Are White Walls Illegal In Vic?  

Twat In A Hat

Just read through the wheel modification guidebook and there is nothing about the colour of the wheels in the guide. I'd personally call VicRoads and ask directly because you will get a whole bunch of shit answers from people on here.

luxxy101

i dont see a reason why they would be illegal

bmrxtc

apparently because they grind into the sidewall it makes the tyre unsafe.. = defective vehicle lol

ive seen a couple cars around with them but not sure if there road worthy

Twat In A Hat

There is a guy in Port Melbourne that has some 1930's replica car (looks ancient but is all new and modern and shit under the bonnet) but yeah he has white walls and last I knew he used that as a daily driver. Still dunno if it's legal or not, i'd just call VicRoads man.

bmrxtc

ill get onto calling vicroads when i have a chance


thanks for the help

PIG208

go talk to the owners of the cars you saw with them.
They can give you the name of the place that would have done theirs.

As others have said, get in contact with vicroads as to legality

aussiepride#1

I think those oldschool car can get plastic inserts for the tyre.

THORPE84

yes they are illegal, they will pull you over and give you a nasty fine, then take your house and ask for your mothers phone number.



sorry, i wouldnt have a clue.

dooges111

why would they be illegal. how is it any different to the white writing that some tyres come out with.

wooley

i have rare black walls lol

PIG208

Those are called Flappers or Slappers, and are actually more dangerous than having tyres white walled, they sit between the bead of the rim and tyre.


I think he is talking about the whitewalls where the sidewall of the tyre is scuffed with an abrasive wheel, this only takes off a minute amount of rubber for the paint to grab onto the tyre, have a look at my
PIG208 sigma for a finished product.

I had mine done ages ago and it comes up perfect, never had any problems with the tyres. You would take more meat out of your sidewall scraping a gutter. But personally i think they don't look that hot on big diameter tyres

bmrxtc

lol good call wooley

billsevent3

The guys in the posts above me are on the money about scuffing and adding paint to make white walls. It is Illegal, but also it is a Insurance issue. Even though it would be a minimal amount of side wall lost, you are altering the original side wall deeming the tyre un-roadworthy. In most cases after accidents, Insurance companies replace tyres with side wall scuffs for the same reason. And the first thing the Police do after pulling you over is inspect the condition of your tyres, side walls included.



It's much like the old argument of lowering blocks and cut springs. People get away with it, however it doesn't make it legal.



O.T. you could always sell the larger diameter rims for some stockers and put the real thing on, depends how bad you want the look!

Matyi

Or you could just use some metho/turps and clean up the tyre, and then paint over the standard sidewall, getting the same effect cheaper and without having any popo problems.

PIG208

i vote for ditching the poxy big rims and getting some 15's and some REAL whitewalls, antique tyres can supply them

Shnydes

hay

http://www.tyrecolour.com/contact-us.html

Croma

My dad bought his rolls royce before his current one in Vic..

came with white walls, Never had a problem.. though these tyres are whitewalled from the factory..

PIG208

Different kind matey

antonio

No there not illegal, just do it. Ive been it HEAPS of times!

bmrxtc

so i got around to calling vic roads today and they told me they were unsure if white walls were illegal in victoria ?

i went to a place that does them n they told me that it would cost 30$ a tyre and that there not illegal but ive asked around and someone i know got canaried for having them.

i would like to ask if aneone here has whitewalls n if so do they attract attention from the po-po?

thanks for all your replies =]

Croma

white walls are white walls..

Is it different cause the tyres will be painted, instead of being white from the factory?

LVNLOW

i dont think they would be illegal

its just a white wall lol

Mr.B

Original white walls were made from natural rubber hence the white, but had to reinforced with black (carbon) rubber to the tread to allow for better traction and endurance. Eventually it was just easier and cheaper to make the entire tyre out of black rubber which became the standard.

PIG208

Not really, One is made in a factory to certain standards, the other is a small area of the sidewall scuffed so the paint will stick to it, it cuts through the outer layer of silica in the tyre.....

my HR runs Kumho whitewalls, which are obviously ADR approved


my Sigma on the other hand had the "painted whitewalls"
I never had a problem structurally with them, but the silica in the tyre did draw itself towards the painted surface turning the painted area an off white/tan colour. But Jamie (Mr Whitewall) supplied a strong tyre cleaner to bring them back to their best




Depends who you talk too matey

bmrxtc

well i rang a few police stations they didnt know what i was talking about and it took 5 people at vic roads till i got someone who knew,

and then i was on hold for 10 minutes n he said that i can get them if the tyre comes factory white, a sticker of some sort - which i didnt really understand
and also if you get it painted on with a flat white.

so ill be going ahead getting them ! thanks for all the help guys cheers.

DeadSled

Just buy Whitewall tires from Antique Tires or some other mob that have them. If you can't afford PROPER whitewalls, flappers are the next best thing. If you can't afford those (fuck.. their like $160 for a set) then don't bother because painted whitewalls look fucking terrible.

On a side note, Don't put white walls on 18" rims. You will just look like a wanker. What kind of car are they going on? Because if it isn't something pre '79 please don't bother because once again.. they make you look like someone who wishes they had a cool old car, but got stuck with a shit new car instead.