Where's the white lettering on my tires?

Bayou Titan · 05-21-2004, 09:05 PM

For some reason the raised white lettering on my stock Goodyear tires are not white anymore. I have noticed this on some of the pictures of trucks I have seen posted by members on Titan Talk. Scrubbing them helps very little. I don't know what causes this. I haven't had this problem on other tires I have owned. I don't go off road and I haven't been scuffing my tires against curbs. Can you repaint the raised lettering and does it look good?

Sabre66 · 05-21-2004, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Bayou Titan

For some reason the raised white lettering on my stock Goodyear tires are not white anymore. I have noticed this on some of the pictures of trucks I have seen posted by members on Titan Talk. Scrubbing them helps very little. I don't know what causes this. I haven't had this problem on other tires I have owned. I don't go off road and I haven't been scuffing my tires against curbs. Can you repaint the raised lettering and does it look good?

Mine have the same problem. I guess it could be due to the excessive brake dust.

VShortt · 05-21-2004, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bayou Titan

For some reason the raised white lettering on my stock Goodyear tires are not white anymore. I have noticed this on some of the pictures of trucks I have seen posted by members on Titan Talk. Scrubbing them helps very little. I don't know what causes this. I haven't had this problem on other tires I have owned. I don't go off road and I haven't been scuffing my tires against curbs. Can you repaint the raised lettering and does it look good?

There is a product out there known as (I know I am gonna spell this wrong) Westley's Bleach White. It is designed for cleaning raised white letters on tires. I personally have never used it, but I know a guy that does and his letters always look great. It can be found at Automotive parts stores.

sleightofhand · 05-21-2004, 10:22 PM

I use bleach white and i have had no problems so far. They look brand new, i have the goodyears on my se 4x4. An sos pad works pretty good if you have one handy, otherwise go westleys bleach white.

fish_head · 05-21-2004, 10:35 PM

I use Westley's Bleche White on my Goodyears everytime I wash my Titan. Letters stay nice and white.

http://westleys.com/

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DallasTitan · 05-21-2004, 10:48 PM

Guys, be careful with the bleach white! If not rinsed THOROUGHLY, it's small residue gets in the little crevices of wheels and just eats them up like acid.
This product has been around for a long time, and I used it on my TransAm white letter tires. It did a great job, but a year later, I started noticing the deterioration of the aluminum wheels.
Today's aluminum wheels are coated with better materials than my TransAm's, but why chance it if you could use a Scotch Bright pad and not hurt your wheels(or Rinse/Rinse/Rinse).

Just IMHO

DT

pistonpete · 05-22-2004, 07:50 AM

I can't see mine anymore either. Oh wait, that's right. I actually had the dealer reverse the tires for me and had the white letters turned in.

I used to work at a tire shop and over time, I realized that most if not all cars look better with the white letters (and white walls for that matter) turned in, especially because if you don't keep on top of them they get dirty too easily.

Heck, even when they are clean I still think that solid black walls look better than the white letters.

I guess its just personal preference though. Good luck.

bvstone1 · 05-22-2004, 08:21 AM

I spray the tires with simple green and scrub them. White letters get good as new, and the tires stay clean (I've grown out of using tire dressing because they look great for a day, then they look terrible.. even without driving on a gravel road)

Bayou Titan · 05-22-2004, 10:04 AM

Thanks guys for your responses. I owe all of y'all a beer. I scrubbed the lettering with ScotchBrite and they look new again. I had been useing a scrub brush with lots of elbow grease and when that didn't work at all, I didn't try anything else. I wanted to take some before and after pics but I left my digital camera at work.

VShortt · 01-31-2005, 09:04 PM

Hey Bayou. I was going through old posts way back from the month of May. I have one question for you...WHERE'S MY BEER!!!

CoachBoone · 01-31-2005, 09:11 PM

Mine are still white, but they get dirty easy. I'm going to turn my blackwalls out on the first rotation......I hate the lettering.

CoachBoone · 01-31-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Bayou Titan

Thanks guys for your responses. I owe all of y'all a beer. I scrubbed the lettering with ScotchBrite and they look new again. I had been useing a scrub brush with lots of elbow grease and when that didn't work at all, I didn't try anything else. I wanted to take some before and after pics but I left my digital camera at work.

Comet, Ajax or like and a scrub brush.......brightens 'em up every time.

offerings12 · 01-31-2005, 09:28 PM

Simple Green and a Brush all you need for this

smoothTitan · 02-01-2005, 12:04 AM

do you have any sandstone rocks lying around try pick one up and scrub the whiteletters be careful to not hit the wheel. i swear by this, if this doesnt get them whiter than whitey on me,myself,and irene then ill kiss a cow square in the *** and take pics.

TriKKy · 02-01-2005, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by pistonpete

I can't see mine anymore either. Oh wait, that's right. I actually had the dealer reverse the tires for me and had the white letters turned in.

I used to work at a tire shop and over time, I realized that most if not all cars look better with the white letters (and white walls for that matter) turned in, especially because if you don't keep on top of them they get dirty too easily.

Heck, even when they are clean I still think that solid black walls look better than the white letters.

I guess its just personal preference though. Good luck.

Couldnt agree more. I always have them black-mount.