangerous to me. I looked 'em up before, since I wanna try out wide whites, and everything I read said to stay away from 'em if you have radials. If I remember right, it can mess up the seal around the rim and tire if done incorrectly too, causing a slow air leak.

Neat idea, yes. Practical for our usage, I wish...they are much cheaper than a set of 4-5 brandy new white walls.

[bigbeigeboat]

most of the time you see the sidewall inserts on trailer queens at shows, not daily drivers.


Actually the best, longest lasting, cheapest, whitest way of wide whitewall is to use laquer thinner on the sidewalls until you stop getting the brown tire mold release on the cloth, then mask the tire and use any brand of white elastomeric roofing coating from Lowes or home depot.
Sno-roof
Snow-seal
what ever its labeled as locally

no air leaks, no sidewall grinding (old method for widening whitewalls), no browning and it latex based so it wont eat the sidewall and it flexes with a radial sidewall.