Whitewall help

I am trying to find a set of 175/80R13 with about a 2" whitewall in the Sacramento area. The place i usually go only have 155's. (A1 tires)
Im about to suck it up and pay for the tires that Coker offers, but I could spend half the money if I found the cheapies around here. Any ideas of where I could find a set? Or F-it, get the Coker tires?
http://store.coker.com/prod/17580r13-bfg-2-78-whitewall.html

 

Pay the Alliance dues and get the Coker discount.

 

Thanks Starchief1959!
About time I'm part of the Alliance

 

I'll be joining ASAP. I'm a little short on $$ right now cause the wife is having a baby any day now.

Gots to have the priorities.

 

If you want to go cheap try white wall paint. I've never tried it but I read an article about it in ol' skool rodz or car culture deluxe a few months back. I think it was about $200 a can.

 

I bought some regular white walls and used an angle grinder and a 36 grit flap wheel...about an hour I had 4 wide whites, for $200. They are a little wavy, but fit my budget!!!

Check out this link...

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

 

Thanks for all the replies.
I just ordered me a set of whitewalls from Coker today.
Figured, "hey, the car is worth it!"
Ill post some pics of the 63falcon wagon when there on

 

How did they trun out thats actually not a bad idea but I am worried about blowin the sidewalls out???

 

I had heard of that too from a buddy and was worried bout the sidewalls. looks like from his video, your taken about a 64th off of the tire which wouldn't be bad. Id like to hear what he says

 

Turned out really well, a little wavy on the outside edge of one of the www, but from 5 feet away, you can't tell.

Before

After

 

Not bad at all!

 

that does look good!

 

thanks for the link 39studebaker think ill try that on my 39 ford cdan

 

Looks good from here dude!

 

This has been popping up more and more. I might have to get a couple junk tires and try this out cause I just can't afford new tires right now and my rubber is still good.

 

You don't have to take much of the sidewall off to expose the white ring that is in there to make the whitewall or the raised white letters... you can sometimes even do it my curbing a tire...

 

FWIW when we were the local dealer for the Legends Cars we were told by the Tech department that a tire that had a sidewall gouge (BFG Comp T/A's were spec) that got into the white rubber was passable, it was only mandatory to replace when it got through the white rubber and back into black rubber.

This was about 10 years ago, and on a specific brand and model of tire, make up your own mind how to take it (or to use it or not).