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To do or not to do lettered Tires/Tyres?

Discussion in '360/430' started by f430R, Jun 10, 2015.

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Letter Tires or not?

  1. YES

  2. NO

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  1. f430R

    f430R Karting

    Jun 15, 2013
    165
    West Midlands, UK
  2. RonnieRenaldi

    RonnieRenaldi F1 Rookie

    Aug 16, 2004
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    Small Pirelli letter looks good if the car is lowered and maybe with aftermarket wheels too, like freshmeat Scud.
     
  3. f430R

    f430R Karting

    Jun 15, 2013
    165
    West Midlands, UK
  4. sherpa23

    sherpa23 F1 Veteran
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    How do those letters work? Is it paint? Is it a sticker? If they're stickers, how do they stay on with high speeds and washing/cleaning?
     
  5. f430R

    f430R Karting

    Jun 15, 2013
    165
    West Midlands, UK
    #31 f430R, Feb 22, 2016
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    I bought 99p pens from abroad on eBay.
    The nibs got dirty quick and you needed to keep pressing in, to re-ink the nib.
    Probably should have washed tires, and bought more ink.

    You can only do so much then have to wait for it to dry before another coat or else it just smears around. you can wipe it off whilst wet, though!
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  6. houtie123

    houtie123 Formula Junior

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    #32 houtie123, Feb 22, 2016
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  7. fc2

    fc2 F1 Veteran
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    I have a friend who put lettered tires on his Speciale and GT3 RS and I think it looks great. I'm considering having it down when I change the tires on my 16M.
     
  8. DK308

    DK308 F1 Rookie

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    Looks right,,, on a 430 GT3.
     
  9. clex2

    clex2 Karting

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    #35 clex2, Feb 22, 2016
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  10. Andrie

    Andrie Formula Junior

    Mar 6, 2015
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    I'd do it! It is priceless to be 18 again. :)
     
  11. freshmeat

    freshmeat F1 Veteran

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    #37 freshmeat, Feb 22, 2016
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  12. r8f430

    r8f430 Karting

    Sep 26, 2012
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  13. Peter Costa del Sol

    Nov 27, 2013
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    Looks like an advertizing company car. Everyone knows it is a Ferrari. No need for text on the wheels. It is to much.
     
  14. tazandjan

    tazandjan Three Time F1 World Champ
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    Jul 19, 2008
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    The small, subtle ones look pretty good. The 1st F430, not so much. I had Goodyears in the good old days, when 70 series tires were new, that had white lettering OEM. Goodyear said "We had no idea owners would advertise for us for free." But we did. Looked great on my 67 427 Corvette.
     
  15. bocaf430

    bocaf430 Formula 3

    Jun 10, 2014
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    I thought I read that in Japan they started with the tire stickers about a year ago, and now it's making its way back here to be in style... I think on some cars it looks great.
     
  16. redcaruser

    redcaruser Formula 3
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    Looks good freshmeat, not too much and not too little.
     
  17. sherpa23

    sherpa23 F1 Veteran
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    Your co pilot sure does get around. :)
     
  18. BladeMD

    BladeMD Formula 3
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    Seems like a distraction to me. Drawing attention to the rubber seems silly when you have a rolling sculpture to look at IMHO, but I'm sure there are tasteful executions of it.
     
  19. blackbolt22

    blackbolt22 F1 Veteran

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    It's ok. I won't do it but I don't mind it either.

    So I am totally non committal so not sure what I added here.
     
  20. f430R

    f430R Karting

    Jun 15, 2013
    165
    West Midlands, UK
    Glad to see everyone having their own opinion as they should! My current F430 is now black with yellow calipers but has Michelin I'm. Worried the logo is too large?

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