Whitewall tire alternative

Jims65CA77 · Post by **Jims65CA77** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:02 pm

The tires on my Dream are the original tires with a narrow whitewall. So, I TOO was hoping for a narrow whitewall look.

I may look into that as well.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 4:04 pm

I was happy with my narrow whitewalls I just wanted to go a little wider.

Jims65CA77 · Post by **Jims65CA77** » Thu Jul 20, 2017 5:30 pm

Your whitewalls look like the size of my "original" tires and whitewalls. I am not sure if Honda sold these with different sizes of whitewalls when they were new.

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 2:30 am

Whitewall tire company here in UK bought in 2 tires for me and whitewalled them, a good job but I thought the Portwalls would be easier to keep clean.

brewsky · Post by **brewsky** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 7:27 am

My porta walls have evidently absorbed some chemicals from the tire rubber and have turned brown on the edges...and NOTHING has been able to clean them so far!

Been thinking about trying to paint them!

casamere · Post by **casamere** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 12:25 pm

Brewsky, what size are your Portawall inserts. Did you have any problem fitting them.

brewsky · Post by **brewsky** » Fri Jul 21, 2017 3:51 pm

They are 1-1/8" wide, and I had no real issues fitting them after a couple tries.

They kind of snap into the correct position if you massage them under the rim with partially filled tires.

They fit flush against the sidewall of the tire and no one has yet been able to believe they were not real ww's.

I still prefer the thin ww look best, and not happy with the brown edges!