Black wall into white wall
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Simply Brilliant. Not to Hijack, but i wanted to thank Mimo for turning me on to the Carlini Flyin' Apes. i am digging them bother. Thanks!Drew
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These were painted.....It was written up a few years ago on a forum.. Let me try to find the info...
***edit*** found it off another forum.
***edit*** found it off another forum.
Last edited by hspring03; May 24, 2010 at 10:14 AM.
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Portawalls work great if the tire you want is not available in a WW. Ran them for years on various whips. My only caution is that they can sometimes wear a "groove" into the sidewall of the tire over time. Something to keep an eye on.
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I did this on a sportster.
I used some so-called "White-Wall Tire Paint" that I purchased off of ebay. I followed the directions and cleaned the tires as directed and taped off the tire in order to apply the paint. I think I applied maybe 3-4 coats.
And it looked great! For about 1-2 weeks.
After that the paint stayed dirty. I tried many different ways to clean the white-wall but nothing worked. Any cleaning method you can google I tried but nothing worked and the paint would rub off a bit.
So I would not recommend it. If you don't have the money, save if you really want white-walls. I thought this would be a cheap solution, and it was, but they only looked good for a couple of weeks and would not clean up after.
Now that stuff mentioned in the thread about the white wall paint from Iceland. That stuff might actually be legit. I thought about purchasing it. But looking back I would have just spent the money or waited until I had the money.
I used some so-called "White-Wall Tire Paint" that I purchased off of ebay. I followed the directions and cleaned the tires as directed and taped off the tire in order to apply the paint. I think I applied maybe 3-4 coats.
And it looked great! For about 1-2 weeks.
After that the paint stayed dirty. I tried many different ways to clean the white-wall but nothing worked. Any cleaning method you can google I tried but nothing worked and the paint would rub off a bit.
So I would not recommend it. If you don't have the money, save if you really want white-walls. I thought this would be a cheap solution, and it was, but they only looked good for a couple of weeks and would not clean up after.
Now that stuff mentioned in the thread about the white wall paint from Iceland. That stuff might actually be legit. I thought about purchasing it. But looking back I would have just spent the money or waited until I had the money.
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