jptaylor

So yesterday I saw a new C7 vette (dealer plates) and it had, what I imagine was, a dealer installed body kit(not bad looking imho) and the factory 5spoke wheels....BUT....the vette had white letter tires on it and it looked mean as hell!!! Now granted, the vette has a MUCH more aggressive style than our w204s so it seemed to really compliment the vette but I just knew when I got home I had to do some searching, only found 1 C63 with white letters(what looked like a murdered SEMA style car) so had to get to work on some cut and paste artwork.....when I got done i have to admit i was kinda torn, part of me thinks it looks KILLER, but the other part of me thinks it just looks Easy Cheese. What i honestly think I may do(benefit of staggered tire rotating process) is white letter one side of my tires and leave the other side as is, that way if I don't like it, grow tired of it or just want to change the look I can just remount the tires and rotate......and the pix below are not even photoshop, just a quick MsPaint session.....

ced357

I love the look on certain cars, Its tough to say if the sedan can pull it off. What would you use to paint it?

jmueller

I like it.

Mercfan64

Don't over think it. It looks good. In 20k miles time for a tire change anyway!

jptaylor

ive had really good experience with this brand in the past.....
http://www.tirepenz.com/product_p/pen-white.htm

However, i have yet to see this product and am kind of intrigued....

http://www.tirepenz.com/product_p/refkit-white.htm

http://www.tirepenz.com/category_s/1477.htm

m a x i m u s

lol, true. more like 6000 miles.

I like white lettering, but personally think it looks funny on a stock c63. at a minimum, I think it would look good with aftermarket wheels.

Autosport7

American old school muscle - white letters
German modern - no sir

Just my .02

Looks nice, but no. Lol
Like banging your best friends hot *** girl, just don't do it (maybe... Kidding)

jptaylor

I'm actually kind of offended by that remark.....I mean
A) Youre banging a hot *** girl

and more importantly

B) you know that afterward she is GOING HOME TO SOMEONE ELSE!!!!!

CarHopper

jptaylor

PH, that was just cruel.....I'm in court and now have this "funny" feeling, smh

CarHopper

Yeah... I love that car.

I would do this if I had low profile tires. So 19's + really. It would look funny on 18's I think.

kimeran

I have considered this option as well, hhmmmm...........

CPD SLK

Yeah, no....don't do it. This isn't nascar. It looks right on old musclecars or if you have slicks, like the Michelins on that BMW above....but I woudn't do it. Draws the attention away from the rest of the car

CarHopper

Yeah, but that m5 you're like Idk what to look at because it is all awesome! And then in retrospect you question the tires but are ok with it becauseracecar.

jcfay

IIRC some of the newer P zeros have white lettering. IMO, do it if you like it. Worst case, black it back out. Hell, people on this forum have wrapped their car in orange vinyl, which I would NEVER do but they like it and so do some others. Just don't put any NASCAR stickers on in addition

Ingenieur

Things come back around
When I was a kid you could but a paint stick for that very purpose at the hot rod shop
Use it to detail the raised letters, came in different colors because tire mfgs used different ones

We used it on our bicycles lol
It wore off after a while

AMG893

i dont mind it.
But im interested to know what it looks like in motion.

Mine as PZERO written in white.

AMGPower88

Looks good on that M5... not sure about our cars...

JonathonK

This news from the forum got Manuel Carrillo III and I in a bit of a debate. He came across these pictures and asked if I wanted to write this up as "How to Redneck Your AMG". We're talking about the white-letter tires on this C63.

I said, "Sure," but that I actually like the look of the letters. Really, the problem here is that the car doesn't suit the tires. That might sound weird, but let me explain. The car in the photos doesn't look enough like a racecar, which is where we see lettering on tires. This specific car needs to be lowered with a widebody kit, and the rims need to be changed out for something a bit darker in color. Add all that, and the white lettering would look fantastic.

Take a peek at a few I found that look more like racecars.

Read the rest on the MBWorld homepage. >>

PeterUbers

Nascar....

edder789

try painters sharpie oiled based

vastermind

hyperion667

I like it; then again, I like candy color wheels too

Punkis

I guess I like it, but I would like to see it on the 19' yokohama advan with the black/silver amg rims from Mercedes. I might use photoshop first I guess

norb

I'd love to get these on my PSS.