Whitewall tire alternative

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 12:28 pm

Has anyone tried these as an alternative to those expensive whitewall tires.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/300792538808

stepper · Post by **stepper** » Thu Jul 06, 2017 7:41 pm

I have not tried them but I think there's a thread somewhere on this board about them.
Overall positive reviews from what I've seen.
I think Portawall's were the brand to get.

Edit:
Found a thread here:
http://www.honda305.com/forums/portawalls-t7636467.html

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Fri Jul 07, 2017 1:41 pm

Just ordered some Portwalls 1/1/4" whitewall for when the tires are ready to change.

Jims65CA77 · Post by **Jims65CA77** » Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:03 am

I HOPE you post some pictures once you get them mounted. ;^) Also a "review" of your results would be nice.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:43 pm

Hi Jim, Not a success I'm afraid, left the wheels in the hands of my local tire shop. Wasn't present at the job but was told they wouldn't grip the sides of the tire at 10psi. Company are accepting them back for a refund. So if I want whitewalls it locks as tho I will have to shell out the bucks for Firestone. OH well it was worth a try.

Jims65CA77 · Post by **Jims65CA77** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:59 pm

Thanks for the update! I was really hoping they would work. Oh well... looks like I am in the same boat as you.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 1:45 pm

As I said in my previous post Jim I bought 1 1/4" whitewalls don't know if the larger size would fit better ( 1 1/2" or 2" ) but I didn't want to overload the wall of the tire with white.
I am thinking of bying some whitewall paint, I have a spare tire I could experiment on and see how it turns out.