do supremes work with wide whites??

White wall slicks on mags are ok. But as stated either on a show car or a drag car. That late of a caddy I'd be feeling some thin whites.


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I for the Supremes' with pinners,I think you need some black side wall between rim and white wall,anything else takes away from the rim.

 

Beauty's in the sight of the beer holder..
Depends completely on the car, in my opinion. An example--my Buick, fresh from the booth. It had new Diamondbacks/Supremes on it when I got it(looked like ass), and I had a set of 1" Firestones/Pacers I felt would look better. I'd already changed the fronts....


I have the Diamondbacks on my 60 now(lipstick on a pig)...Looks okay, huh? Does to me anyway

 

they look good,real good

 

I agree.

...unless that is going to be a crazy 60's style show car like the Lil' Coffin.


wide whites are the most abused and confused part we (you) use on our old cars.

 

I thought they worked well on this Buick, formerly owned by a good friend of mine who is a long-time HAMBer

http://www.americandreamcars.com/1961buicklesabre2dr070705.htm

And here it is after he sold it, with narrow whites

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44323995@N03/8124347766/in/pool-1961transportation

 

And to open another can of worms - what about white lettering??

To the O.P. - do as you want, it's your car..

 

see post #100 on this thread

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=285678&highlight=vintage+photos&page=5

 

Works for me

 

Spoilsport!

Now what will the nay-sayers say??

 

Maybe if the car is white...

 

Traditional no, cool yes.

 

what u got against pimps? at least my hoes make me money...............i dunno i think after paint there going to look real nice...

 

grtis : Your car with wheel and tire combo is perfect !

 

For some reason that i can't explain, i dig the look on hot rods, yet not so much on customs (or car's built after 35 for me)..
Then again, there are a few customs, or later models, that pull it off with style..just like the Riv posted earlier in the thread. It works there.
It all come's down to personal preference. I prefer pin whites on Supremes, but that sure as hell don't mean it won't "work" on the right car, set up the right way.
My worthless 2 cents..
Carry on


Tony

 

pin whites on supremes all day everyday

 

that medium whitewall looks good.

 

I guess thats makes me a pimp or pedofile....

I had that combo on my 64 chevy truck and 59 nomad wagon
And that gold 61 buick mentioned in links above was built by my best friend.
he must suck too...

 

This is my own personal opinion. To me, I always thought they couldn`t afford the wider whitewalls or they didn`t want to spend the extra dough. , the skinnier the whitewall, the the less they cost. This also goes for the Fiffties customs. Although, this is a popular trend. But then again, I`m a pimp who has to look good in a depressed economy.

 

Bullshit-ta on the 'wrong era' quote. The right combination (car, color, stance, ect) proves them wrong. A semi gloss Uni-body FORD TRUCK had that combo at an early Pile UP (RIP) and it was kill-ar. A few doughnuts would have ruled, right Ed?

 

I think it works but it depends on what YOU like....

 

Wide whites .....much better !

 

http://losboulevardos.blogspot.co.nz/2008/08/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know.html

Ive been reading this. Good history on the wheels.

 

This board is certainly changing ! What the heck is with the comment of being a "pedofile" being determined by the tire and wheel combination on your car.....

Wow, then we wonder why some great people never post anymore !!!!

 

X2 All day. ^^^^my fav tire/wheel combo^^^^

 

A couple of posts (post#39) back there was a link of old pics of traditional rods with wide-whites, looked OK too!

 

My 62 Mercury Montery I owned ( now in Europe some where ? ) should have kept it. ribbon whites and Astro's . No on wide whites....

 

Me Too

 

Nope....thin whites only