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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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Hey does anyone know where I can find some tires with raised white letters ?
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:46 AM
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Hoosier makes white lettered tires
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:48 AM
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Cool I'm going to check them out..I found some Mickey Thompson's but the tread was hideous
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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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NASCAR build?
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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:18 AM
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RWB's Nakai-san spray paints his "idlers" on w a curved tempalte..

be a ....ahem.. trailblazer.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:20 AM
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^^ I love that look, just havent taken the time to make a template.

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Old May 8, 2012 | 10:39 AM
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Just get one of these and paint the letters on ANY tires:

http://www.amazon.com/Bulldog-White-.../dp/B004FEJLBG
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Old May 8, 2012 | 11:20 AM
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yes

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Old May 8, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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I will check the internet and get back with you. Do you have other homework for me?

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Old May 8, 2012 | 01:41 PM
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All of those tire paint markers wear off in a few weeks. I did yellow lettering on my prelude and it faded substantially by the end of the first week
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Old May 8, 2012 | 01:55 PM
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I'm sorry,white raised letters belong on a SUV(MiCHELIN LTX),not on a Z.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JCITY
I'm sorry,white raised letters belong on a SUV(MiCHELIN LTX),not on a Z.


Well to each thier own, I mean some would say every part in the Zstore.com catalog doesnt belong on the same one car either.. (lol...jk)

but not liking the raised white lettering of RWB done by hand by Nakai-san is a communist propaganda move against the State of "Because Racecar" and is considered treasonous and is punishable by "e-death".

lol.

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Old May 8, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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^call me a newb but i never understood what "Idlers" was to begin with...can someone enlighten me?
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Old May 8, 2012 | 02:32 PM
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^^

http://www.idlersclub.org/

idlers games, japan racing circuit/club.. veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery cool.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 03:02 PM
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OP, they are available on ebay for 10 bucks in a few colors.. i reccomend you stick w white or yellow ( because racecar)

, "search tire letter pen"
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Old May 8, 2012 | 03:11 PM
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Didn't they stop making them back in the 70s?
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Old May 8, 2012 | 04:52 PM
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True raised letter tires are not available in today's "low profile" tires. You can spray on your logo like "Idlers" or on the race tires used in by the pro's. True raised white letters are overmolded as on the BFG TA's and such. RWL's fell out of fashion along with the whitewall tire so manufacturers no longer offer them. But they make the redlines for the new age musclecars such as the Challenger & Camaro but they do not have the cool sense of speed as RWL's. I am a firm believer that they should bring back RWL's in today's popular street tire sizes as they look so Racy on a street car and looks is really what turns people on in a street car and don't say its not true or we would not be on this board and be driving Toyota Camry's. I say bring RWL's back, I am in for a set for each one of my vehicles!
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Old May 8, 2012 | 04:55 PM
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Well be " all in" to buy a ten dollar paint pen then n get to it.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 05:58 PM
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The Bensopra Greddy R35 GTR has white lettered Direzza's... Because race car?
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Old May 9, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 2tonebb6
All of those tire paint markers wear off in a few weeks. I did yellow lettering on my prelude and it faded substantially by the end of the first week
This is what I've heard. I think white writing on the sidewalls of tires can look pretty sweet on the right car.
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