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Why don't they make whitewall tyres anymore? Considering the re-emergence of skinwall tyres for bicycles (which I LOVE, btw), I would have thought that people's automotive tastes might have run a similar course.

I know that some will say they were a nightmare to keep clean, but really... in this day and age, with all the detergents and chemicals we can use on our cars, I can't imagine that this would be a serious problem.

I mean, just look at this!

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Posted : 04/09/2017 12:23 pm
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cost more to produce.
not enough demand to justify extra production cost.


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:26 pm
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Because it's really difficult to draw a decent cock and balls on a black tyre with a permanent marker.


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:27 pm
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[quote=perchypanther ]Because it's really difficult to draw a decent cock and balls on a black tyre with a permanent marker.

tippex?


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:31 pm
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tippex?

Washes off too easily.

Unfortunately.


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:32 pm
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Bored at work SaxonRider?


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:38 pm
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Bored at work SaxonRider?

Possibly. But these are important questions. 😉


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 12:46 pm
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Gosh, I don't know why I thought whitewalls would garner more interest. 😛

Oh well. Your response, jam bo, is one I hadn't considered.


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 2:19 pm
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They make any car look good.

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Posted : 04/09/2017 2:21 pm
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There is a company at the Beaulieu MM that specialise in historic tyres, they will get you some. Vintage Tyres. Com


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 2:39 pm
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With Pirelli you have a choice

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Posted : 04/09/2017 7:41 pm
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Those Pirelli's are really just go-faster stripes, not a proper white-wall, though.


 
Posted : 04/09/2017 11:57 pm
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Just to be dull - presumably because most modern cars have such low profile tyres there's hardly any sidewall there to be white?


 
Posted : 05/09/2017 12:04 am
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[url= https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styles/whitewall-tires.html ]https://www.cokertire.com/tires/styles/whitewall-tires.html[/url]


 
Posted : 05/09/2017 2:04 am