Tires

What size tires are you running? Coker makes white walls and they also make a faux white wall band that can be put on tires as well.

You can get addon white "portawalls" to make your current tires look like old whitewalls ~$70.  Amazon has them.

Nooooo they turn yellow.

Those, as Alan says, get stained by the black rubber tire. I've read that it is more prevalent if the tire is brand new; supposedly if you install them on an older tire they don't get stained as much or at all. A friend installed them on new tires on his car and had to throw them away.

There's an art to be able to install and get them to lay flat against the tire wall, a Mennonite shop owner showed me how to do it, white tee shirt and a rubber mallet wrapped in a tee shirt, the Porta Wall gets fed slowly under the rim as you add a couple lbs. of air at a time.

Check out Coker-  https://www.cokertire.com/tire...-wide-whitewall.html

or BF Goodrich - https://www.cokertire.com/tire...-wide-whitewall.html

or American Classic - https://www.cokertire.com/tire...adial-whitewall.html

I have 165R15 ‘  works with my clearances... and I’m a cruiser ;-)... . some like 185/65R15.

here is an old pic.  My latest set are the American Classic... they were on sale.   I had them wiped... it helped with the braking, reduce road noise, and helps when driving in the rain ( or so I like to believe).  Before I had the Coker- they came with the car when new... they were great, but a neighbors remodel ( and lazy contractor who left screws and nails scattered around the street for weeks) ruined them last summer.

SIDE NOTE: if you have wide-5 wheels, you may want to consider picking up a tire balance adaptor.  Most big local shops won't have the adaptor for these older wheels ( like Costco, lesScwab, Discount tires, etc.. the traditional and inexpensive shops that would mount/sipe/ balance your tires.   I called all my local shops, and no one had them... and I wanted my wheels/tires balanced after installation...  surprised me since we have several great VW speedshops around.

Samba link has them for sale-

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/cl...etail.php?id=1830990

Surprising how nice those tires look on your car Luis. I like the grey/silver too.

Million thanks Ray!!!

the wheels are the vintage 190s in silver.  I have a set of the polished 190s ( chrome looking) as well... but seem to really favor the silver.  Greg did an awesome job with those wheels... local VW guys love them!!!

BTW, the picture is from ~ Oct-Nov 2020 I believe... on the car are the American Classic tires.  

@Lfepardo posted:

Million thanks Ray!!!

the wheels are the vintage 190s in silver.  I have a set of the polished 190s ( chrome looking) as well... but seem to really favor the silver.  Greg did an awesome job with those wheels... local VW guys love them!!!

Totally agree! They are certainly sweet looking and a bargain on the wallet. I have a set in silver powdercoat. They look GREAT without caps on a Spyder.

Thanks everyone......maybe I'll wait a while.  Finding the size that fits the wheel well is the issue.  I mean NO clearance...

Tim, what size tires are you running?

From your avatar pic it looks like your wheels are the standard steel four bolt/ 8 slot wheels... likely R15 x 4.5 or 5.5 wide.

The 165R15 will work with the standard steel wheels without any clearance issues (they did in my VS car before I changed wheels)... it’s if you are considering bumping up to the 185/65R15 that you need to do a little math before pulling the trigger, as your wheel backspacing and your front/rear set up will come into play.

there are some great calculators out there to help with the math... happy to dig one up if you need help.

cheers,

In the UK there’s Mr Whitewalls who paints any tyre. I saw his work on TV where he put a really neat red line on a Fastback. Perhaps there’s some kind of service that can find locally?