People ask if stickers will stick to a tire. With the right type of adhesive backing the answer is yes. Will they last? NO. – While stickers can be slapped on a tire, the antiozinants and other chemicals quickly break the adhesive down and the bond will fail. The Drawbacks are Many and … [Read more...]
Year in Review 2.0
If you’re reading this and you didn’t know there was a part one you should stop and read part one first. As stated in part one we are turning over a new leaf by keeping this blog fresher than grocery store sushi. Also our office manager said that we wouldn’t keep it going. Mainly just to prove her … [Read more...]
TredWear at the Track
Last week, a TredWear True Believer took his blue Michelin Z from Austin, TX to Fort Stockton, TX for the 2015 Big Bend Open Road Race. He had participated in the race the past 7 years and emailed us to let us know he had installed TredWear letters for race #8. A week later, we received … [Read more...]
TredWear on Drive Clean
While at SEMA we met Larry from Drive Clean on the Drive Network. He told us of his show and said he would like to do an episode on our products and the process. Larry and his crew were super professional and run a first class operation. We filmed in December at his facility. This was the result... … [Read more...]
TredWear Mentioned on Jay Leno’s Garage
TredWear Letters recently got a mention on Jay Leno's Garage! Starting around the 5:45 mark, you can hear the segment (FYI - the customer requested black lettering). Watch the video below and find out more about our variety of tire kits for your ride here … [Read more...]
TredWear at SEMA 2014
If you are in the automotive accessory business you must attend the exclusive SEMA show in Las Vegas. The SEMA show is amazing! There are so many high end exotic, luxury vehicles under one roof that a stock Lamborghini becomes pedestrian. But before you can see all of this eye candy, you have to get … [Read more...]
CorvetteForum Burnout Videos
Yesterday, we shared a CorvetteForum post where the writer called TredWear to inquire about our White Lettering kits. We answered his questions, and he decided to get a kit, try them out on his C5 and document his step-by-step process on the CorvetteForum website. You can also check out the … [Read more...]
TredWear Letters Instructional Post on CorvetteForum
Today, a CorvetteForum senior member posted about how many members had been asking white lettering on tires. After doing some initial research, he discovered our site and proceeded to contact us for more information. We told him about the product and were able to answer his questions. He then … [Read more...]
Why Do Tire Manufacturers Not Make Raised White Letter Tires For Low Profile Tire Sizes?
We have discussed this with several tire manufacturers and they all have said the same thing. Tire construction (as it applies to sidewalls especially) becomes more critical the lower the section profile. Many people do not know that the old school white letter tires use a solid white layer … [Read more...]
Do TredWear raised white letter tire kits effect tire balance?
Nope! We did a bit of research on this since a Ford GT customer asked some compelling questions. We know it does not effect the balance but wanted to find out why. First, the smallest fraction of lead weight they use in tire balance is .25 oz There are 28.3495 grams in an oz... Most … [Read more...]