Anybody know where I can buy a whitewall cutting machine??

Or even build one? Hell I had a Coker whitewall radial seperate on the way to Austin...stopped at Wallworld and bought a set of blackwalls for the trip.
Now I'm thinking...I need to cut some wide whites into them. I would build a machine (and might) if I had a clue about how they cut...is it a knife edge, chisel, or grinder?? Or better yet if I buy a machine I can write it off as a business expense and it will pay for itself eventually.
I did a search, but I*****! Couldn't find anything.

 

All tire supply has them.....
All Tire Supply

 

Damn...thats a little more than I want to spend..but Thanks I need to keep an eye out for something a little less spendy I guess....used maybe?

 

check old used tire places they used to use them for shaving off tire manufacture info when selling used tires, also they show up on ebay sometimes

 

They use grinding wheels to remove material. You will have a huge pile of rub shavings when you're done.

 

you can get the machines, but not the supplies to make them work. One of our friends has one and has been trying for a year to get the paint he needs.

 

hahahha...you rock brew...you were*****ing serious at frans.

 

find an old wheel balancing machine, maybe with busted electronics,but still spins, get one of the cutting wheels from that first site, bolt it on an old bench grinder motor and make up a movable mount for it (maybe an old cross feed milling table?) and grind away!! youd have to be able to do all that for $500... and make it all back in a few months doin your mates tyres. go!!

oh and Hellfish, the paint is on that site in the second post under 'whitewall services'

 

Brewsir is a true RULER! Your truck is absolutely pure cool and the fact that you drive it out here is makes it even better. Dig the new paint...really shows off the tailights.

Dan

 

The paint has been on backorder for 9 months...

You can still get the grinding wheels.

 

I wish you didnt have to take them off the rim to cut them.....

 

you dont have to take them off of the rim. I had a guy gring me some in Vegas a few years ago and he used floor jacks and lifted the car......spun the wheel and WALA! Wide whites.

Mike

 

naww dude.. i was talking about the machine...

 

Man, I didn't even think you'd be home yet, much less already trying to buy a white wall cutter!!

 

i dont think he is home yet!!

brewsir is probably still on south congress looking for the party

 

Why not do as I do. Make your own. Here's the link http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB1&Number=277791&fpart=1&PHPSESSID= Dean

 

Grab a set of tall suv tyres with white letters and a nice tread that isn't chunky. The white letters are from a band of white rubber under that top layer of black on the side wall. Jack up the car and put it in gear. Now , carefully brush a sanding disc against the wall until the white is reached. you can usually check how far the white goes to with a razor blade.

 

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You just need to spray more bedliners...........

 

I bought one from a company in Louisiana in the eighties..paid 3300(portable unit)...also paid it off the first month. That was in the days that every car had whitewalls and I was doing touch ups at dealerships. I think the name was AA Tirefinishers or something like that..maybe in Metairie, but I'm not sure...memory?...gone!!!

 

for anyone in austin interested, yesterday i found a guy who has a home made white wall cutter over on lamar. he's outta town for next 3 weeks tho, charges 20 bux a tire.

crazy looking thing. made out of a lawn mower handle (for portability) with a bar stool 'pad' on it for sitting your lazy**** on. lower "box" had a motor in it that turned an 'axle' with a thick rubber wheel on it (for turning the tire on the car). grinder was mounted on what looked to be a large swivel extension. cutter blade thing was crazy looking. hard to describe, serrated grinding wheel or something. i was gonna just use a grinding disc.

his lacky was apprehensive about showing it to me, but i insisted, plus, pulling up in the olds helped.

gonna try to buy it when he gets back. if he won't sell, at least i know where to get some www's cut...

 

damn..I love this place...ask a question ..get answers! I will probably just try to make something and experiment a little...why do you have to paint over the white rubber? does it look*****py after the black is ground off??

And Barnett...you*****ing rule man..I will post pics of the sign ya did for me after I get home next week. And I will be ordering some more when I get the dimensions...awesome signwork!

 

oh yea...fatass whitewalls..I may try your method...I didn't read your post lately...I saw Macs tires and how badly they had cracked and didn't like the look...but reading your post I see why his cracked...may have to try it when I get to Cali.

 

I have a friend looking to buy a new or used white wall cutter. Anyone have any leads?

 

Hey, how about this, take an electric tire groover like the sprint car guys use and set it up on some sort of adjustable arm with a screw. set it next to the tire and rotate the tire and the screw mechanism at the right speed so the cutter passes across the tire as it rotates. Those things cut like a hot knifew through*****er and leave a smooth cut. Screw messing with grinders and all that airborn filings.

 

Theres a youtube video of a guy doing it. He takes a grinder to it first and then just hits it with a DA. Finishes it off with some tire bleach. They look pretty good. I dont know the link but you should try to find it.

 

Heres the video:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124144&highlight=grinding+white+walls

 

Damn..someone dug this one up from the catacombs...

Years ago,when i was building lowriders,we used to buy skinny Premium Sportways 5.20's and 5.60's and have them "cut"at a local shop(Tire Treads in Hayward,Ca.)As mentioned before,they are"shaved" on a machine that looks similar to a balancing machine.If you stand in the room and watch you end up looking like Tony Montana when your tires are finshed.Heres the problem with this way of cutting wide whites..the surface usually is sorta rough,even after finishing them up with a DA.They also tend to yellow up and brown even if you try and keep them clean.Once they do that,they are pretty much*****...Splurge on the real thing and save yourself the headache

 

thats kool anybody in and around houston looking to get em shaved theres a shop in north houston called nicks tires he did mine $15 bux a tire included mounting and balancing

 

Hi mate.
if your looking after a whitewall cutter. I have a machine you might be interested in. brand new made to order. paint and applicators are located in the US. jack the car up, rotate the wheels, prepare the sidewall , apply the paint , very happy customers.let me know if your interested.

 

Might as well put some info on this thread....I'm sure there may be a lot of interest in it!