Look, "back in the day" and today you see an equal number of Hot Rods with black wall and wide white wall tires. But I don't think I have ever seen a Kustom or Custom with black walls. What's the deal?? I've got a '50 shoebox in need of tires (got some 15 year old WWW bias on now) and I really can't spend $ 175 bucks each for tires (cost, shipping, mounted) so I'm thinking real serious about putting on some 205R75 15 thin WW tires on. I know it's my car and I can do whatever I want to it, but I'm curious as to why you don't see black walls on high profile Kustoms!
It is what it is.Hell,for all involved i put white walls on my beach cruiser...Just plain cool...just saying
If the car in question is the one i your avitar, it's a really nice looking car but it's no "high profile custom"....your words. I think the 5 spokes you have on it now with the narrow white walls will step it into the mid sixties and that's not a bad thing, by any means.
Your car was built in 1950 so that means that this style of car has been modified in all eras since then. if someone were modifying it during the mid sixties they would have put skinny whitewalls on it. It's important to decide what look you want before you start buying parts for the car and then only buy stuff that puts your car in that era. Don't settle for cheap, skinny white wall tires if you want a classic 50's styled custom. Save a little longer. I did it. Hope this makes sense, too many Paulaners tonight. Scott
"bllllack walls tires, they a blend into the pavement but these.... WHITE WALL tires they say look at me here I am, looooove meeeee!" Luigi from pixars "Cars" I couldn't agree more
its a matter of class! the idea is to make the wheel well bright and pop a black wall is just dark space. if its a money issue then watch the swap meets and for sale ads here, a set was sold on the NW page for a 100$ they were bias but were nice.
"Back in the day" meaning the 50's and 60"s no self respecting custom car guy or just self respecting car guy ran black walls on his rides. Pickups had them and maybe hot roadsters or coupes but even the majority of the pre 1968/69 drag cars ran white walls at least on the front. My dad and the car salesman both had a fit when I ordered my 69 Olds Cutlass S with blackwall tires but I put chrome reverse wheels on it the day after I picked it up at the dealers. Black walls were just not "in" until we got wide tires and custom wheels to go with them.
Coker has 78 siries whitewalls for around a hundred a piece; littles for a bit less, bigs for a bit more. Don't cheap out and get radials(yuk).
I would go with the wide whitewalls.Here is a couple of pic's of my 56,one with wide whitewalls and one with skinny whitewalls.I'll let you be the judge.
Wide whites are like a nice pair of black and white wingtips...classy. That said, I can afford the shoes...I can't afford the tires.
I am about to buy some WW's for my '50 Club Coupe. Running a 15" steel wheel, beauty ring and cap... What size WW looks the best. My car had some Port-a-Whites (2" I believe) on it that went to hell in a hurry. I was thinking about a 3" WW but dont really have any cars running around town to take a look at to compare. Any suggestions with pics would be greatly appreciated. FWIW, under my Port-a-Whites was a thin white wall... I aint throwin any parties over the look...
Sears "response"? I have a set on my 54 that we buffed out to abotu 2.5 inches and they came out real nice and witha fendered car who cares if bias ply....I have kids to feed I will buff my white walls and save the money for gas!
Becouse big white walls make a car look classier than black walls. You can pull it off with thin WW's and cool caps or/and paint scheme.
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