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Whitewall Tires
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:14 am
by Model T Ron
I know you can get all white and all black but does any company offer a whitewall Model T Tire? I have see them in photos but I cannot find any for sale.
Thanks
Ron
Re: Whitewall Tires
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:21 am
by Steve Jelf
Balloon tires maybe, but I think the answer for clinchers is no.
Re: Whitewall Tires
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:31 am
by Model T Ron
Steve Jelf wrote: ↑Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:21 am
Balloon tires maybe, but I think the answer for clinchers is no.
I like the look of the white Riverside clinchers but not the additional cost. Some say the white do not last very long.....does anyone know why and is this also true for the riverside white tires? Are the white made out of a different softer compound?
Re: Whitewall Tires
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 12:42 am
by Steve Jelf
Back in the T era tires were changed from white to black because they lasted longer. If I remember correctly it's because of carbon in the black tires.
I made the mistake of buying a set of white NZ Firestones. I got them really cheap, and I was robbed. They looked perfect, but they were not only white. They were also NOS, I figure about thirty years old. Country roads ate them up in no time. From now on I'm sticking with black.
Re: Whitewall Tires
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:18 pm
by TWrenn
No argument about the addition of carbon that makes them last longer. But my argument about "white" tires is they're not white "through and through" look at the pic...and you tell me if you don't think this is a "topical" application of white! And as such, maybe this is why they don't STAY white!?