Lettered Tires?

[Slash]

Hey guys I was wondering what your opinion was on lettered tires on cars. Personally I think they make the car a bit more sporty looking and overall better.

 

[disinfected]

All depends on the car to me on whether or not the letters are white/yellow. Looks good on a muscle car but looks tacky on something modern.

 

[Slash]

All depends on the car to me on whether or not the letters are white/yellow. Looks good on a muscle car but looks tacky on something modern.

I agree about the color, that depends on the car. Some cars also don't take lettered tires to well as well. I agree there too.

I quite disagree about it looking tacky on something modern:

 

[XS]

I agree with disinfected, it really depends on the car. There are cars, and even paint colors, that lettered tires just don't go with.
Edit, IMO the GT looks great, but the Corvette doesn't. It also depends on the owner. My family thinks lettered tires look good on everything, but I've always been one to have my tires mounted letters in, even if I think it looks good.

 

[disinfected]

All tires are lettered, though. I believe they call these "raised letters."

 

[Keef]

Yeah, it depends on the application. In most cases I prefer a stenciled logo instead of coloring the manufacturer logo.

And only on a performance built or race car. Simple white logos are something you'd see on an 80s Chevy 1500 truck and that's super lame.

 

[Slash]

All tires are lettered, though. I believe they call these "raised letters."

That's true, though I didn't know there was a name for it.

I agree with disinfected, it really depends on the car. There are cars, and even paint colors, that lettered tires just don't go with.
Edit, IMO the GT looks great, but the Corvette doesn't. It also depends on the owner. My family thinks lettered tires look good on everything, but I've always been one to have my tires mounted letters in, even if I think it looks good.

Personally I think they all look great. I have a similar mentality as well, at least for me, white lettered tires look good on just about anything though there are a select few I don't think so. Except for winter tires, my 33s on the pickup have always been white lettered. Looks damn good too IMO.

Simple white logos are something you'd see on an 80s Chevy 1500 truck and that's super lame.

Oh, you mean like this?

I think it looks 🤬 badass if you ask me.

 

[disinfected]

Personally still think this looks ridiculous. Takes away too much from the aggressive lines of modern cars.

Yet this looks great.

It's also starting to become another weird trend in the import scene.

 

[Slash]

I agree one the Cuda. Looks great. The 'Vette would look miles better with different rims that's for sure.

 

[disinfected]

It's also acceptable on race cars, but that is a given. Partly why I am inclined to think it looks funny on a modern road car.

 

[Joey D]

I like it on racecars and very few modified cars, but on everything else it just looks outdated.

 

[Adamgp]

I think they look good on almost every car.

Unfortunately for me I lost the white lettered tires on my car today, now I have plain black walls.

 

[Nicksfix]

As mentioned, they are cool on certain cars, but, I also think the wheels / rims have a role in this as well. Certain wheels can accept the lettering, while on other wheels it may look a bit, uuuuum, not so good.

 

[Keef]

It's also starting to become another weird trend in the import scene.

Much of the Japanese import scene is based on or inspired by motorsports. The "trend" comes directly from that, thus why I posted various pictures of performance tuned, time attack and race cars.

 

[disinfected]

Much of the Japanese import scene is based on or inspired by motorsports. The "trend" comes directly from that, thus why I posted various pictures of performance tuned, time attack and race cars.

Which is exactly it. You posted tuned/race cars. We're not referring to the same thing.

 

[Keef]

Which is exactly it. You posted tuned/race cars. We're not referring to the same thing.

I coulda sworn this thread was about lettered tires.

 

[disinfected]

It is. But it is a car show trend. And I'm not talking about race car inspiration. Raised white letters on a 350z on air looks silly. It looks fine on a stripped-out race prepared CRX. We're discussing different ends of the import scene.

 

[Zenith]

I just buy the tires that I think best suit my needs. If they happen to have lettering on them that's what they've got.

 

[Slash]

I coulda sworn this thread was about lettered tires.

It is. It's not limited to only race cars or street cars.

 

[Mini Stiggy]

I like them, but not if the letters are big and fat, and take up almost the whole tire.

 

[FordMKIVJ5]

Love them. Though on some cars they just look plain wrong, especially anything with a low profile tyre.

 

[White & Nerdy]

I love them.

Now that I've seen this thread I'm considering painting the "VREDESTEIN" and "SNOWTRAC 3" lettering on my Sunbird's tires white.

 

[TheCracker]

Muscle cars are the only cars that can get away with it.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

I think raised white/yellow letters on tyres look great. Doesn't really matter on the car for me. Mainly it's the brand of tyre and how big the profile/letter sizes are.

For example. A set of BF Goodrich Radial T/A's on a Challenger/Cuda etc looks the dogs balls!

But a set of very low profile Nankangs on a Corsa looks sh***.

I have RWL tyres on my car. Had a set of 205/60R13 Cooper Cobra Radial GT tyres on but switched to 215/50R13 BF Goodrich Radial T/A's around 6 months ago, my car now sits about probably 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch lower than before and IMO it sits just right.

Taken at the 2013 Classic Ford Show.

 

[Rage Racer]

Just a reminder: in Shift 2 (don't know exactly about the first), when you install slick tires on a road car, they are lettered. That looked quite good, particularly on Japanese sportcars (Skyline's, Impreza's, Evo's, Supra's, etc.).
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Edit: Oops, I thought it's a GT6 forum's thread and this is someting about 'I want this feature in GT6'.

 

[Keef]

It is. But it is a car show trend. And I'm not talking about race car inspiration. Raised white letters on a 350z on air looks silly. It looks fine on a stripped-out race prepared CRX. We're discussing different ends of the import scene.

I've not seen stenciled tires on any aired-out stanced cars. Usually there's not enough tire there to stencil anything anyway. The only places I've seen stencils are on race or race-inspired cars. Like this:

Besides that, there's the "trend" of raised white letters on old muscle cars or trucks. I agree with @Joey D when he says,

I like it on racecars and very few modified cars, but on everything else it just looks outdated.

The raised white letters of old are always on low quality, non-performance tires. Why on earth would I want to advertise the ****** tires I'm rolling around on? I don't want people to see that. The black Corvette above is rolling on a $6,000+ set of CWW wheels and Goodyear Supercar G2 tires, the highest street performance tires Goodyear makes. That's worth advertising. The silly little Nissan in this post is rolling on Yokohama r-comps that are actually worth driving on and worth talking about. I have NT05s on my car and I've considered stenciling them because I don't have a problem letting everybody know I have very high performance tires on my car.

My dad's truck has the same Firestone Indy 500 tires it had 7 years ago. They still suck just as bad as they did 7 years ago. They're still named after a race that nobody watches anymore in an effort to appeal to 60+ year old men who have been doing that since their first Nova in high school because this is the American midwest and that's just what you do, put crappy raised white letter tires on your car because they're cheap and remind you of when you weren't laid off from GM.

 

[Mikeybc]

For the most part I like the white raised lettering, as said by many above it depends on the car.

I prefer the raised white outline rather than the solid letters like this.

 

[Stotty]

Painted lettering on anything other than a race car, proper off roader or a US muscle car just looks wrong… they are just as stupid as stretched tyres, overly lowered cars, dodgy bodykits, neon lighting kits, and the other chavvy tat of that nature.

This, for example, belongs in the questionable modifications thread

 

[Slash]

For the most part I like the white raised lettering, as said by many above it depends on the car.

I prefer the raised white outline rather than the solid letters like this.

I've had similar sets.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

I'm a fan, but as with most automotive things, it's simply a trend.