White Wall tyres

[SystemParanoia]

Anyone manage to get these looking good on anything other than a classic yank ?



VS

Edited by SystemParanoia on Saturday 25th July 23:12

[mitch78]

They suit original looking beetles.

[SystemParanoia]

vdubbers do seem to like the look dont they.


JDM crew dont quite have it 'down' tho

[Thats how I roll]

SystemParanoia said:

Shirley someone's just taken a can of gloss paint to those tires?

IMHO white walls only work best on period yank cars; newer incarnations (like the camero etc) might be able to pull the look off well, but I haven't seen anyone try yet...

Edit: I stand corrected! That VW looks quite good on them; although the mods and matt black paint help.

Edited by Thats how I roll on Saturday 25th July 23:13

[mybrainhurts]

Oh, god...no

[SystemParanoia]

forgot to add the VS in the inital post!!! lol

[stemll]

They look OK on my pushchair

[Evangelion]

stemll said:

They look OK on my pushchair

Agree, but just unspeakably naff on anything else.

[Alfanatic]

They're quite common on South African taxis. They don't make them look any better, but they're so common that a Hi-ace doesn't look right without them anymore. IMO.

[davido140]

SystemParanoia said:

JDM crew dont quite have it 'down' tho

I'm sure those are painted with a bit of emulsion!!

Edited by davido140 on Sunday 26th July 13:10

[drivin_me_nuts]

C1 corvette - fantastic, even on a restomod of the same ilk they can look pretty awesome. But on a euroshed: No, definately no. It just looks wrong.

[W00DY]

I think they look great on aircooled VWs. Anything modern they look st.

[red_rover]

Rover P5 always looks rather smart in a pair of white shoes...

[Schmeeky]

red_rover said:

Rover P5 always looks rather smart in a pair of white shoes...

No, not white shoes - black brogues with white spats!


ETA - I actually quite like the blue Golf at the top of the page - makes a refreshing change from massive 'bling' wheels.

Edited by Schmeeky on Sunday 26th July 16:10

[davido140]

Schmeeky said:

No, not white shoes - black brogues with white spats!

spot on! it does look good!

Schmeeky said:

ETA - I actually quite like the blue Golf at the top of the page - makes a refreshing change from massive 'bling' wheels.

Would like to see it get over a speed bump though!

Those look decidedly painted on with some hammerite though, better than the "undersized tyres stretched on" look IMHO

[vpr]

Love a whitewall tyre on a Classic.

For me an E Type S3 is lost withouit them.

These tyres have not been produced over 30 years but my car still wears them and no cracking....yet. Good job I don't drive it then.

[mitch78]

Seriously, what is the point of a car you don't drive?

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate cars like the E-type as much as anyone else, but if I had one I would definitely drive it! I know it would immediately lose all its value once it had a few miles under its belt, but that wouldn't bother me, they were made to be driven and happen to be nice to look at.

Use it!

Edited by mitch78 on Sunday 26th July 22:03

[vpr]

mitch78 said:

Seriously, what is the point of a car you don't drive?

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate cars like the E-type as much as anyone else, but if I had one I would definitely drive it! I know it would immediately lose all its value once it had a few miles under its belt, but that wouldn't bother me, they were made to be driven and happen to be nice to look at.

Use it!

Edited by mitch78 on Sunday 26th July 22:03

Think the late E's are nicer to look at than to drive.

[drivin_me_nuts]

... without running the risk of diverting this threas - how easy is it to get white wall tyres in the UK?

[EDLT]

drivin_me_nuts said:

... without running the risk of diverting this threas - how easy is it to get white wall tyres in the UK?

They are only a google away.

http://www.northhantstyres.com/

£181 each though

http://www.northhantstyres.com/main%20tyre%20pages...

Edited by EDLT on Monday 27th July 00:42