vega

I'd really want white lettering on the 05 tires. But frankly, I find it kinda expensive to buy all new tires only for that.

So I was thinking, would it be lame to color part of the scripts in white on the production tires? Or wouldn't that be a good idea? Anyone experienced in this?

any thoughts?

MustangMan311

Hmm... if the paint looked nice I'd go for it.

Sharp

With the tire flexing, dirt, dust and stones waring away at it, I wouldn't think it would hold up well. But if you kept up with it, It might look fine. I'd test it on an old tire first and make sure you can get it off if you don't like it.

Galaxie

Unfortuantley i don't think it will turn out good and I am not sure if there is a product out there that could do that correctly.

Another thing, because they are pirellis on the car, it just does not have the same effect as having BF Goodrich or Goodyear in raised white letters.

FrankBullitt05

I was thinking about doing this, but the key here is masking the letters and getting the right paint. I'm not sure what the stuff they use on tire is, but it is painted on, not a part of the rubber because I have seen oversprays on some tires at the local tire shop.

Sharp

On every raised white tire I have ever seen, it's in the rubber. When someone hits a curb, it just scrapes some of the rubber off and it's still white underneath.

Sharp

At this sight, http://www.kevinscycleracing.com/crtires.htm they sell a tire pen at the bottom of the page. Not sure how well it works.

Dr Iven

Yeah, I believe the paint is injected into the rubber, and that's the only way a tire can continuously have white lettering. If you use paint, it'll look good for show, but once you go... no.

Sharp

Found it. The sidewalls are extruded through tubers, along with the white rubber for a white sidewall or white lettered tire if required.
How Tires Are Made

autothing

Good and interesting link. Ya' learn something new everyday

adrenalin

The tire pens work pretty good. Takes a couple of coats but overall not bad, until you rub up against a curb. If you baby your stang like I do you'll park at least a foot away from the curb.

Dr Iven

I baby my vehicles by parking AS CLOSE to the curb as possible. I always try to leave about 2" of space between my wheels and the curb. That way, when SUV mom is bending over to unbuckle her kid from the back seat and carelessly nudges the door out, it doesn't slam into my sheet metal.

bob

err, umm when you get white letters or white wall on the tires, there is a layer of white rubber in the sidewall covered by the black rubber, then the tire is molded and cured. after which it is removed from the mold and the white wall is exposed by milling, cutting or whatever you do to the black rubber which was placed over it.

It always makes me laugh when somebody buys a new tire and says that the white wall has been rubbed off. If that was the case then the tire is no good, because the sidewall has been rubbed off and the interior of the tire has been exposed.

The only tires with paint on them are racing tires that I know of.