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Old 06-06-2015, 06:43 PM   #1
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The white wall tires on my 56 Victoria are looking shabby. Can't bring back that snow white look. Where is the best place to get a good looking wide white at the most reasonable price??? Thanks for any advice.
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Old 06-06-2015, 08:31 PM   #2
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"Reasonable price" and "wide whitewalls" don't belong in the same sentence. You might check Diamondback Tires. I just bought a set of extra wide white (3") radials for the Merc, 215 75R 15 on sale. Cost $239 each + S&H. Then you gotta get 'em mounted and balanced, plus your toe-in adjusted for radials (they like a bit more). Diamondback does not make their own tires unlike Coker. He buys fresh tires from the wholesalers and applies his own whitewall process to them. The set I got are Toyo. Check out his website.
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Old 06-06-2015, 09:40 PM   #3
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Have you tried Westleys ( spelling may be wrong ) tire white wall bleach and cleaner? Also Castrol super cleaner, and Simple Green full strength wok well some times may have to use some fine scotch brite with it, or a stiff nylon brush. all this stuff work really good. If you have no luck cleaning them up, my vote for new tires are the Diamond Back classic tires. Have them on my '51 merc. like them a lot, no problems.---Jim
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Old 06-07-2015, 10:26 AM   #4
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A second vote for Westleys and a plastic bristle brush. Spray the product on the whole dry tire. walk around the car and spray all four. Go back to number one and spray again, then add a bit of water and scrub. Scrub the whole tire too. When it gets looking good, rinse well and go to the next. If they dont come sqweeky clean, maybe they are to old to be driven on.
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Old 06-07-2015, 11:16 AM   #5
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I've always had good look cleaning white walls with an SOS Brillo pad. Takes one pad per tire.

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Old 06-07-2015, 10:34 PM   #6
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I don't know if they make it anymore, but I have a bottle of Wesleys Bleche-White cleaner. Use an old toothbrush to scrub with and rinse off immediately after scrubbing.
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There are no inexpensive wide whites. Diamondback and Coker are about the only suppliers.
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Old 06-17-2015, 02:34 PM   #8
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Westley's Bleche White was bought by Black Magic and they weakened the formula, supposedly to better protect the tires. Coker makes a white wall cleaner, it gets good reviews, but I personally have yet to try it.
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When were they bought out?
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