Billboard letters

[moore_rb]

White Plasti-Dip.

For as easily as that stuff peels of of other surfaces; amazingly, it is damn-near impossible to peel off of clean rubber...

scrub your tires with a stiff brush and an abrasive cleaner from the supermarket (Comet, Bon-Ami, etc), rinse well, dry them off, apply your stencils, and hit them with several light coats of the Plasti-Dip until you achieve the desired level of "whiteness" that you are looking for...

And then come back here and post pics :-)

[Antny]

Thanks, rb!

[Rjw289]

My Tredwear letters have turned a dirty brown color after about 2 years. Was informed by Tredwear to wash the tires and lettering at least every 4 months or so to prevent this brown discoloring. I had not been washing the tires as the car never sees rain and never gets dirty, except dusty. I washed very well and the brownish color went away.

[GLS-BDR226]

Originally Posted by Rjw289

My Tredwear letters have turned a dirty brown color after about 2 years. Was informed by Tredwear to wash the tires and lettering at least every 4 months or so to prevent this brown discoloring. I had not been washing the tires as the car never sees rain and never gets dirty, except dusty. I washed very well and the brownish color went away.

Mine too have turned brown. I tried cleaning with SOS pads, soap, etc, but didn't help. What did you use? Thanks.

[Rjw289]

I actually do not remember what I used to clean them with. However you can call Tredwear as they recommended it. Oddly enough, they said once clean and dry to apply "clear Chapstick" for protection. Has worked thus far. Tredwear also stated to clean tires every few months even if not dirty to have this brownish color appear less.

[Antny]

Finally got my new Mickey Thompson S/T's delivered, and will be doing the Goodyear stencil/paint thing this weekend. Hopefully it goes well. If not, I'll go the Tredwear route.

Anyone have a link to the large (2"?) Goodyear Eagle lettering kit on the Tredwear site? Every time I enter their site, I spend an hour searching, to no avail. What am I doing wrong?

[James Stern]

Try Westley's Bleach White

[Archrms]

I had trouble finding them on the website also. Turns out Tredwear removed the billboard lettering while they work out a licensing deal with Goodyear. They are still available, but you have to call to order them according to the rep I spoke with.

[Antny]

Went ahead with Plan A; sprayed-on lettering. I couldnt find Plasti-dip in white, but I did find a Rustoleum spray-on rubber seal product for gutters, etc, so I'm giving it a try. Here we go....

[moore_rb]

They look nice so far !

[Kit Coyle]

I think that looks pretty authentic. The real billboards had a rather sloppy
sprayed on logo so you can be less neat and still be in the ballpark. Even
though these are actually 1980 vintage stock car racing tires they do look
the business on a Cobra. Did you sand the Mickey Thompson logos off your
ST sidewalls before you applied the paint? And where did you get the stencils?

[Antny]

Thanks, yeah I belt-sanded the M/T raised lettering off the tires first. I got the stencils from Raceline. They may have been old stock....they were sticky, but not very. Which is ok, as you said; there's a bit of sloppiness to the originals, so. That said, the letters are quite sharp, perhaps owing to the thick rubbery paint I used. Doing the rear tires tonight.

[satnu]

Originally Posted by Antny

Thanks, yeah I belt-sanded the M/T raised lettering off the tires first. I got the stencils from Raceline. They may have been old stock....they were sticky, but not very. Which is ok, as you said; there's a bit of sloppiness to the originals, so. That said, the letters are quite sharp, perhaps owing to the thick rubbery paint I used. Doing the rear tires tonight.

Any updates? How'd rears turn out? Pics?

Thanks

[Antny]

Sorry, I forgot to post. They turned out great, I think. The "white" has yellowed a bit, but I like it. No cracking nor peeling yet, but I've only driven on these for about 500 miles so far. So far so good though!

[-SS454-]

Originally Posted by Antny

Sorry, I forgot to post. They turned out great, I think. The "white" has yellowed a bit, but I like it. No cracking nor peeling yet, but I've only driven on these for about 500 miles so far. So far so good though!

I just got my Avon's and want to paint on some white letters. Would you have got with a different paint or maybe a primer so it wouldn't yellow so quickly?

[Island Cobra]

It's Feb 14, 2018....How do they look now?

[FUNFER2]

Also would like a update.
The sticker type look nice too.

[spitfun@aol.com]

I bought my tire stickers from Tiregraficx. They will sell you any size combo you want-I went with the smaller "EAGLE" and larger "GOODYEAR" lettering to make it look more accurate. I also ground off the existing letters from my T/A Radials, I think they came out looking pretty good... Rich

[FUNFER2]

WOW.....Rich, they look great ! )

I have a set of the original Billboards that I haven't ever mounted, and have thought many times about getting stickers for my Good Year ll.

Please explain your process and was it difficult to grind the letters, how long did it take ?Any photo's of during the job ?

How long have they been on ?
How do you clean them what is used ?

Thanks.

[RB60]

Originally Posted by spitfun@aol.com

I bought my tire stickers from Tiregraficx. They will sell you any size combo you want-I went with the smaller "EAGLE" and larger "GOODYEAR" lettering to make it look more accurate. I also ground off the existing letters from my T/A Radials, I think they came out looking pretty good... Rich

What height are the "GOODYEAR" letters? They look to be 2". I contacted Tire Stickers about theirs, they recommended 1 3/4" for my 15" wheels. The BFG's I'll be replacing with Cooper's this spring have 1" letters. I think I'll put the lettering on before the tires are mounted and balanced.