white outline of tire letters and numbers

[2k5civic]

saw this kid on the street in a 96 hatchback and he was lowered on some what seemed to be 195/50/15's on 99 si rims. the thing tho that was fresh about it was that they were bf goodrich tires with the white outline around the letters and numbers. like some nascar tires. does anyone know if bf goodrich or goodyear sell tires like this at all ?? or could this been a DIY use of like some tire chalk or something .?

 

[Beelzebubba]

Some tire shops can do that. They usually can side sipe the tread blocks or groove and paint a red, yellow, or white stripe.

Don't think I've ever seen WOL on anything shorter than a 60 series though.

 

[itsmycookie]

yeah you can go get some white paint and paint em yourself. use like a piece of cardboard for an edge so you don;t get white where you don;t want it.

 

[2k5civic]

yea.. im getting some new goodyears today and im thinking bout doing that . thnx

 

[blueline]

Go to either pep boys or autozone or something. They make a wax crayon in either yellow or white. I bought it once to touch up my BFs when I had my jeep. They do better than paint and it's easier to control. Post some pics of the finish product. I'm interested to see how they turn out.

 

[rei]

I dont think Id like that too much.. but Ive never seen it on smaller tires so who knows..

 

[Jezek]

I dig it....do a search on HT...they have an entire thread dedicated to people that have done it, with pics and ish...

 

[2k5civic]

iight guys im going to experiment with this tonight on my tires.

im thinking of an outline white or silver ..

aye jezek .. haha whats HT??? so i can take a look at that thread

 

[2k5civic]

Go to either pep boys or autozone or something. They make a wax crayon in either yellow or white. I bought it once to touch up my BFs when I had my jeep. They do better than paint and it's easier to control. Post some pics of the finish product. I'm interested to see how they turn out.

does the wax crayon color come out bright like paint. ?? im not looking for a real dull color i want something thatll show. if so ima go to my nearest autozone and see if they have it..

 

[itsmycookie]

aye jezek .. haha whats HT??? so i can take a look at that thread

DOH... HT = honda-tech (http://www.honda-tech.com/)

 

[2k5civic]

oh ok durr. ha thnx man

 

[2k5civic]

ok guys im thinking of just doing the out line of the letters and not filling in the whole letter. whatcha think about that ??

 

[itsmycookie]

ok guys im thinking of just doing the out line of the letters and not filling in the whole letter. whatcha think about that ??

yeah sounds good. i;d do that first then if you wanted to you could fill them in or just leave em like that. it;d suck if you filled em in and then didn;t like it.

 

[97civicracer]

only time i've ever heard or seen that is wayne's team rice crx which is BADASS...not sure how it would look on like...a normal car lol

 

[Revolver]

It only really looks cool on race slicks when just the tire manufacturer name is on the sidewall. Even on 35" 4x4 tires white lettering doesn't look good.

 

[2k5civic]

i dont like the way they were drawn on like these

 

[Jezek]

I see you found the thread

If that red hatch had a lip it'd be hawt secks

 

[imbcruz]

I think it would look better if they outlined the letters that are already on the tires...

 

[red_EF9si]

strangely i kinda like that look. i saw those cars on H-T a while back and remeber thinking...the template for the paint would have come out better if they had used vinyl instead of ghey cardboard. (no little lines around the o's and such)

 

[neaky]

I think it looks stoopid, lol. Just reminds me of the 80's or something, i guess on an autoX or race car it looks fine but kinda makes ya look like a wannabe racer...