White Walls?

The time will come soon when I need new tires for the Fleetwood and OCC. In looking around the usual places, I'm finding increasingly fewer whitewall options. The Fleetwood will be due first so I'm looking for it's size which is 235/70/15

Discount Tire Direct has the White (and yellow) wall Vogues which I may go with but would prefer the traditional WW.

Tire Rack has one, made by Avon out of the UK. They are....$300 EACH!! Um.. I'd go to Coker and buy a wide white wall from them (for less) before I'd buy those.

Cooper has their Trendsetter SE which is a possibility despite the lack of 235/70/15 size. Just mounted my last brand new Lifeliner for the spare on the FW.

So, what other sources do you all have for this dying breed of tire?

I'm looking at tires in the future also. I had a tire go on the Caprice Wagon on the way down to WF Daytona. It was a big problem finding a white wall. Finally did, it's definitely not a name brand, and I don't want to look where it's made. I have a thing about buying US products when possible.

Keep us posted. I think Mark 96, Jayoldschool and maybe Pat and Dave have bought WW tires. Can't remember the name, but made in China. I think they were under $100 (that is my price range).

Keep us posted

There is always Port o Walls.


Tom

225 75 15 Runway Enduro 75s. Cheap, ride nice, look great. China.

Diamondback tires has several options...Warning,they are pretty proud of them. You could always go to youtube and watch the homemade w/w...Its pretty entertaining,lol

A couple of close ups.

What year is that coupe deville. my Dad had an '80 in light blue with blue top and blue guts.

Not a Coupe DeVille. It's an 81 Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance. The DeVille has a shorter vinyl top, and the full size side rear windows.

Thanks for the tips guys. Sadly, it looks like a lot of the tire manufacturers, even Cooper are going to China now.

It's sad, but buying stuff from China is unavoidable. Earlier this year, every time I bought something, I looked to see where it was made. It is frightening-most common consumer items are made there. But, perhaps here is the reason why. There is a company called Tervis that makes great thick insulated plastic cups. They are made here. They really work well, and are nearly indestructible. But, each cup is about $15!! I have several of them, and they are great to have in a car on a hot day, but it seems hard to believe that they need to cost that much. The sad truth is that if they were made in China and imported here they would probably be $5.

I have a lot of those Tervis tumblers, too. They're awesome.

But yeah. Such is life these days.

I was able to get a set of Hankook Mileage Plus 2 in 235/70/15 not too long ago. These are WW and I believe Korean made. They were not too expensive if I recall.

I'm running the same ones Jay posted except mine are under the Champiro brand (Runway replaced Champiro). For a Chinese tire, they're not bad. They are getting harder to find now just like all other white walls.

Tomestonebilly wrote:

   Has anybody tried that flex paint that seals leaks in anything thats on TV it comes in white and its rubber based ? I have used some I got from Home Depot but it was in black, it still works after a year up on my roof on my shop,  just make a template out of a piece of metal an paint away you can have any size whitewalls you want.

Why dont you try your idea out and then let us know how it works out?

I have used white tire paint marker to highlight the lettering on a motorcycle tire. It worked pretty good.

What about Porta Walls? Anyone ever try them? You can buy them a Porta walls dot com. They are just inserts that you put in when mounting your tires.Then you could have the best of both worlds. You could have the tire you really probably want which usually isn't whitewall in white walls.

Hate to admit it, I used Porta Walls 50 years ago.

Tom

The best tire for the money I found was a Hankook in a white wall. Bought a set of 235/75/15
's at discount tire for $72.00 each. 70,000 miles or five years on the tread. Seems most others are rated for 40,000 miles. I noticed Nebraska tire shows white walls in the same size under a different brand for $66.00 and some change. I recently bought another 96 Roadmaster Woody and the black walls that were on it didn't last the day. I stopped at discount tire on my way home.

235/75 are like giant balloons. Eek.

They make them in 225/75/15 also but the 235's are extra load with 50 pounds max pressure. Even at Max the car still rides nice.

My OCC came with new Milestar touring tires installed. Nice ride, great traction in the dry and wet. I drove the car all last winter and had no issues getting through heavy snow storms. I might just buy another set when this set wears out.

http://www.milestartire.com/tires/ms775-0

Chinese tires scare me, white walls are hard to find, 15" tires are getting harder and harder to find for cars. Raised white letters are becoming more and more rare as well.

Check out the Hankook Optimo H724.
They are available with a white sidewall.

I've got a set (blackwalls) on my GTO; so far, I am very happy with them.
Not expensive, either.

Del-nat tires offer a line of Delta Majestic tires with a white wall in some sizes. I know they have a 225/70R15 WW not sure about 235 but there is only 1/2 inch difference in the two sizes. Also check out TBC brand tires, they distribute a lot of your Elderado, Sigma etc tires. We will probably start seeing more Indonesian and Korean tires as entry level tires. Last month we received word we would see up to a 80% increase in price of Chinese tires. In turn we will probably see a noticible hike in all tire prices over all. I work for a Independently owned tire store that has 16 locations across Louisiana and Mississippi and been in business since 1938. They have had a relationship with Del-Nat tires for years but as of the 1st we no longer do and have moved to TBC for our entry level tires. I hate to admit it but most American manufacturer's have out priced their tires for us working class folks. Cooper is the only one I can afford and only at employee price.
Sorry I get carried away when I get to typing and in person I can talk your ears off.

Here are a couple WW in the 235/70R15 I found while looking around at some of our suppliers.

Hankook H725 retails around $119 ea.

Yokohama Avid touring around $93 ea.

Yokohama Aegis around $102 ea.

Take a look Maxxis MA-1.
They are definitely not the best tire on earth, but they are decent for the money (around $100). I know I know, Maxxis is a korean brand...

Maxxis MA-1 White Wall

I've got a set of Goodyear Regatta on my 84 Caprice, I absolutely love it but I can't find them anymore.
Good grip on wet road, quiet, comfortable and american made
I guess theses tires are older than 10 years, and sadly I will have to replace them for security reasons.

I just bought a set of Hankook 235/75/15s for the White Elephant. They are slightly bigger than the 225/75s, but they also made my speedo more correct. $96 each mounted and balanced plus tax.

Or you could just do this...https://youtu.be/JnwevOfIUqA

Wow. I wonder how that affects the integrity of the sidewall of the tire?

There are alot of those videos on youtube. Some of them look amazing when done,but Im with you. Cool wide white but at what cost?

B- tops...lol