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Old 04-15-2014, 11:38 AM   #1
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Does any one no of a good product to keep my white walls from yellowing every couple of weeks the tires that are not even 2 years old turn . I use the white wall cleaner from crooker tire ,they clean up quick but the older tires on my other car do not require as much attention !!!
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Old 04-15-2014, 12:20 PM   #2
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paint them black. end of problem and a significant upgrade......
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Old 04-15-2014, 01:09 PM   #3
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I think all we can do is just scrub after each trip. Unfortunately, they will yellow due to pollution, maybe something like armor all to protect from UV sun light.

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Old 04-15-2014, 01:18 PM   #4
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paint them black. end of problem and a significant upgrade......
Haha that's what I was thinking...Although Dusty might pipe in that if you paint your fenders green the yellow patina is no problem since the colors go together nicely...
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I usually use SOS pads to keep them clean. I only do it twice a year. Maybe its something in the cleaner that turns them yellow after time. SOS works great.
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Old 04-16-2014, 04:47 PM   #6
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I too have the same problem. I spoke with a representative at Coker Tire. He said it was oils bleeding through the whitewall from the black sidewall behind the whitewall. He had no cure for the problem other than using a non-bleach cleaner regularly.
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Old 04-16-2014, 05:31 PM   #7
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Haha that's what I was thinking...Although Dusty might pipe in that if you paint your fenders green the yellow patina is no problem since the colors go together nicely...
Hey, I resemble that remark Ahh wait a minute your right

I find that Beach White keeps the WWs white for for a long time. Spay it on and power spray it off, nice and shiny white....goes good with green fenders as well

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Old 04-16-2014, 06:52 PM   #8
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I use Simple Green and a plastic scrub pad on my whitewalls. Works very well. Coker does not recommend using products like Bleach White. I used to use it on white lettered tires, but didn't want to take a chance on my new whitewalls.
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Old 04-17-2014, 07:00 AM   #9
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your white walls will always yellow due to leaching of chemicals into the white material,the better tires have a butyl lining to stop chemical leaching.
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Old 04-17-2014, 07:38 AM   #10
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Don't use any armor-all type products on the tires this will cause them to yellow as well
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Old 04-17-2014, 08:45 AM   #11
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Does any one no of a good product to keep my white walls from yellowing every couple of weeks the tires that are not even 2 years old turn . I use the white wall cleaner from crooker tire ,they clean up quick but the older tires on my other car do not require as much attention !!!
I have always had good luck with my white walls. Goodyear 19" average about 39,000 miles and now on my 3rd set. On 21" firestone this set is about 6 years old and only around 18,000 miles on the Roadster. Have always used Wesleys white wall ,and have never had a yellow problem. I have always had club members mention how clean my tires stay, I have gone for 3 weeks and never cleaned them and I live in south Louisiana where it rains a lot. have fun modelAtony Lafayette,la
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Old 04-17-2014, 09:09 AM   #12
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I have used a product from marine suppliers called spray 9 and it got my WW's clean and white with no effort. It is the best all around cleaner that I have ever tried.
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I use a pressure washer and VERY hot water, diesel hotsy, works great!
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