Get portawalls ****ers!

this would have to be the most retarded way to get defected. what a load of crock. f*ck them.

sounds like a fair call to me, ya shouldnt be *****ing with your tyres, if u have a blow out u know thats what they will blame it on whether it was the cause or not.

Ridgy Didge whitewalls have the white rubber moulded into them, as they do for white lettering. see this video for an idea of what I mean (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkcm3rh60p0) Sanding the sidewall down to be smooth and painting it is different. I imagine if you did it carefully and just delicately removed the lettering and mould marks it would make no difference. However, it would take just one tiny nick through the wall of the tyre, one spot where the grinder went too deep, and it would probably root it.

I was running whitewalls for about a year and never had any problems or even get a mention about it from cops when I got pulled over , if it's true I think its stupid and the ****z are doing it to *** with the modified car scene even more .

old school rodders used house paint and reapplied routinely. i wonder if that way would be illegal? (lol at the thought of muzzas housepainting their 20"s)

i bet you, it was one idiot that had his tyre blew out for some stupid reason and he happened to have whitewalls

my mate does walls he hasnt had a prob wioth the coppers but in turn its the driver if they act like a **** well the cop will pick anything just to bust balls which is fair enough portawalls a **** its only a tiny groove if the waller know what he is doin

Quote: Originally Posted by NASTY1 my mate does walls he hasnt had a prob wioth the coppers but in turn its the driver if they act like a **** well the cop will pick anything just to bust balls which is fair enough portawalls a **** its only a tiny groove if the waller know what he is doin if he knows what hes doing he wont remove any of the sidewall, just the lettering. as mentioned above you can buy tyres with whitewalls already applied but the biggest size to my knowledge is 16"

Spoke to the guy in QLD that was going to do mine if I ever got around to it. He said he's spoken to people at qld transport and others down south and they've told him it's legal, as the info is on both sides. Somebody make some phone calls, there's only one way to find out for real.

Quote: Originally Posted by aus880 whitewalls are only an automotive 'fashion statement' after all And last year's one at that... they're just embarrassing now.

Quote: Originally Posted by Walky if he knows what hes doing he wont remove any of the sidewall, just the lettering. as mentioned above you can buy tyres with whitewalls already applied but the biggest size to my knowledge is 16" a tiny amount still need to be removed like a half of a half of a mm to roughen the surface for the paint to stick cops can defect you as it ruining the intregrty of the tire if they can defect you for not having th right load rating tire they can defect you for this liek i said we approx 5 cars a week at least and not yet have the police said a word if you respect the coppa when he pulls you over he wont this twice you will find with pre brought white wall tires they are in 16" but they have a thicker wall where the wall is its raised best of luck guys

had a mate get defected for it last week(along with a few other things on) in epping, as the cop said it is not engineered for the tyre to have white walls when it came out from factory (the tye that is) and that the writing is scrubed off, which is no allowed because it is modified different to the manufacture`s specs.(also got him for having 19`s) so its a safty thing which they are right about. he also mentioned if this car was involed in accident with white walls on the tyres, the driver will be charged with driving a unroadworthy vehicle causing an accident and go to court even though it was not his fault or the tyres to blame. every cop makes/says his own rules, lol. to much laws and regulations regarding having a modifyed car in melbourne if u ask me!!! i think we should all sell our vl`s/modified cars and start driving stock corolla`s around lol.

They've definitely gone overboard. I'm sure they have a 10 year plan to effectively wipe out everything non standard.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bax They've definitely gone overboard. I'm sure they have a 10 year plan to effectively wipe out everything non standard. X2 ive been thinkin that for a long time Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

coloured walls = defect = WIN

Quote: Originally Posted by Woggster X2 ive been thinkin that for a long time x3 nothing is legal anymore Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

state legislation... says otherwise im getting from my source a copy of law that allows cars from my memory under the year 2008 or 2006 to have walls applied regardless

Quote: Originally Posted by MuFFiN state legislation... says otherwise im getting from my source a copy of law that allows cars from my memory under the year 2008 or 2006 to have walls applied regardless How does that work? its the tire that's been played with, not the vehicle.

steve you got owned lol its got nothing to do with cars the tyre for argument sake was manufactured in 2009 = fail, regardless if they want to do you for it they will just write it on the defect list just get your tyres flipped and off you go.