New Tires!

Yeah sorry I didn't show you guys step by step what I did with the tires and rims. The guy I bought the wagon from threw in four extra rims so I stripped them down and refurbished them with duplicolor with amazing results! I used a slightly bigger tire from bfg 225/70R15 instead of the stock 215/70R15 which doesn't make any noticeable difference. The reason for the change of size was the portawalls I used. I read over it alot and decided to use this size cause it's a little taller for the three inch wide whitewall and it's wide enough to keep it from flopping around. So far I've driven 80 miles with them on and no balance issues but they are still settling in because all except my drivers front have lost their weird buckle in the Whitewall. If the buckles don't go away it's just as simple as deflating and adjusting it after breaking the bead then inflating it again. Enjoy the pics guys!

 

Now you'll want curb feelers too. They look good.

 

Huggy bear would be proud!

 

Actually I was thinking of curb feelers

 

whoa! the whitewall comes off? this may be the solution I need. i want to buy some new wide whitewalls but don't have the money just yet.

 

Here's the guy! Bottom of the LH menu.
http://www.taillightking.com/

 

for years i was the only clown that had them in my store...they were left overs from the 70's...couldnt give em away !!
now some outfit is re-stamping them...selling them like crazy..and making crazy dough:banghead3:

go figure
all i got left are 13's...

 

The one's I have are 15" rim size and 3" wide all for $60 for the four. You can get slimmer ones like 1-3/4" for cheaper. portawalls

 

Haha, gangsta walls! or Porter walls.

 

Yeah my friends say it looks gangster rolling around town...

 

I looked at the website yesterday. I definitely want to get them. how was the set up of them? I've been holding off to buy some from diamondback and it would have cost me around $800.

 

They have very intuitive instructions on the lucastire website or portawall website which I did until the initial getting the bead to set (i.e. cleaned the rim off and installed the tire and ww on the rim). I'll have to tweak mine because some of the tires the whitewall has a buckle in it meaning that either the portawall isn't on center because my rim or it wasn't seated in far enough. This will be easily done by deflating the tire and slightly breaking the bead while getting some antifreeze to lube it up before the antifreeze gets goeey and seals the rim. I did hear that the slimmer ones are better because they tend not to buckle as much but I wanted the 3" no matter what. Overall they went on like a dream and fool everyone that ask me how much they were.

 

but do they flap in the wind @ 70mph?

 

Lol that i can't tell right now I haven't tried sticking my head out the window lol. Seriously though I haven't noticed if they do or not I've been meaning to try and get a friend to roll beside me and tell me what they look like or let me drive next to my own wagon (Bites teeth).

 

What?!?! You don't have cameras on the wheels? I see an upgrade coming.