How to make wide whitewall tires out of narrow ones
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==What you need== | ==What you need== | ||
| − | *Some cheap 'tire pile' | + | *Some cheap 'tire pile' whitewall or raised white lettering tires to use for practice before working on a good set of tires. |
*A 4" angle grinder with a 36 grit grinding disc. A "see-through" type disc is highly recommended, but not necessary. | *A 4" angle grinder with a 36 grit grinding disc. A "see-through" type disc is highly recommended, but not necessary. | ||
| − | *A DA sander with | + | *A DA sander with 80 grit open paper. |
*Yellow paint marking pen and a piece of string. | *Yellow paint marking pen and a piece of string. | ||
==How to do it== | ==How to do it== | ||
| − | Hopefully, you found | + | Hopefully, you found the same brand and size of tire to practice on before modifing the good tires that you have for your car. |
| − | + | *Start by taking your grinder and removing some of the black rubber on each side of the whitewall to see how far the white strip that is located below the surface of the tire sidewall extends. | |
| − | + | *When you have that established, take your string and tie it around the barrel of the paint pen (yellow is easy to see), and then take the other end and wind it around your index finger of your left hand. You are now going to use this setup as a set of dividers. | |
| − | Finally, give it a coat of | + | *Place the point of your paint pen on the edge of the white strip, push down a couple of times on the pen to get some paint on the tip, with your left finger running around the outside of the tire radius try and keep an equal space, as you draw a line around the sidewall. |
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| + | *Next move the pen to the inside line and do the same thing. You now have a rough outline of your new wide whitewalls. | ||
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| + | *Now, take your grinder and remove the black rubber within this outlined area. Try not to gouge into the 'new' white rubber. Occasionally,use long curved strokes to even out the ground area, it doesn't have to be perfect yet. | ||
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| + | *When you get all the way around the sidewall, give it a few final touch ups to remove any bits of black rubber and smooth out some of the rough spots. | ||
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| + | *Next, take your DA sander and run it around the sidewall to smooth it out. Practice makes perfect. | ||
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| + | *Finally, give it a coat of Westley's "Bleche-Wite", and buff the sidewalls. Looks good! Now do a couple more. | ||
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| + | [[File:Westleys bleche-wite.jpg]]<br style="clear:both"/> | ||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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