Tire Letter Kits - Tacky or Awesome?

[EightySix Four]

So, I just came across a video from /DRIVE where they were installing tire letter kits and after watching it I cannot decide if (on a street car) they look awful or awesome.

I love the look on race cars, it is definitely something I mentally associate with performance, but on a street car? I can't decide. So what do you guys think?

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

definitely not a fan of this.

 

[Evilviking]

On the right kind of car...... Classic Muscle car. Race car. I think they're pretty awesome. On your lifted truck, regular driver, or a new camaro/mustang= lame

 

[LTC8K6]

Looks pretty stupid to me.

If you want to do it, the process doesn't look too hard, as many commenters noted. The materials are pretty common.

 

[Meghan54]

Great. More "look at me" crap.

What ever happened to stealth? Or at least not ricing.

Lame as hell.

 

[Kaido]

On the right kind of car...... Classic Muscle car. Race car. I think they're pretty awesome. On your lifted truck, regular driver, or a new camaro/mustang= lame

Yeah, on the right car, it can look great:

 

[JulesMaximus]

Oooh, I think I see my next mod for the Camry Hybrid!

Maybe white letter Pirelli on the sidewalls?

 

[EightySix Four]

Oooh, I think I see my next mod for the Camry Hybrid!

Maybe white letter Pirelli on the sidewalls?

Do ittt

 

[tHa ShIzNiT]

Yeah, on the right car, it can look great:

ok that looks awesome. but thats how the tires used to be right? thats not due to some dumb lettering thing they applied. or is it.

 

[EightySix Four]

ok that looks awesome. but thats how the tires used to be right? thats not due to some dumb lettering thing they applied. or is it.

Here's a discussion about it. Some seem to think it is a cyclical thing with it having gone in and out of fashion over time, but no one seems to know who did it first. Some race cars paint it on, others have it from the factory.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/what-was-the-first-white-letter-tire-621287307

I'm kind of curious how it would look on mine so I may photoshop it and see. Trying to break up the black on black on black look a bit. There's almost no chance I would actually permanently do it to a set of tires though.

 

[LTC8K6]

Yeah, on the right car, it can look great:

That looks like normal white letter tires...

 

[Scarpozzi]

ok that looks awesome. but thats how the tires used to be right? thats not due to some dumb lettering thing they applied. or is it.

Whitewalls were a way to show your car was clean...it was status for those who bought luxury cars.... White Letters were a way that sports cars could show that they were clean and advertise for the specific tire brand they were sporting....

These tire kits, however are lame because they are putting a label on the tires for neither of those reasons. They're not original or nostalgic.... To me, they would make just as much sense being stuck to the windshield. (which you can get letters that spell a lot of things for windshields)

 

[Blain]

"Haters gonna hate"

 

[BUTCH1]

On the right car I'd say they can be an enhancement, on an economy or non-sports type of vehicle it will come off as tacky. They are not inexpensive either, $30-35 per wheel.

 

[thomsbrain]

On a track car, they look fantastic, which is why they are on most race cars now.

 

[BUTCH1]

On a track car, they look fantastic, which is why they are on most race cars now.

Yea, the Cobra looks great. Of course someone with no taste will use them in a tacky fashion but that's nothing new. There's a guy in town who's riding around in an old Maverick, he got some Cobra and 5.0 emblems somewhere and has them all over the rusty car. The worlds first Shelby 5.0 Maverick!, amazing!.

 

[LTC8K6]

The factory raised white letters do look good on certain cars, like that Cobra.

The bigger tacky looking iron on letters look bad, imo.

They would look bad on that Cobra, too.

 

[ghost recon88]

It's just like people wearing Monster helmets who aren't sponsored and have no affiliation with Monster. Tons of people will start throwing crap on their tires so others think they are someone a "professional" or sponsored by said companies.