portawall whitewalls

Nekro63 · Post by **Nekro63** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:58 pm

Haha arent you full of information Maiki, I'll probably have more questions for ya when we finally get a set!

Mai Ki-Ki · Post by **Mai Ki-Ki** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:27 pm

Nekro63 wrote:Haha arent you full of information Maiki, I'll probably have more questions for ya when we finally get a set!

Certainly full of something!

(usually booze)

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:20 pm

I looked at white wall options from the time I started building my K, from painting to shoe whitener and even grinding the sidewall as what the rodders do in the States. I even thought about white silicone spread evenly across the sidewall and dressed up.
I have since spoke to the guy at Antiques about there portawalls and he mentioned the flappers do cut into the tyre and you do have to run tubes with a higher tyre pressure obviously to minimise the cutting, he also advised if you want whitewalls to last go for the real mcoy white wall tyre. So that was out of the ? for me since I bought new tyres for my ride.
I gave Johns Rod and Custom a call he was most helpfull, they carry the portawalls in 1 2 and 3 inch wide bands and he said that there flapper is in fact softer so it no longer cuts into the sidewall, no need for tubes and durability is about 2 years if you don't wack the gutters, when there dry you use silicon spray between the flapper and tyre to eliminate the noise, that speal was good enough for to purchase 2inch portawalls from JRC, I have'nt fitted them, I'll wait till after rego.

Regards John

PS, There is a fella from The Oaks or Camden way who does the white walling on car, he buffs the tyre to a depth of around a 1mm and uses latex for the white wall band, but the maximum width is 1 inch. In Red or White.

Devilrod · Post by **Devilrod** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 12:19 pm

Yeah John has been playing around with compounds to solve some of the flapper problems. I've seen the abuse the boys have given some of his on their test mule, so far so good...

Nekro63 · Post by **Nekro63** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:43 pm

Yeah we saw that stuff a while ago brett, figured he must be experimenting with them. We'll probably go with john.

oldnek you can just about ask john about anything, the guys great help.

Nekro63 · Post by **Nekro63** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:05 pm

What size wheels do you have oldnek??? 13 or 14???

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:45 pm

Nekro 63

I'm running 15''x 6 VS chaser rims.

Regards John

Nekro63 · Post by **Nekro63** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:51 pm

Oh. What do they look like?? And how much did they set uyou back?? I've got 13's but it doesnt look like johns makes em that size..

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 12:38 am

There VS Commodore rims, the size of the rim is 15inches by 6 inches wide.
They have a 120mm pcd so they will not fit your early holden unless you change you hubs and axles, get them redrilled. I have these rims cause I'm running the VL Commodore front suspension.
The portawalls from Johns Rod and Custom come in 13-14-15 and I even think he does em in 16's. The band widths are 1 - 2-and 3 inches.Check the pic of my boot, I have a stocker rim in there with a whitewall. Courtesy of Dulux.

Regards John

Nekro63 · Post by **Nekro63** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 4:44 pm

Cool thanks! We're not running any commodore gear so probably stick to the 13's for now

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:58 pm

I have the Johns Rod and Custom portawalls fitted, they look absolutely class, and easy to fit to.

Fitting tip, sand the outer edge of the portawall first and clean the dust off you don't need to crack the bead, just remove the valve and deflate the tyre fully and reinstall the valve, press the tyre close to the rim and slip the portas on. I'm not sure that this was made easier because my tyres are new or not , but I'm going to try fitting the same way on a set of older tyres, to see if it's just as easy.

I'll keep you posted.

John