White Spyder Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 With the price of wide white wall so high I was wondering if any one has tried these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Atlas-15-Wide-PORT-A-WALL-WhiteWall-Tire-Insert-Set-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f09fcc534QQitemZ270750500148QQptZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_500wt_948 WWW for my car from Coker are $230.00 each while blackwalls can be had for $95.00. What do y'all think? Quote
Smokeybear Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 With the price of wide white wall so high I was wondering if any one has tried these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Atlas-15-Wide-PORT-A-WALL-WhiteWall-Tire-Insert-Set-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem3f09fcc534QQitemZ270750500148QQptZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_500wt_948WWW for my car from Coker are $230.00 each while blackwalls can be had for $95.00. What do y'all think? My dad had a set on his 55 Chevy, he was not impressed. His warped and looked terrible after just a few weeks. I'm going to grind a set of WWW's on my car. You can get a set of skinny whites or OWL's for about $70 each at Walmart and grind em for $0. Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 I have them on my Dodge 16" tires. But if you do go this way than when your having mounted I would suggest you use the best spray glue available as they tend to squirt out when installing them rim and tires. I have had mine on for almost five years and they seem to work out but they do tend to crack . Jon Quote
Phil Martin Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 I have them on my 50 dodge. Not that wide wish they were. No problem with them except one needs to have the bead broke and pushed in better. It popped out a little when I put them on. $10 for set at a swap meet. Quote
Tom Skinner Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 White Spyder, We used to call them "Flappers" becuase when you drove down the street they would sound like .... Flap.Flap.Flap.Flap.etc. Tom Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 We called the Faultsy walls! Or Porta_walls Quote
47heaven Posted May 23, 2011 Report Posted May 23, 2011 Try to find the metal white wall beauty rings. They show up on Ebay periodically. I have them on mine and those things never come off. Quote
austinsailor Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 I used them on my 55 Plymouth many years ago and thought they were fine. When you install them, pop the bead out like normal. It'll push the portawall out as it pops. then deflate, use the wide tool that breaks down the tire to push it in (without breaking it down), working all around, re-inflate. the shipping looked outrageous, though. Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted May 24, 2011 Report Posted May 24, 2011 I bought mine at a tire shop direct for 35 dollars in LA. You could do some researching and maybe come up with that tire company. I know they deal with all kind of vintage tires but cannot remember the name of the company. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 Back in the day (the 1960s), when the service station would let me do my own tire stuff.......I would mount whitewall rings, and use a rubber mallet to tap all around to try and get them under the rim evenly and seated good. Might have to re-do by letting air out and going again, but finally would get them just right. These were not the super wide 4 inchers, but maybe 2 3/4 or so....and maybe just a little heavier material than portawalls of today. Of course, the cars used bias py tires then....not radials. Back in the 70s, tried putting 4 inchers on radials of a regular use Buick Riviera.......with radials......and it would pucker them up in places, and wanted to pull out from under the rims. Took em off. So there are certain things that make portawalls work better, or not. Quote
mackster Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) i got a great set of metal port-a-wall for 16 ich wheels! i hope to get four 16 inch plymouth wheels so I can use them!!! Edited May 25, 2011 by mackster Quote
White Spyder Posted May 25, 2011 Author Report Posted May 25, 2011 Well, I am still up in the air on this. Are the outer edges glued to the tire? Quote
suntennis Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 The outer edges are not glued to the tire. I talked with a distributor of Porta-Walls in California and he said they work well for a lot of tire rim combinations but not all. This means that if they work well they will press against the tire sidewall and look good. He said for example that on a 6:00 x16 or 6:50 x 16 tire they would work fine. My car has 215x75 tires with a 4.5 inch wide rims and he said I would probably not be happy because they would not fit well. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted May 25, 2011 Report Posted May 25, 2011 i got a great set of metal port-a-wall for 16 ich wheels! i hope to get four 16 inch plymouth wheels so I can use them!!! set of free 16's in Calif. now..so get cracking... Quote
White Spyder Posted May 26, 2011 Author Report Posted May 26, 2011 set of free 16's in Calif. now..so get cracking... Looks like he is going to use them if he can find the right wheels. If that is the case I am interested Quote
mackster Posted May 26, 2011 Report Posted May 26, 2011 (edited) set of free 16's in Calif. now..so get cracking... what are the odds of this???? perfect timing! thnx Tim for the heads up! Edited May 26, 2011 by mackster Quote
Gary Manes Posted May 26, 2011 Report Posted May 26, 2011 I had them on my 1957 Ford all during college without any problems. I drove VERY fast in western Kansas, but they never came off, tore, etc., and looked real. I would buy a set today, if I knew they were as good as the ones I had back then. Quote
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