> From: David Friedlander [mailto:forzion@maine.rr.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 4:04 PM
>
> From what I've been told by a number of folks at a variety of
> tire shops here, there are people out there who can put a
> redline right onto ANY tire you buy. They swear the redlines
> they apply are water/chemical resistant and look like factory
> issue.
One problem I see with this claim is that a tire which was made to have a
"line" on it will have the raised letters (and other characters, icons,
logos, whatever) positioned so that the line does not interfere with them.
On a tire with no line (which I assume is what these line adder people use),
the raised letters/logos would likely use the very part of the sidewall
through which the line ends up going. I can't believe there would be a
convenient strip of solid black sidewall onto which the line could be
applied. IMO the applied line would look extremely cheesy -- kind of like
putting on wire wheel hubcaps on regular steel wheels, braided steel hose
wraps on rubber hoses, Neuspeed racing decals on the windshield, etc.. Or am
I missing something about non-lined tires (ie. blackwalls)? Anyone have a
good close up pic of the "lined" tires?
Peter Zaborski (CF58310 UO -- cheese free!)
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