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Should I Grind My WhiteWalls???

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Malarky, Sep 13, 2012.

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Grind 'Em...or Leave 'Em Skinny?

Poll closed Sep 18, 2012.
  1. Grind 'Em!

    50 vote(s)
    48.1%
  2. Nah...Leave 'Em Skinny

    54 vote(s)
    51.9%
  1. Malarky
    Joined: Oct 23, 2009
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    Disclaimer: Grind white walls at your own risk. Some folks know this to be dangerous.


    That now being said, I cant make up my mind...

    I've always loved the look of wide whites ; And I know-I know, www's were pretty much phased out by '62 (year of the car in question) But I trashed one of my tires so I decided to try out grinding the ww...Turned out pretty F'n rad! I didn't go as wide as I could have, I like this width.


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    I've seen some cars that didn't fit the www era that looked great with them!

    I found a cheap set of used tires in good shape, should I grind 'em, or leave 'em skinny??? Let me know what you think.

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    Last edited: Sep 23, 2012
  2. pinkynoegg
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    honestly i think they might look a little goofy on the car. I like wide white walls but not on anything after about 60.
     
  3. chaddilac
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    I like that width on the tire above, looks fatter than what you have on the car! I like it!!
     
  4. tudorkeith
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    I like wide whites too but I think the skinnies look good on your 62
     

  5. Squablow
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    What you have above would look great on a '62 and would still be period correct. Full-on wide whitewalls would look goofy, but that's not what you have there.

    I'd also sand off the lettering in the black wall area for a clean look, the modern lettering gives these away as being modern tires.
     
  6. Malarky
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    Right, they aren't straight up "gangster whites"... just wider than skinny whites. I agree 3" ww's would look goofy.

    Squablow, Thanks for the tip on smoothing out the blackwall, that'd look slick.
     
  7. Malarky
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    I hear ya.
     
  8. tfeverfred
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    WWW don't go with every car. The skinny ones look classy on that year.
     
  9. Silhouettes 57
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    Back in the early 60's they went from wide white to what I use to call "wide narrows" because the white wall started about an inch or two from the rims but they were still bigger then what you now have. Look at some of the car ads from the early 60's and you see just how they changed.
     
  10. Malarky
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    Great idea! The car on the bottom is a Monterey (like mine) and its got the same size whitewall I ground.

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  11. I'm all for grinding WWW to make a set. But on you car I think they would out of place. Bottom line it's your car, do what you want.
     
  12. 49ratfink
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    from California

    this is the perfect width for the right 60's car.



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  13. diamond jeff
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    Nice merc', leave the whites skinny and put some 30" bellflowers on that baby.
     
  14. Malarky
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    I really like how the width turned out. I just went out and measured, it's 1 3/8" wide.
     
  15. Malarky
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    Thanks man I've been tossing that idea around in my head for a while now.
     
  16. Malarky
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    A bump for the morning crowd.
     
  17. Jimv
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    If you grind them they won't be super wide! Try a old tire & see how you like it, Its your ride.I did mine & the WW isn't from the rim to the edge, it leaves a little at the bottom & about mid way thru the letters( sometimes!!lol)
    JimV
    PS If you get a dremel you can grind a small line at the top & the bottom of the WW & see how far it goes, if its too much you can just go over it with a Sharpie in black.
     
  18. 100% Matt
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    Leave the whitewalls, invest in astro supremes or chrome reverse. Nice lookin car ya got there btw
     
  19. Squablow
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    That's what I did on the last set of whitewalls I made, and it makes a huge difference. If the letters aren't too tall, an 80 grit disk on the DA works great. If the letters are real thick, sometimes you have to grind some meat off of them first.
     
  20. Blue One
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    White walls suck on pretty much any car of any year vintage.
     
    Last edited: Sep 14, 2012
  21. BAD ROD
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    I'm going to go out on a limb and guess no one has ever called you "Mr Positive". ;)


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  22. ONE8SEVEN
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    gtfo
     
  23. ONE8SEVEN
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    get white wall toppers, they are cheap!

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  24. n.z.rodder
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    You should've done a tech on how you ground the sidewall and got it looking so neat and tidy.
    I say grind em.

    Scotty.
     
  25. Malarky
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    I've got supremes on my Ford, I wanted something a little different for the Merc. And thanks.

    They look nice but I've been advised to stay away from them.

    There is a thread on here somewhere of some guys grinding ww's. There are also a couple videos on Utube. If I can find 'em I'll post the links.

    I'll do a tech if you'd like, but I know how some folks feel about starting a new thread that's been covered before. Maybe I'll just add to the old one.
     
    Last edited: Sep 14, 2012
  26. mike1951
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    from Colorado

    I was thinkin those looked pretty clean for a home job


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  27. 100% Matt
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    Now that I can see the pic 1" 3/8 looks nice. good deal!
     
  28. Lone Star Mopar
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    Shit those look real good, I can see em rolling those in 62 63 easy.
    Forget about those janky ass port a walls, what you have looks way better !
     
  29. Geargoyle Curtis
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    The 1 3/8" whitewall you ground will look great on your car.
     
  30. flathead okie
    Joined: May 22, 2005
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    I wouldn't fuck with a tire. Buy the ones you want, sell those.
     

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