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SwitchbladeTeeth
10-01-2003, 02:42 PM
Other than ebay anybody have a good source for port-a-walls. Dont knock me for wanting ports because I am going WAY low budget...PepBoys 79.99 for 4 tires and some port-a-walls for the same price as 1 yes 1 radial 2.75" coker tire. And that was the cheapest radial I have found at 162 dollars a piece.
So where can i order some port-a-walls online ?
SwitchbladeTeeth
10-01-2003, 02:43 PM
Almost forgot to add, NADS don't tear me a new asshole because i didnt call and ask you first http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Randy D
10-01-2003, 02:51 PM
Its not online, but Lucas Automotive has them in medium and wide width. 13, 14, 15 and 16's. about 30 bucks a set. 1-800-952-4333.
hudson_hawk
10-01-2003, 03:18 PM
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Other than ebay anybody have a good source for port-a-walls. Dont knock me for wanting ports because I am going WAY low budget...PepBoys 79.99 for 4 tires and some port-a-walls for the same price as 1 yes 1 radial 2.75" coker tire. And that was the cheapest radial I have found at 162 dollars a piece.
So where can i order some port-a-walls online ?

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i will back your play man, i need cheapo fix for my tires too and the cheapest i found was 150. my only question is how bad do they suck, i have never seen any up close. do they fly off in the wind?
4t64rd
10-01-2003, 03:29 PM
What size do you need?
SwitchbladeTeeth
10-01-2003, 03:34 PM
15"...3" or 3.5" whites if they makes such things.
nailhead_sled
10-01-2003, 03:40 PM
Email the guys at Vintage Warehouse. Its a VW shop but they sell Port-a-Walls. vwparts@vintagewarehouse.com
Antibilly
10-01-2003, 03:51 PM
they work and work well!!!
I like how they look if you run real white and add the flappers to the inside of the tire http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
Mike
10-01-2003, 04:05 PM
I ran 6.50 16 tube type bias plys with port-o-walls on my '48 Fordor for about 3 years with no problems.

Radials, however are a different story. Radials have much more sidewall flex that bias plys, so port-o-walls tend to come apart at high speeds when mounted on them. I know several people who tried running port-o-walls on radials and they all ran into to that problem very quickly.
Plowboy
10-01-2003, 04:24 PM
Didn't Bob Bleed pick up a lifetime supply somewhere?
mytlo56
10-01-2003, 04:59 PM
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Its not online, but Lucas Automotive has them in medium and wide width. 13, 14, 15 and 16's. about 30 bucks a set. 1-800-952-4333.

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Nope, they just have 14 x 2's and 15 x 1 3/4's. If you can believe this crap the place over in Turkey or wherever that makes em' burnt to the ground. Crazy.

And I'd never rag ya' for running Port-A-Walls. They're cool as all hell & about as "vintage" as you can go...other than a 6 x 2 set-up of course.
SwitchbladeTeeth
10-01-2003, 05:26 PM
Any other experiences with port a walls ? Running on radials ? Come on folks ic an afford 30 bucks to fly off my tires one day.
Thanks
wingnutz
10-01-2003, 08:14 PM
Hey I know a guy who has tons of porta walls!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Bobbleed bought a shitload of them and they are available to anyone who needs them..., Cheap!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

You ask ..., "How does he do it?" "Volume, Volume..., Volume!!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Call or write for prices and sizes!! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Small print: (any size as long as the size is 14 inches) http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
bobbleed
10-02-2003, 01:38 AM
Yeah I got a pile of them, but haven't sorted through them yet. They are all 14"ers. I need to go through em, sort em, clean them and then you guys will have dibs. I owe a set to PeteJoe cause he found the ebay auction.

To be honest I think they are gay, I have them on the slicks on my roadster and they hold up pretty well cause the stiff side walls, but they look like shit on radials.

NO TIME TILL AFTER THE PILE UP So don't ask.
magoo
10-02-2003, 04:01 AM
I am running atlas brand port a walls on michelin radials.I put a smear of rubber grease between the tyre and the flap and it seems to stop any problems caused by flex.Have been on about 18 months so far with no signs of cracking or splitting and I drive the car every day.