This is a short video where I show how to install these Atlas portawalls in some radial tires you can find these on amazon or go to www.portawallshop.com as I have bought them from both places.
I can remember port-a-walls on my Dad's 58 Edsel. That was a nasty fast car... I actually installed them when I first worked in a tire shop. Great video, thanks...
It’s still beyond my understanding why tire companies. Would send people out the door to their competitors to find just a simple thing like white wall tires. The ones for every day use. Don’t they realize how much nicer they look on some of the “luxury” cars that they make. Michelin, Ford, Gm. Are you listening?
Although it would be irreversible, rubber cement would vulcanized between the two materials and become an irreversible bond. Probably would eliminate separation and pop off
Great info on those! I thought of doing it but heard horror stories of how floppy they look and, fit. I think you have the technique down that looks great. 1-7/8” size for radials is a good tip. Thanks!
wow the car looks amazing . I hope my car wil look as good as yours when mine is finnished. You are so inspiring and make it look so easy and think I can do it to. So I did it for the last month i have been working on my Buick century restoring it and oploading videos to my channel . And it is all because i watched your channel and love your content
Man I love your Pontiac coupe! You are getting the great ride with radial tires and an awesome whiewall look, plus saving all kinds of cash. What's not to love??!!
these whitewalls are inexpensive and looks beautiful! But from my personal experience (I had them on my VW beetle) and other friends on their classic cars, above certain speeds they become floppy and after a while they wear out the side of the tire, sometimes reaching the canvas. But i always smile when i see the Pontiac 😊😊😊
There are still a couple of smaller brand tires that make the 70's - 80's style whitewalls. For the wide ones shown in this video, Coker Tires makes them in radial or bias belted versions. When I was growing up, we called them Gangster walls. If you watch some of the old gangster movies, most of there luxury cars wear wide whites like these.
Brent, I'd like to suggest that you paint the rims of this Pontiac a medium carmel color or the interior color of your upholstery . I believe the contrast would seriously elevate the beauty of this car.
Used to do that when I was a kid . Didn't do a nice job like you're doing. But makes for a nice look for an economical price .They sure look good on that coupe.
Looks freakn amazing bud! I love what you've done with this car! The roof looks amazing! I'm gona rewatch the vidios showing your process! But yeah, that's one great looking car bud!
So how have they held up? Any issues with washing and getting dirty or debris or cleaner between the tire and portawall? Do they have to be messed up often to keep flat and not curl up?
There cheaper for you guys down there. Think you can get some for like 600$ I've bought before but our dollar and brokerage usually ends up costing us double up here.
Thanks for the demo, my wife wantes these on her Dodge sweptline and I was wondering how well they work. Do you have a recommendation for good valve stems? I bought a giant pack off of Amazon and they rotted in a year!! Now trying to find a reliable source.
I’m wanting to add a car tire to the rear of my motorcycle. Can a porta wall be placed on both sides of a car tire? I currently have a motorcycle whitewall tire and I want to keep that look.
I’m getting a Lexus ls460 and mod it will love to put these on my Goodyear racing tires so people would think it’s some slow grandpa car then outta know where a clean Lexus with white walls beating hemis 😂
Very interesting looks very very nice looks like a real white wall. I wanted to do that on my car, now is there any issues with leaking around the rim bead because that's in between the rim and the tire and theres a gap there. There's no issues with that Gap from the white wall. do you have to put any kind of sealer or anything in the bead? basically it's my question. you haven't had any issues with slow leaks on the rims?
So I have a 1950 Buick that’s has 3 inch wide white bias ply‘s have some deep cracks you don’t think the 3 inch porta wall will work on the radial tire?
My install was a bit floppy for my taste. So I 3M pad-scrubbed the tire, cleaned with thinners. Applied high-grade contact cement, flashed off, then heat-gun the wall on there. Looks fantastic, we'll see how it holds up. My vintage trailer doesn't get used very often.
Live the car,but the color?maybe if it was at least with some gold flake in it.but agai beautiful styling and metal work.live your other choptops as well.keep up the content.