whos painted their tyre wall letters?

10th August 2006, 16:24

seen some saxo's with the yank style white letters but are wearing bridestaones etc. what do u use to get the effect please cheers.

10th August 2006, 16:28

Not yet but I was thinking about doing it.

Anyone else?

10th August 2006, 16:30

at a guess....if the letters stick out..get a plank of wood, put a thin layer of white paint on it, then press it against the letters..

10th August 2006, 16:30

I have and I think it looks good buddy. Go on ebay and type in tyre pen and literally paint onto the tyre. Needs a few coats tho to be nice and white from the dirt off the tyre and clean the area first.

10th August 2006, 16:30

you can gte the tyre pens of ebay for a few quid

10th August 2006, 16:31

Loads of people, but only people off the top of my head i can remember are..

Adamsax
Riggsy

I liked it at first but like most things, people are sheep and followed the pattern. I think it looks proper gash now, People are branding out shit tyres.

Would you really walk down the street with a pair of netto jeans on with 'netto' writeen down the leg in tipex?

Just say no. its been down and looks tacky.

10th August 2006, 16:32

Some chap off ssc has done it, not a fan personally.

10th August 2006, 16:33

lol i just wondered how they managed to do it without the paint cracking due to expansion etc. a good novelty but as stated you need good rubber before doing it.

10th August 2006, 16:35

I have the new michelin plx2's or something at £80 a tyre. Got them last weekend. I think it can look good on certain cars and tyres but like said no shite rubber.

10th August 2006, 16:37

And don't use TIPEX as it cracks PMSL

10th August 2006, 16:38

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Originally Posted by BLUE_DEVIL

And don't use TIPEX as it cracks PMSL

Is that from a past experience? lol

10th August 2006, 20:51

a done mines a while back. only thing is when you need a new tyre they are around the £100 mark.

10th August 2006, 21:22

Quote:

at a guess....if the letters stick out..get a plank of wood, put a thin layer of white paint on it, then press it against the letters..

If anyone tries the above method please post pics !!!!!!

Fatsax - I love the look of your car how low is it? (PM if you want so I dont get another thread Hijack to my name)

I dont mind the tyre paint thing but on other peoples cars that dont have four differrent remoulds fitted.

12th August 2006, 19:00

I was gonna do mine...but they're only Falkens

12th August 2006, 19:20

i done mine about a month ago

13th August 2006, 17:55

I've got Pirelli P6000s....they a good enough tyre to do this to?

I do like the idea of it

13th August 2006, 17:59

go for it,it takes quite a long time to do,i took the wheels off 1 at a time to do mine and it toook about 5 hours.
if you want tyre paint the look here,i bought the twin pack for £6

link http://www.speeding.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh...%23a1253#a1253

13th August 2006, 18:19

how about the toyo proxes t1-s are these good enough as they are new white alloys which are in the house at the min getting fitted next weekend

13th August 2006, 18:20

the red car on this post has toyo tyres on it and thir done so whay not

13th August 2006, 18:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by puzzledzippy

go for it,it takes quite a long time to do,i took the wheels off 1 at a time to do mine and it toook about 5 hours.
if you want tyre paint the look here,i bought the twin pack for £6

link http://www.speeding.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh...%23a1253#a1253

5 hours seems a long time m8 how many coats does it take and does this stuff dry pretty quick

13th August 2006, 18:56

i put quite a bit on and it takes about half hour to dry

13th August 2006, 19:07

It will crack and fade after awhile and start to look shite, I done it on my ped when it was all the rage a few years back it looked mint but they're high maintenance.

13th August 2006, 20:31

i think it looks mint meself like but u need the rite tyre to do it on, no good doin it on a cheap tyre.