Got the tires removed from the rims this morning. That 5th rim on top was sitting outside for 20+ years and the inside does not look pretty.
The tire guy said he could find 215/85-16 tires, but no white walls. White lettering, but no white walls. I'm looking at maybe getting a 1-inch or 2-inch white walls. Not interested in white lettering. He's going to research and get back to me.
John,
If you want whitewalls, Check out Diamondback Tires. They sell only modern radial tires with any size whitewall (or blackwall, red stripe, etc) you want.)
They aren't cheap but I looked at the price of the "regular" tires in the 85 series and they're about the same price.
Look at the Diamondback Auburn Deluxe. It's a radial tire made to look like a bias ply tire. They don't have that horrible radial bulge like most metric rqadials have. You can see the pie crust on the sidewall at the edge of the tread instead of the tread that wraps over onto the sidewall on most modern radials.
I have them on on two Cadillacs and they look perfect and are the best handling tires I've ever had on them.
When you find the exact Diamondback you want, I was told by a guy on this forum that he ordered them from Summit Racing for the same price and got free shipping. Diamondback charges $20 each to ship.
I noticed that they have 3 1/2 " wide whitewalls and larger listed but they'll make them any size you want. The whitewalls on the Fleetwood in the photo are 2 3/4"
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