Painting letters on wheels.

[Niko97RS]

I really like the way fireball painted his letters on his wheels white. Do you think I should do it/could pull it off?

Let me kno what u think

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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I don't know that i've ever seen a picture of your car other than this one. lol

I think you could probably pull it off. It looks great on marks car like you said. Anything above 16 wheels i don't think it would go the best, but 16 is about the limit imo, so i think it could look good.

What tires do you have? (what would the lettering say)

[Niko97RS]

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lol i have plenty of pics but this one just shows the wheels the best and its one of my favs.

i have BFG traction TA's

idk what part id paint though lol theres alot of writing.

o and for you o GR8 one:

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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Oh, I lied, I've seen the second one down on your second post too.


Anyway, yeah you'd have to figure out what all your painting. shouldn't be hard to photoshop if you want.

[00 Silver 6]

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i would keep 'em black... too much white IMO

[ZO6vette037]

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Are you talking about raised white letter tires? They sell them pre-painted. Also if you paint them yourself it will proably just flake away. Once the grease and grime from the road are on your tires the paint doesnt stick very well. I have tried myself.

Also I think it would look really good on your ride.

[Big Tymer]

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wtf are u talkin about..... wheels or tires? 2 completely differnt parts...

[Niko97RS]

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Big Tymer, sry for the confusion. Yes tires. Like Fireball

ZO6Vette, where can I get letters? and didnt Fireball use paint? his seem ok?

GR8schlot, i kno those arent the best pics, but u think you could photoshop something? that would be a GREAT help. thanks man

[Fireball27]

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I used a white paint pen. Took ~4 hours to put on 3 coats. Looked great, but its been a few months now and its starting to wear pretty badly on the front and on my passenger rear (where i scrubbed a curb). Eventually i'm going to paint them over with this: http://www.rangerpaint.com/

Hopefully that'll hold up better, 2 coats and applied with a paint brush it shouldn't take nearly as long either.

[Loochy88]

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maybe if you had a big slicks and skinnies setup, but otherwise im not a fan of the idea on our cars.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

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I'm at work now, I'll be home later and give the chop a try.

[ZO6vette037]

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ZO6Vette, where can I get letters? and didnt Fireball use paint? his seem ok?

Sorry I ment they sell the tires pre-painted like this one


Also your tires you have on your car now might already have raised white letters. All reaised white letter tires usually have one side all black and one side has the letters painted so just look under your car at the inside of your tires and see if they are already painted. If they are you would just have to take them off the rim, turn over, remount, and balance. If this doesnt make sense click the link and read the last sentence in the discription.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....l=Radial+T%2FA

[Fireball27]

Re: Painting letters on wheels.

Sorry I ment they sell the tires pre-painted like this one


Also your tires you have on your car now might already have raised white letters. All reaised white letter tires usually have one side all black and one side has the letters painted so just look under your car at the inside of your tires and see if they are already painted. If they are you would just have to take them off the rim, turn over, remount, and balance. If this doesnt make sense click the link and read the last sentence in the discription.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....l=Radial+T%2FA

Its highly unlikely that his tires have raised white lettering... infact i know they don't. The only tires they sell that'll fit our cars properly that have raised white letters are Firestone Indy 500s, and those are all-season tires so thats a no go.

Oh and iirc tires that come from the factory with raised white letters are white rubber, not paint. When making the tire they put a layer of white rubber underneath the black wall and have the letters poking out. Supposedly you can sand the black wall all the way back and make it a white wall tire... although i've never seen this in person.

[00FlowCamaro]

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haha...i have the Indy 500's on my stocks and they dont have the raised white letters. Of course now they're switched off for the chrome Z06's

[Everglades W68]

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I s-o-o-o-o miss raised white letter tires. These all black tires are BORING!!!

Eventually, RWL will come back in style.