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Hell yeah! Tire lettering is a nice touch! | 12 | 42.86% | |
Hell no! What do you think we drive, Civics?! | 16 | 57.14% | |
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08-04-2018, 02:08 AM | #1 |
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tire lettering?
If I am in wrong forum, move this please (thought it was an exterior mod). Anyways, saw some 335i/M3 guys at a meet recently with tire lettering and it looks kind of amazing. I know it sounds ricey at first, but in person it sets things off quite well. How do you all feel about this?? Never seen a 1er with tire lettering. Here are some pics off the Google images i pulled up.
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08-05-2018, 10:02 AM | #3 |
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I kind of like it for those cars, but it's not something I'd say is totally awesome nor would I do it to my own car.
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08-05-2018, 11:22 PM | #4 |
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I am going to wait on tire letters for the sole reason that it is more complicated to source, prep and install than one would think. Also kind of expensive, and no I’m not gonna use the $5 tire lettering pen on amazon. If I am going with this mod, I am going with the big, block, hot wheel style font! Hahah
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08-06-2018, 01:56 PM | #5 |
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I just used a paint pen on my track/autocross tires and I think it looks pretty cool. Definitely gives a bit more of a racecar look. I only use these when I go to the track though and then swap back to street tires for daily driving.
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Only good lettering,
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08-07-2018, 03:08 PM | #8 |
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How they holdin up? Did you use sandpaper to prep the tire before painting?
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08-07-2018, 03:10 PM | #10 |
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hahah yes i guess so. No offense btw about the civic comment in the poll, lots of ricers around here run civics hence the saying.
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They're holding up ok. Like I said, I only use them for track and autocross, so they go through a bit more abuse than daily driving. The paint is basically all rubbed off on the front tires, but that's because of a slight rub on the fender in tight, heavily loaded turns. The rears still look pretty good, and I didn't do any sort of prep besides cleaning the area before painting. Make sure you get an acrylic paint pen because those are the ones that work the best on tires.
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08-07-2018, 09:52 PM | #13 |
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Outline White Lettering used to come stock on one side. OWL & you could choose to have white lettering out or facing in.
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08-07-2018, 11:05 PM | #14 |
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Really? that's pretty cool never knew that
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08-08-2018, 08:12 AM | #15 |
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I just cleaned the area with soap and water, let it dry, and then hit it with the paint pen. Easy peasy! It's a pretty quick and cheap mod that will at least let you know if you like the look, and then if you do you could buy the stickers, or just keep touching up the paint.
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