My Tiretreds glue on whitewall install
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I went with a slightly smaller 205/75-15 Vercelli tire because my GTX has a 489 rear under it that is slightly wider and with 7” wheels the 215/75s were a tight squeeze to get on and off at the rear. I mention this only because with the slightly shorter sidewall, that it might look better if I moved the stripe location in towards the center a bit, along a thin molding line circling the sidewall. I’ve got one tire done and like the results so far. I need to clean up the sidewall but decided to let it cure overnight first. I ended up using an X-acto kinfe on radial ribs but finished up with a fine wire disc on a dremel tool.
I’m pleased enough with this so far so I will get a set of 14” tires and apply a blue stripe kit for the steel wheels and hubcap set I have for my 66 Satellite Hemi. From what I can find these Italian made Vercelli tires are rated pretty well in what I could find on line about them. I have $78 each for tires, $30 each for stripes and mount/balance in them. Heck of a lot better than the pricing for Coker’s, etc.
I’m pleased enough with this so far so I will get a set of 14” tires and apply a blue stripe kit for the steel wheels and hubcap set I have for my 66 Satellite Hemi. From what I can find these Italian made Vercelli tires are rated pretty well in what I could find on line about them. I have $78 each for tires, $30 each for stripes and mount/balance in them. Heck of a lot better than the pricing for Coker’s, etc.
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gtx6970
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Looks good Dan. Installing the stripes can be a little tedious / time consuming.
But I have to admit. Mine ride nice and look great. And So far so good . Ive put well over 500-600 miles on mine with no issues whatsoever
But I have to admit. Mine ride nice and look great. And So far so good . Ive put well over 500-600 miles on mine with no issues whatsoever
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My former father-in-law told me when they were kids and saw a car with portawalls parked real close to a curb, they would flip the portawall up on the curb and it made the tire look flat. Then they would hide around the corner and wait for the owners reaction.
gtx6970
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Looks great
Beautiful, clean look look!
That is wild! I’m always blown away by a story like this. I’m just not disciplined enough.
How difficult to appear stock? Contemplated on a new set of tires but not sure how they would turn out.
I just put the blackwalls out.
I like it.
I like it.
gtx6970
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They require some patience to put on.
But not overly complicated. Biggest thing is clean , clean and clean the tire again. Mostly Just take your time
I really like the sleeper look it gives.
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Looks killer.
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It helps greatly if the tire you are using has a circular molding line in the sidewall at a radius that allows its use in aligning the stripe as did the red lines on my GTX.
On these blue lines there wasn’t one in the vicinity of where I wanted the stripe so I laid down a 1/4” masking tape line around the nearest molding line and then another 1/4 tape line next to it to space the blue line 1/2” off of the molding line. This is a lot more tedious and prone to slight hiccups in creating an accurate circle with the stripe if not done very carefully. Mockup below.
Most tires have radial molding lines extending out across the sidewalls. Those have to be ground down flush where the strip runs to prevent humps in the stripes. I use a Dremel with a fine drum sander bit which works very well.
The stripes of course protrude from the sidewall rather than being recessed in the sidewalls in a groove. This didn’t bother me any.
The butt connection joint has to be done with great precision to make it virtually invisible. I have an old Craftsman cutter for cutting hoses and so forth that did an accurate job.
The adhesive has to be carefully spread on the back of the stripe to ensure 100% coverage. I worked o about 3-4” increment and after applying the adhesive and then spread it thinly over the entire surface with a popcycle stick to avoid it squeezing excess adhesive out. If any did squeeze out I tried to wipe it off quickly with a little PrepSol or Acetone on a paper towels. After the adhesive and stripe had set for a couple minutes I used an old wallpaper seam roller to roll the stripes down good. I followed the kit instructions carefully on surface prep and cleaning.
I have about $105-110 in each tire so it’s far cheaper than $260-350/tire from Coker or Diamondback. I can’t hardly stand to throw away a $1400 set of tires after 10 years with maybe 5-6,000 miles on them.
Whoa. Thats intense. Thanks for the details. They’ll help if I decide to go that route.
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