Help in removing the white lettering on my BFG's
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thompsonrobertw
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thompsonrobertw
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Nope, it's not. I thought of trying to simply remove the "paint" too with a razor blade. Just like less the a mm. But its not paint. It's actually white rubber that's pretty thick. Not sure how deep, but at least down to the sidewall, which would mean you'd have to completely cut away the entire letter from the tire. I wasn't willing to try this on mine, hehe..GOTGOO wrote:Have you tried Acetone? I haven't tried this but it may take it off because i think the white letters are some type of paint.
Don't blame you lol! Well you could use flat black paint... I've never done this to my own car, but i had to do it once because i got silver over spray on a tire while repairing a wheel. Acetone got most of it off, but there were tiny specs down in the letters so thats were the black paint came in couldn't even tell!G35TR wrote:Nope, it's not. I thought of trying to simply remove the "paint" too with a razor blade. Just like less the a mm. But its not paint. It's actually white rubber that's pretty thick. Not sure how deep, but at least down to the sidewall, which would mean you'd have to completely cut away the entire letter from the tire. I wasn't willing to try this on mine, hehe..GOTGOO wrote:Have you tried Acetone? I haven't tried this but it may take it off because i think the white letters are some type of paint.
Spray them flat black and if you don't like it your out 6 bucks and have to have them flipped around nothing to loose really....
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VenezuelanPath
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well there is paint that is used to restore the black color of trims parts for cars, this type of spray paint has the feature that is sort of absorbed by plastics,maybe thats your solution, im going to have to do it when i paint my rims.
About the color white of the letters, normal radial tires haver several layers of rubber, and by a process called vulcanization they stick to each other making the molecules attach. Now the natural color of treated rubber is White, the black color is added so dirt, mud, etc dont make the tire look dirty and ugly.
So i think that the rotation layer (the part with the threat) the outside wall and inner part are black, but the between layer is white, this is the layer with the letters, and they just have it on one side.
I hope this helps, im no tre expert or anything like that haha
About the color white of the letters, normal radial tires haver several layers of rubber, and by a process called vulcanization they stick to each other making the molecules attach. Now the natural color of treated rubber is White, the black color is added so dirt, mud, etc dont make the tire look dirty and ugly.
So i think that the rotation layer (the part with the threat) the outside wall and inner part are black, but the between layer is white, this is the layer with the letters, and they just have it on one side.
I hope this helps, im no tre expert or anything like that haha
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HillbillyJake
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What ? I don't mean to be offensive, but think a little bit... you can take the tire you got on your left wheel in your hand , flip it 180 , go on the right side of the car , with the white letters facing the truck , and the tire will be on the same direction it was on the left side ... This is basic basicsKEVSTER wrote:CORRECT!! You can't flip the BFG'S. directional tread. I tried and tire dealer said no.. so I purchased Yokohama tires.thompsonrobertw wrote:that's how it sat on the show room floor. the tires are assymetrical and aren't supposed to be flipped.
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