White letter elimination on tires

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Fallz

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This is just on my personal vehicle. It has raised white outline letters , they are in good shape , but I want black walls.



Is there product / dye that I can just go over them and make it black , that will still hold up to putting tire dressing on ect.... I know I can just have them flopped , but would rather not , because it will cause more wheel weight marks on the rims , and the add'l cost .
 
I've heard of people wanting to do this before and remember it being brought up to definately do not try to grind or sand down the lettering because it is actually part of the sidewall and you could do tire damage.



Heck, try a Sharpie. It might last a long time.
 
Is the inside walls of the tires white? If not take the wheels to a tire place and have them reversed.
 
Danase said:
Is the inside walls of the tires white? If not take the wheels to a tire place and have them reversed.
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Yes they are black on the inside. Just wanted to avoid as much wheel weight marking as possible. Last time my rims got scratched.
 
Easiest thing would be to have the tires flipped around. I had RWL on my first set on my vehicle and they looked great when they were clean, but what a PITA to keep up.



On my current set I just use the all black side. Makes applying dressing so much easier as well.
 
Yeah, the Blazer has white letters and I'd forgotten what a PIA they are.



Mine are white all the way down to the sidewall, only way to do it would be to flip them. Give some thought to the condition of the backsides. Mine were *so* nasty on the back that I was unsure that they'd clean up, so I just left them the way they were when I got it.
 
You might consider using a product called Westley's Bleche White. Just be careful. It's pretty heavy duty stuff (gloves and good ventilation heavy duty). It might take some elbow grease to remove the white lettering, but I learned the hard way that it will take lettering off (red PZero lettering off Porsche tires = bad).
 
Just flip them. It's really the only option that makes any sense. Your going to go through all this nonsense of sharpies,paint, etc etc only to realise you should've just flipped them in the first place. Just tell the tire company doing it you don't want extra wheel weights. If they don't line up at the exact spots to hide them on the backside. I always have my wheel weights hidden. looks much cleaner that way
 
I don't think you can take the lettering off on most tires. Most tires white goes all around under the black layer.
 
Jakerooni makes a good point. You can tell them to use the weights that stick to the inside of the wheel, so it's not visible are won't create more marks.
 
Ive always used Westley's Bleche White to clean my tires and Ive never had it take the white letters off. It will take just about everything else off though! Ive never found another product that works better! :)
 
For those of you that want to put red back on the Porsche tires:



Hot Tires



Also, a general purpose black paint pen should do the trick on blacking the white letters for a while.
 
Danase said:
I don't think you can take the lettering off on most tires. Most tires white goes all around under the black layer.
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That is how every white letter tire I have ever owned was, you basically HAD to mount them white side in.



~John
 
BlueLibby04 said:
Ive always used Westley's Bleche White to clean my tires and Ive never had it take the white letters off. It will take just about everything else off though! Ive never found another product that works better! :)
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try a "Brillo" or "SOS"

works as good if not better!



or do like me and use Westley's Bleche White on the Brillo pad!
 
Danase said:
I don't think you can take the lettering off on most tires. Most tires white goes all around under the black layer.
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You are right under the black part of the tire with raised white lettering if you ground it down the whole side is white underneath.Juat flip them and use stick on weights.
 
MatrixXRS said:
You might consider using a product called Westley's Bleche White. Just be careful. It's pretty heavy duty stuff (gloves and good ventilation heavy duty). It might take some elbow grease to remove the white lettering, but I learned the hard way that it will take lettering off (red PZero lettering off Porsche tires = bad).
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I've used bleche white all the time when cleaning white letter tires. This product makes them WHITER!
 
Done !! I took it to the place I bought them ( 265/70.17 Bridgestone Revos ) and I had a free lifetime rotate and balance. They said since I didn't have to pay for that , they would flip them since they have to rotate and balance anyway, and did all 5 ( including spare ) for $21.33 out the door. Can't beat that for cheap.



Thanks all for the suggestions though
 
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