View Full Version : Painted sidewall letters?
Blueiii
03-30-2013, 01:55 PM
I've seen this on a few cars.. my ZIIs arrive tomorrow, and I want to paint the letters for a vintage look. Two questions:
How have you done this in the past?
Would yellow or white look better on a red car (with gold wheels)?
Grip Driver
03-30-2013, 09:15 PM
I say yellow as well
speedypenguin
03-30-2013, 11:33 PM
I too say yellow.
I painted my tire letters awhile back with a "white paint marker" I got for cheap from Amazon. Looked like this:
http://instagram.com/p/OhcFlGmkwP/
Looked great at first, but as the miles passed, the paint would flake off and/or yellow. I think it's because the tires keep expanding and contracting while driving, the paint is being stretched, thus falling off. But hey, what do you expect from using a paint marker that costs less than $2?
To do it properly, Revlimiter has a post on his blog about painting his tire letters:
http://revlimiter.net/blog/2012/05/sharka-star-shark-star-specs/
Blueiii
04-01-2013, 05:13 PM
Definitely leaning toward doing this more and more... especially with my new tires arriving today.
OnePaintedMan
04-03-2013, 02:26 PM
Tempted to do this on my car as well. . .
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