Paint White Walls?

[Travis14]

What do you guys think of painted whitewalls? Any tips or advice?

 

[gggGary]

One member here was doing them but durability and I think "whiteness" were issues. He claimed it took some "secret techniques" to make them work.

 

[Paulrxs650]

Hi,

Im going for white walls on my new bobber build. Im going for the white wall tyre after experimentation with the paint. Like gggGary says, whiteness and durability were poor - cracking and faint yellowing occured after a couple of weeks riding. Repainting them solved it but left the tyres looking rubbish - like an over painted door

 

[Travis14]

I might try the Classic Spirit tire paint .. I don't want to spend too much on this build and buying new tires would cost too much.

 

[JP50515]

Actually roofing paint/coating works really well. check this link out.

http://www.hondashadow.net/forum/72-technical-discussion/110790-my-road-rod-3.html

 

[coughing skunk]

Anyone ever tried plasti-dip on their tires?

 

[rusty rocket]

Hot rodders buff the side walls of there tires with sand paper. any tire with raised white letters will work. I dont know if there are cycle tires out there with white lettering though. Check out the H.A.M.B. do a search on homemade white walls.

 

[Halloweenie]

Have you checked Portawalls? They are another option out there if you didn't want a true white wall tire.

 

[Lester]

this guy looks like he knows all the secrets.....

 

[vdubplate]

I bet if you taped your wheels good you could use plastidip and it would hold up really well. If you dont like it you can peel it off. You will need a couple coats but it will look better than paint because its basically rubber. I used it on my truck and even my power washer doesn't remove it.