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Customs White walls or Black walls?

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by BJR, Feb 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM.

  1. BJR
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    I need new tires before spring. The radial WW that are on the car still have the nubs on them, but are 30 years old. So only good for a museum car, not a driver. I need to decide if the car will look better with a new set of radial WW, or a new set of black walls. So please chime in, which way would you go.
    Lft front.jpeg Rt Rear.jpeg
     
  2. K13
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    White walls without question.
     
  3. Jim Bouchard
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  4. leon bee
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    Blackwall, blackwall, blackwall..............
     
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  5. MMM1693
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    Yup you gotta have whitewalls but I prefer the 1'' Have Moose do a photoshop for you. Dan:cool:
     
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  6. Blackwalls are for hot rods, I don’t really see a hot rod…
     
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  8. Royalshifter
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  9. Moriarity
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    I can't believe that this is even a question after you saw the difference that going from blackwalls (ho hum) to whitewalls (yay!) made on your other car????
     
  10. slowmotion
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    Pinners would give it a little more custom vibe IMO. Might not be the era you're after though.
     
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  11. K13
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    Blackwalls on cars like that come across as you were too cheap to spring for whitewalls to me.
     
  12. i.rant
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    The accessories you’ve added make your car have a custom vibe that hungers for more white walls. ;)
     
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  13. HOTRODPRIMER
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    Whitewalls look killer on that car, my take is stay with them. HRP
     
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  14. Dreddybear
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    There is no question whatsoever, ESPECIALLY if we are going radials, that WW is the way to go.
     
  15. ct1932ford
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    Wide white walls for sure!
     
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  16. Johnny Gee
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  17. BJR
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    Wow white walls it is. A picture is worth a thousand words.
     
  18. 57Fury440
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    If you were running some type of chrome wheels the blackwalls would work. As your car looks now, putting blackwalls on it will make it look like the low optioned cars that dealers sold to keep the price down. Go with the whitewalls.
     
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  19. 40FORDPU
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    White walls on your car...however, not every car looks best with whitewalls.
    Like mentioned, blackwalls for HotRods, whitewalls for Customs.
     
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  20. Moriarity
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    Not for everyone though. I can't imagine my 40 with blackwalls.... 40fordd.jpg
     
  21. guthriesmith
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    Whew…glad this got resolved! I can’t imagine that car with blackwalls…well, at least until @Johnny Gee helped us out.
     
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  22. slowmotion
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    I'd still like to see it with dual line pinners.... just for the heck of it..:cool:
     
  23. leon bee
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    ^^^ If that 40 was mine, (not likely) the wheels would come off quick and the tires would get reversed. I see that I'm 99.9 percent disagreed with. Back to my motorcycles on this issue. I once saw WWW on a bike, couldn't get it outa my mind.
     
  24. goldmountain
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    Whitewalls for sure but it didn't seem all that long ago that blackwalls would be a cheaper. WWW have always been pricey but with our daily drivers no longer on 15" wheels, blackwalls have become collector car items.
     
  25. Johnny Gee
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    Have at it. :) IMG_5244.png
     
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  26. partsdawg
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    I ran black walls and steel wheels on all my cars because I liked the look and didn't care what others thought
     
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  28. mrspeedyt
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    Wide white walls would be my preference, but my pocketbook says black.
     
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  29. jim snow
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    Gotta go with the white walls.jmho. Snowman ⛄️
     
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  30. guthriesmith
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    Also, we expect you to wear out this next set of whitewalls instead of like the previous owner that let them get old with no miles on them. :p
     
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