Lester White Wall 525/550-17

Lester Tires is an American brand, that has supplied crossply and beaded edge tyres to the enthusiast market for many years. Its products cover many different sizes and patterns of prewar and postwar car tyres.

Lester’s tyres have a variety of tread and shoulder designs, all to suit the cars they are fitted to, and they are available as either blackwall or whitewalls. These whitewalls have varying thicknesses depending on the tyre size.

This 525/550-17 Lester Whitewall has a 3.75”/95mm wide white band, and is a suitable fitment for: AC 2 Litre; Armstrong Siddeley Hurricane/Lancaster/Typhoon/Whitley; Morris Oxford Six; Rover 14; Standard 16; Vauxhall Big 6; various 1930s US cars.

*PLEASE NOTE* White wall tyres sometimes come with a protective blue paint on the white rubber. After fitting the tyres on the vehicle, this can be cleaned off using hot soapy water and a sponge or brush. This is also a good way of cleaning the white rubber.