thebelvedereman Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 so I've been looking into wide whites, I want to have radials, the cheapest I found were right around $290 each, I've been seeing all these vids on YouTube about different ways to make whitewalls, so I figured I'd give it a go, I bought a decent set of 4 bfg t/a's for $50 and started today, I got 2 done, I sanded down the sidewalls like they said, but I left the letters instead of sanding them off, then I cleaned them with mineral spirits, there were 20 different ways people did the next step, some said cover the tires with painters tape then make a jig to cut the tape in a perfect circle, the one I used said to heat up electrical tape then to make your circle with that, then to overlap it with painters tape, which I did, I then put 5 coats of flex/rubber paint on allowing a couple hour to dry between coats, they came out nice, I'm going to mount them tomorrow and see if they crack, or stay together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 I used the black wall side so if it doesn't work, I can just flip them around 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb1949 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Keep us advised of durability, yellowing, etc. I thought the whitewall did not extend down to the area that seals the rim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 yeh, it should be OK, shouldn't leak, and you wouldn't see it, I'm more worried about cracking, some of the guys put tape on , and some didnt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 if it leaks I'll just sand that part off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1952B3b23 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 This is a pretty neat idea. I'm interested in hearing how it holds up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue p15 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Looks like you really did a good job! Keep us in the loop and let us know how they work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopar_earl Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Pretty sweet. Definitely better than spending large money on wide whites and you could use high quality tires. Earl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD luxury liner Posted June 24, 2016 Report Share Posted June 24, 2016 I like really was not planning on putting whitewalls on , but now ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suntennis Posted June 25, 2016 Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 Ever consider getting a set of el-flapos or porta walls rim mounted white walls for around $60? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2016 the tires are 235/60's and everything I've read about portawalls says if you put them on 60 series tires they won't stay secure because the sidewalls are too short, not sure, but this seems to be OK, I've been flexing them all around the past 2 days, and they seem fine, no cracks at all, I've been so busy I haven't had time to mount them yet, maybe tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 tire failure first one perfect , second cracked as soon as I put it on, oh well I tried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmartin Posted June 28, 2016 Report Share Posted June 28, 2016 Bummer, sorry to hear. Do you think they would have held up if you did the 'white walling' after the tire was already mounted? Mounting usually flexes the tire more than driving on them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb1949 Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 That's not good after all the time and work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) sorry I was really mad, and wanted to forget it for a while, in my opinion there were several problems, first , the tires are to big for the rims, the first one mounted right up, but I fought with the one that cracked for about 15 minutes, (235/60/15 on the stock rim) second I think I should have used the brush on rubber, I used rubber/nylon spray paint , and third I had to put over 100 lbs to get it to seat, iI'm not giving up, I just found a pair of 15x7 cop wheels, I'm going to sand the tires back down, try the brush on stuff and see what happens, here's a pic of my 48, I just painted the column and the dash then put the dash back in, hard to tell from the pics but its early sixties Mopar big block aqua with is the color I'm painting the car also Edited June 29, 2016 by thebelvedereman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmartin Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 Good to hear you are not giving up. Stock rims are 4.5" wide? Is the brush on stuff more like the rubberize white roofing paint? I've seen that stuff get pretty shiny and it has some flex to it. Dash is looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 yes stock rims 4 1/2, and yes brush on is almost the same as the rubber roofing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted June 29, 2016 Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 It will be interesting if you keep track of all out of pocket expenses to include paint, supplies, new rims, etc. and hours of labor then compare that to off the shelf pricing. You might be on to something here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 actually didn't pay for the rims, I had them in my dads basement since before I moved to ga 8 years ago, along with a bunch of my other Mopar stuff that I long forgot about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted June 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2016 (edited) also got my new shifter in the mail today, a 68 sweptline dash shifter, I'm putting it in the radio hole, its a perfect fit, I would keep the column shift but I want to put the shift handle my grandfather made me for my first car in, its solid brass and weighes like 10lbs I pulled the pentastar off the pass fender (66 belvedere) and he machined it into the handle, I just have to get an adapter made Edited June 29, 2016 by thebelvedereman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebelvedereman Posted July 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2016 (edited) OK, here we go again, starting with a clean slate, I got my new "white wall" paint today from Ranger paint, supposed to be the best, I bought 4 more tires in a little better shape, and had them mounted and balanced on my cop wheels, and I'm painting them in the morning, hopefully I have better results, on another note, the tire that I painted that went right on has been riding in the back of my jeep for a week, and apparently the other paint doesn't like heat either, if this happens with the new stuff I give up Edited July 6, 2016 by thebelvedereman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vin's 49 Plymouth Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Doesn't Kanter have some no name wide whites?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 (edited) I bought a set of 4 B F Goodrich branded radial wide whites, size 2.15 x 15, from Coker when at the Carlisle swap meet last year for about $250 each. As I was there with a car, I transported them home, thereby saving the shipping cost. The reason I paid a little more for the Goodriches over the Coker house brand tire is due to a previous experience where the black bled through the whitewall, which is really a pain to deal with. Maybe today's Coker brands are better than the ones I had several years ago. Edited July 8, 2016 by BobT-47P15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Many years ago, there was a tire shop here whose owner had a grinding machine.....which would grind the black rubber off to reveal the white beneath it.......he would widen your original narrow white stripe. It was not quite as wide as the ones I have now, but it was an interesting look in my opinion. I ran them on a 1967 Ford convertible I had at the time. I called that man sometime back, and he had long since closed the tire business and had sold that grinder. Ah well, you never know......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathbound Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 How much $ and time into this so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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