Spotted: Modern White Wall Tires

[Sugarphreak]

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[Tarrantula]

Thats actually pretty nice. Im used to seeing the curb rash version of 'white walls'

Did it make the rims appear larger in person?

[JustinMCS]

Neat! I like the orange.

[Sugarphreak]

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[G]

No, no, no! You don't know what you want! Luigi know what you want. Black-wall tires, they blend into the pavement, but these white-wall tires, they say look at me, here I am, love me.

[sillysod]

^^^ somebody else has kids.... hahaha

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6071684327_3959ec556e.jpg

[nismodrifter]

these tires are all the rage in the southern states (louisiana, texas)....gotta have em on your caddy if you want to be pimp

[Graham_A_M]

Lots of companies still make white wall tires, in whatever sized whitewall you want & whatever tire size too obviously. I think its quite hard to find them past 20" though.

[VetteRacin]

with a paint crayon you can make any tire have any design you want lol

[spikerS]

Originally posted by G
No, no, no! You don't know what you want! Luigi know what you want. Black-wall tires, they blend into the pavement, but these white-wall tires, they say look at me, here I am, love me.



Originally posted by sillysod
^^^ somebody else has kids.... hahaha

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6071684327_3959ec556e.jpg



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[Sugarphreak]

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[sputnik]

White wall were popular with the VW tuner guys for a while...

http://i3.tinypic.com/16gbn6e.jpg
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs077.snc4/35237_532520044124_72302134_31377539_2062714_n.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n91/volkswagen1_2006/whitewall2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/a2gti16v/50MM/552000048.jpg

[J@Tuner]

Nice spot :) Love his whitewalls

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


I looked into it years ago, I could never find a white wall tire with a half decent speed rating

Try Coker tire. These guys
http://www.cokertire.com/


Originally posted by sputnik

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs077.snc4/35237_532520044124_72302134_31377539_2062714_n.jpg


Yikes, way to ruin a somewhat good looking car. Looks like he pulled that tire & rim package from 1960's car. :nut:

[gogreen]

The tires in the first post are "Vogues":

http://www.voguetyre.com/products/tyres/full.php?ProductID=164&Cat=1&Make=&Model=&Year=&View=All

They always struck me as an odd blend of early 60's musclecar (redlines) and custom (narrow whitewalls).

[Sugarphreak]

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[gogreen]

Thanks, I remember seeing them years ago in the context of the 'VIP" trend.

There are companies that can vulcanize a whitewall onto a tire, like Diamond Back, who also carries an H-speed rated tire: http://www.dbtires.com/store/shoptire.cfm?size=16.00

And Coker does appear to carry at least one H-speed rated tire: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/COK-6764341/?rtype=10

Not much for low-profile applications that I've seen though, other than the Vogues. But for me wide whites are best used on cars built in a 50's and earlier style. And obviously lower profile sidewalls mean less room for the whitewall!