fake whitewall

[oldblue72c10]

My grandpa was telling me that when he used to mess around with wheels and tires that there was a way to have whitewalls without the price. He said you would break the bead around the wheel and put a white ring around the wheel ring and you would have a whitewall. does anyone know what they are called and if you can still get them.

Thanks

[1LoC10]

http://www.portawalls.com/

[72BlckButy]

[make mine low!]

a friend of mine has a 52 buick that he painted his own white walls for very little cost...he went to walmart, bought krylon "fusion" paint for plastic furniture. he painted his own white walls 3 years ago and they still look kool! like anything prior to painting, prep work is important. once cleaned and masked off, apply several light coats to achieve the best finish.

[entourageguy]

flappers... porta-walls. I ran/run them on my 59. You can find them on ebay or check out Lucas tire on the internet. I think they are in Ohio and California.
They worked well on the rear as there is not a lot of weight on the rear and the side walls of the tire don't flex as much. The fronts last about a year and a half. More flex and bulge causing the white wall flex. I ended up running a real wide white on the front and a flapper on the rear. Still good for me.

3" on a 50 series


3" on a 70 series


3" on rear 70 series

[cdowns]

pay attention to the warnings when using with radial tires// i've seen them fail and they whip around and destroy wheelwells and other sheetmetal around the tire area

[crawdadfox]

I found out that Coker wide whites ain't cheap...i could have bought 20's for what these 14's cost!

[cdowns]

do ya thunk thats why hes askin bout the makebelieviers???

[72BlckButy]

Originally Posted by crawdadfox

I found out that Coker wide whites ain't cheap...i could have bought 20's for what these 14's cost!

14's huh? Now what is that on? Inquiring minds want to know...

[Sillyoldman]

How about some gyspy white walls?

[tcb-1]

check out youtube on "how to make whitewall tires". it's an interesting old school technique.

my pops used to run the portawall back in the days, but said he always has issues with them.

I have a set of BFG Silvertowns on my Cadillac that was purchased from Coker..... and they were NOT cheap! try about 200 bone a PIECE!! eeeeek!

[jwalk]

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

14's huh? Now what is that on? Inquiring minds want to know...

I'm going to guess a............. '59 Impala, Bel-air, biscayne, or wagon?

But yes I would like to know and see more.

[foxhole]

you can buy coker tires cheeper from jegs than you can from coker, think i paid 186 each for 215/70/15's bfg silvertowns for my old mans aztek a while back

[mwipp]

i saw this on youtube on how to make cheap whitewalls. it seems pretty risky but its another option i guess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcm3rh60p0

[NoNeck]

In 1964 at 15 years old I worked installing tires at a tire store as my first job. We sold a bunch of those "Port-A-Walls" for every car model imaginable. Western Auto also sold a million of them over the years.

An inner tube (pre-tubeless tires) was REQUIRED to install the "Flappers", and I would think you would still need to run them because of sealing issues. You basically deflated the tire, stretch the whitewall bead to the inside of the wheel bead, and re-inflate.

As you can imagine, in hot summer driving the Port-a-Walls would eventually give up the ghost and decorate the roadways with little white "alligator tails".

Just my 2 cents.

NoNeck

[BusinessProfessor]

Port a walls are a little dodgy used with radial tires due to speed and sidewall flexing. Bias ply tires are best used with inner tubes as mentioned previously. Ask me how I know!?!