what about adding  a removable whitewall ..
that would dress up and bis easily removed to return to stock
http://www.widewhitewalltires.com/catalog.htm
yours

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Costello, James L <jlcostello@kpmg.ca>wrote:

> Thanks for all the updates!
>
> I agree with Roger on "painting tires" however I understand that vintage
> vehicles with original tires are so badly curb-rashed, there are some
> products that are similar to the original black "tint" that the rubber
> in the tires go through during the initial process that you can coat
> back on the tires to bring them back to new.
> (http://www.ytmag.com/articles/artint71.htm)
>
> Forever Black suggested by Roland looks really good, however it's
> impossible to find up here in Canada, and Shipping it is really
> expensive for some reason.  New (slightly used) tires may be the way to
> go instead... it might be a blessing in disguise!  Van "Halen" is the
> "wedding limo" for a good friend in a week, so I am trying to get her in
> as good of shape as possible before then.
>
> Thanks again to everyone.
>
> James.
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>  From: Roger Whittaker [mailto:rogerwhitt1@gmail.com]
>      Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:35 AM
>    To: Costello, James L
>        Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>  Subject: Re: Tire paint?
>
>
>  dear tire tart
>   Painting a tire with "Paint" is considered to be a very bad idea
> in most of the circles i have traveled in
>       paint has qualities that react badly when joined with tires ...
>      from what i have been told ... (when i used to work at a General
> Tire Store)
>  the paint will cause deterioration of the sidewall and weather
> checking ...
>        i have heard the same thing about Amour All for tires ... but i
> have no consistent experience with that stuff...
>      used it once or twice ...and then an exceptional state of
> indolence set in ..
>      i have almost recovered fully from this ...
>        and now periodically wash my westie
>        yours
>
>
>
>  On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Costello, James L
> <jlcostello@kpmg.ca> wrote:
>
>
>          Hey Volks,
>
>          Here's an odd question for everyone.  I am looking at
> sprucing up my tires.  The sidewalls have taken a fairly good beating,
> but the treads are still in good shape, so I don't want to purchase 4
> new tires right now.  Has anyone used any sort of paint to return the
> tires to a nice black?  I have looked online and found some discussion
> in regards to Miller's paint (http://www.millertire.com/), and as well
> using Eastwood's Underbody Latex protectant
> (http://www.eastwood.com/ew-rubberized-undercoating-aerosol-18-oz.html).
>
>          Has anyone had a chance to try either of these, or do
> you have a better solution?
>
>          Cheers,
>
>
>          James L. Costello
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