Thread: Smooth Sidewalls

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With some of the goofy brands and tire names, I totally get why you would want to shave it off....Kumho, Grabber, Hankook, etc.... I'm sure some of them are great tires but who decided on those names??? and why would you want a 'raised white letter' version of it???

As for the crocs....yeah, they look pretty goofy but they're pretty comfy...maybe they should make a steel-toe version for the shop...

Originally Posted by Al G

Is the set you showed mounted in your build thread? The major lettering is still visible but it looked like the little stuff is gone. Can you post a close-up of what you did?

Didn't shave the Big and littles, shaved the 235 85 16's that I'll be mounting on 16 x 6 steelie's that will be a 2nd set to slap on and change the look of the car when want to.

Just as an aside, you can't shave raised white letter tires unless you are wanting wide whitewalls as the white rubber goes around the complete tire.

Like Don, I have shaved the lettering off of some tires if they were really ugly, but now I have found it easier to buy better looking tires!

Mick

Cool trick! I have sanded them on a show car we painted many years ago when I was working in a body shop. It sure was a unique look.

I would think that peeler would end upside the guys head after it grabbed the rubber and became dull, I can see the Roloc disc working well or even sandpaper but I also saw a guy try to cut a piece of foam rubber the size of a pillow on a table saw once, just good thing it was soft when it hit him!