<VV> : White wall tires

[Larry Forman]

There is a great place for true white wall tires in Sacramento, CA.   It 
is called Cali Tires and Wheels with their web site: 
_http://www.callitw.com/

_They take brand new tires and vulcanize on the white walls.   You can 
select how wide you want the white walls. We had some 13 inch white wall 
tires made from brand new Japanese radials and it was a little more than 
their advertized price of about $113 each since I got much better radial 
tires.   I got these for my wife's 1954 Nash Metropolitan convertible.   
They look and work great.   You must realize that since they need to 
grind on the side walls for the vulcanizing to work you lose the 
manufacturer's original warranty.   Still, if you start with a good 
tire, you are pretty well off.   They have flat rate shipping depending 
upon what mailing zone you are from Sacramento.

Highly recommended.

Larry Forman


On 11/28/2015 1:39 PM, Ken Clark via VirtualVairs wrote:
> I would not drive over 20 mph with Walmart trailer tires.  I am however going to buy a set o new whitewalls from Clark's or Coker.  The ones on the '66 car are 21 years old and I don't want a blowout doing 60 mph.  Better safe than sorry.  Ken Clark
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>> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>> Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2015 13:03:51 -0500
>> Subject: Re: <VV> : White wall tires
>> From: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>>
>> Ummmmmm
>>
>> I'm a little worried about the fact you said you paid $46 each for tires
>> from Wal Mart.
>>
>> Hopefully you don't drive this vehicle.........
>>
>> As far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong, but the only 13" tires Wal Mart
>> has are trailer tires which are not designed for a passenger car and unsafe
>> to use on a car.
>>
>> Gary Swiatowy
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 11/27/2015 7:41 AM, rnojunkmail via VirtualVairs wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, so I'm too cheap to buy whitewall from Cokers, so I got 4 Wal-Mart
>> tires at $46 a piece and tried to paint on the whitewalls. First I sprayed
>> them with krylon...that got yellow and faded...then I brushed on rustoleum
>> and that lasted about 2 months before it got black and faded. Need I spend
>> the big bucks?
>>
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