fred kay

Does anyone know of a paint that could be used to change the color of a white wall to a different color without flaking off?

themetalman03886

Tire flexes too much to paint, color has to be built into the rubber. I am pretty sure you are just gonna have to live with the white wall or buy a different tire.

AdamMeh

Years ago there was some stuff that would cover up your whitewalls. I think it was called tire black? I don't remember there being colors other than black though.

vairxpert

I believe Warshawski's/J.C. Whitney used to sell some type of paint to change the color of your whitewall or raised white letters but that was back in the 70s. It was about the same time they offered the giant stick-on white wall rings to give your tires that fresh modern look.

Edit:
I knew something like that existed.
http://www.duplicolor.com/products/hotTires/

Bad reviews on Amazon though.

AdamMeh

WOW Now that's bright! I guess since they have tires that make colored smoke when you do a burnout tire paint shouldn't surprise me huh.


http://youtu.be/iPMDFaMKNag


Adam

7T1vette

You should be able to use SEM 'ColorCoat' [vinyl dye] to do that. You must clean the old rubber very well and then wipe it down with lacquer thinner just before putting on the SEM dye. And, for good results, you would have to mask off the black portion of the tire WELL to get a pleasing result. But, the SEM product should maintain its look for a significant amount of time before needing some touch-up. The labeling on the can says it is good for "plastic/vinyl, leather and rubber parts".

I haven't done this, myself, but I have gotten some SEM overspray on some rubber parts before (using a gas/bottle sprayer with SEM liquid dye...not those aftermarket spray cans!), and the dye was difficult to remove.

Domer

You can change the colour from white to red, blue, yellow with a "tire crayon". they sell it in Canada at the local Canadian Tire Store, in USA try Pep boys or some other auto part store related retailer. The crayon is waxy and lasts a long time. at least once a season, depending on how many times you wash the tires. Good luck.
Domer.