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Old Jul 22, 2009 | 05:47 PM
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Tires?

So I know this is an odd request but has anyone ever thought of painting the letters on their tires? I always thought white letter tires were cool. So anyway I was wondering if there is a stencil kit or a special technique to painting the letter?
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 05:15 AM
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Check out Dulicolor. They have a paint called Hot Tires just for what you are looking for. I have not used it so I can not vouch for the usability or the outcome. And it come in White, Red, or Yellow.

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/hottires.html
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:33 AM
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Sweet I am going to give that a try. I have always really liked the look but no one ever does it so I had no clue where to look it up.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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I was interested in doing this too, but no matter how I wrapped my brain around it, it looked liked it was gonna be cumbersome work. If you do it, let us know how it goes and if that paint pen does indeed seem to be long lasting. I'd hate to do all that work just to have it scrub off immediately after one washing.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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Well when my car gets to Florida that is going to happen before the intercooler. I will definately take pics and I will give periodic updates
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 11:11 PM
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why stop at the tires?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb3THwZjnHY#t=40s
 
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by fishbert


Ahh, Malibu. Actually, it looks like Topanga Canyon and the Pacific Palisades (just south of Malibu).
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 04:45 AM
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Gotta get a set of those. But at the price of $19,000 they are slightly out of my budget.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 09:24 AM
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Wow just wow. I am going to donk up the Mini with 30" rims. It's going tight. You just don't know how tight it's going be. It will be so tight that I won't be able to drive the thing around. I wo t be able to turn the hint but it will have 30" rims baby
 
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