I’ve always loved the look of white letter tires. I don’t understand why tire companies don’t make them in modern tire sizes. I never black out the white letters.
Just something I find funny nothing to do with the product or video. Tires used to come with white lettering and lines. Drivers used shoe polish and all kinds of things to color the lettering black to match the tires. Now that the whole industry went with black lettering that blends in with the tires there are vinyl lettering and products like this that now make the lettering on the tires white again. We always want what we don’t have.
its a trend...think fishermen hat in 2014, those jerselum 12s women wear now, beards, phones getting bigger rather than smaller, and well anything retro tbh.
That's incorrect. There have always been car people that PREFER white letter tires. Once those went away, it opened a market for those folks so that we could get that classic muscle car look again. If somebody would manufacturer white letter tires in modern tire sizes, I'd be totally down with buying a set...but they don't.
Haha , do it ! You'll never stop after the first 2-3 months because at that time you will see the first results 😆 split your muscle groups in 5 days a week Monday to Friday by example , Good luck 🤙
I see where Pirelli is actually bringing back the option to have the lettering colored. And they look damned good!! Thanks for the video, by the way...excellent job!
I don't understand why tire manufactures stopped making white letter tires as an option. Back in the day you were not cool unless you had white lettered tires on your hotrod. I do realize white lettered tires are not for every car/truck but they do look great on certain vehicles. It's matter of preference.
seropserop Agree, but the hankook text is flush w the tire sidewall, there is no border and it’s not raised up at all. Definitely a more difficult process. On these particular tires, what we did in the video was the best option for this first time user experience.
Man, you can color any part of The tire you want. Don’t have to follow what everyone else does. Be unique and different and express yourself in your style.
Just a tip, I work with firestone roofing and naptha gas/camp fuel is a better product to clean the tire rubber with than acetone. Other than that great work and it looks good
Well, I actually did 3 sets of tires (so 12 tires) with a single pen. The way I do it is to press the tip until the ink starts actually dripping out and with that I can just tap the latters so the ink can just distribute on its own - needs a bit of practise, but it's much faster and, gives better coverage and a smoother surface. Did use different pens (regular tire marking pens) .. sorry to say, but yours are really overprized - not sure if they are any different, but from the video the result looks exactly like mine when I first "painted" it with stroking. No offense.
Yes, I ordered the Dykem Brite-Mark medium tip. Used one pen for one set of tires and there's still some paint in there! Worked perfectly. Only $7. He way overprices them because he knows if he puts the word tire in there, others will think it's meant specifically for that went in fact it is not.
Does it last. I was wondering if it would fade real quick on a daily driver in all weathers. Would it help to spray with some kind of clear coat after?
I know this is from last year but it just popped up. These pens have been around for 20 years nothing new. Go to your local welding shop they will have all of the colors sitting on the shelf. When I drove Semi we did that on the truck tires all of the time to go along with the polished aluminum rims.
I have noticed that cars look better when their tires are full of snow or dust. I think it is because the lighter colour of the tire makes the wheels look larger and better proportioned. I would definitely buy grey/white tires for my car instead of going for way too large rims that ruin the ride comfort.
Here is a tip. Don’t do what I did!!! Paint your tires AFTER they are mounted and inflated. I did mine before they were mounted and after they were mounted and inflated there were a ton of small cracks due to the tire expanding when inflated, I didn’t think about that when I painted them. I had to go over them 2 more times to fill in all the cracks…..live and learn!!!! (they still look super cool though!!!!)
This has got to be one of the most idiotic and annoying trends to come out in recent time. Everyone wants to pretend they own a formula 1 car with this white tire paint...weird
this video helped a ton. especially helped me understand needing multiple layers. I finished my first layer and was like "oh God" but that makes sense now
To get a fine point, you can take the tip outof these paint markers and flip them to the other end for a fine point. Most of these type of markers have that feature.
On my paint pen lid, there is a little pot you can take off to use to prime and fill with a little paint from the pen, to then dip the nib into from time to time, very easy not to notice it though. I've not used mine yet, just watching to see how easy it is to apply.
True. I spent a couple hours yesterday doing my Jeep tires with red paint. So much easier when the tires are off, my letters are raised and that helps too. I just can't find the type that bonds to rubber. Clearcoat will hopefully make them keep from fading sooner.
Ive been using these for years. I actually made a stencil of my toyotires lettering and just Plasti spray them on. I go through 5 pairs of tires per year just on my Mazda so saying it's helpful is an understatement.
@@pzorro2020 Lol, that's not true - not even close. Anyone who drives and owns a car, especially living in changeable conditions will tell you for a fact, cheap tyres don't perform. Even novice drivers (though maybe not morons) could tell you the massive difference between cheap tyres and worthwhile ones. You pay for what you get, cut no corners. Everything on your car communicates to the road through the tyres, they are THE most important aspect you should keep on top of, if you own a car.
honestly, it would have been better if you white lettered the Hankook part of the tire because I did it to my set of tires and they look great but it needs a little bit more patience to not make the ink drip onto the sidewall if the tire
It seems like there is a demand for colored lettering on tires once again. So you would think if there is such a demand there must be a good market for these types of tires. So it would be great if these tire companies start producing them. Every video I’ve seen with these different products all seem to be a pain in the ass to do. Just my opinion.
I used similar paint pens for raised letters on my windscreen washer fluid and coolant reservoir caps - he's right, it's much easier on raised letters - they came out looking great with only 2 coats.
No. These pens paint is not the best and the white starts turning brown weeks after application from just brake dust. Ive taken it off and applied it again with 5 coats and used tire shine and 4 days later the paint started turning a chocolate brown color. Id suggests just getting tire lettering that you install over your tire with glue. I know its a little more expensive but if you want the color to last for the life of the tires id spend the extra money.
Of course it's a Subaru. I'm thinking about picking this up to recolor the "M/T" on my Mickey Thompson slicks. The factory paint always turns brown after a while from the rubber's oils seeping through. I cleaned off the old stuff and was considering leaving them black but that's just not right.
I just bought 2 white pens will that have enough for all 4 tires I have 2 bfgoodrich g-force sports in the back and 2 yokohama yk420s in the front. I want to do all tires
i have to paint my letters about every 3 months but its worth it i get compliments all the time in my blacked out blue 2016 fusion , every day i get chargers mostly wanting to race me but as you all know fusions are 4 bangers but it looks like its fast! lol
you would wash the tires with brush, or put tire polish it would come off or look very dirty. its pain in the ass unless manufacturers use white rubbers engraved in tires.
Hey there, i do quite a bit of offroading and we have to drflate all the way upto 10Psi to keep our 4x4s from getting stuck or bogged down in the soft sand (desert offroading). I want to colour my tyre letters the same way but was wondering if i use plasti dip clear on top of the letters as a protective coat or multiple protective coats for that matter? Should that work or is it just gonna get scrubbed off by all the offroad driving ??
