Interest in "Group Buy" for Billboards Tires ?

[FUNFER2]

I have probably,....10 different tire dressing in my shop and all work about the same. A few last longer but, they have more silicone and take longer to dry but, last the longest. Most any brand will give you good results. I apply mine and wipe off a bit, so their not too shinny. I prefer the "new look". At a show, I'll do all the tread that is showing, not just the nice looking sidewall.

[RedBarchetta]

I'm looking forward to the day when I go to my local Barnes & Noble some Friday evening for a cup of Joe and rifling through the car magazine rack. I'll head over to the car books section and also flip through the book Goodyear Billboards: Big Letters and Detailing Tricks by Kevin _______ . Will also be subtitled How to massage your Cobra tires like a $25 Bangkok ho.

[noblec5]

Goodyear Billboards: Big Letters and Detailing Tricks by Kevin _______ . Will also be subtitled How to massage your Cobra tires like a $25 Bangkok ho. [/quote]


ROTFLMAO!!!!!. that was a good one Red. I hope to have mine mounted next week. minus the massage work and dressing

Chris

[efrost]

I used rubbing alcohol and a rag to get the old paint off... plus elbow grease of course.

I did use the ranger paint for the first coat on three of the tires. I should have cut the paint to make it a little thinner but I’m a rooky. There are brush strokes visible once you get up close plus the paint brush is a real pain. In the mean time my wife brought home two acrylic paint pens from Wally world. What a dream to use. I finished off a total of three thin coats on all the tires. It going to be very interesting to see how the paint holds up.

The car has been on jack stands for a week now as I was modifying the suspension with new shocks, springs, sway bars, and.... totally crazy.

I will drive the Yoko's around until the suspension settles and I dial in the shocks. Once I put a few miles on the suspension, today pending rain, I plan to put the car back on jack stand and go over the bolts one more time. After that I will mount the BB's on the car for their first outing.

Take your time if you decide to paint the letters. The first coat is the worst in my opinion.

Regards,

Ed

[FUNFER2]

Red- make sure,.......to read the page, how to apply "Saran wrap" to your clean tires, so you don't get grass blades in the tire tread.

[race-it]

Your tires look great. I just returned a set back to Carroll Shelby. They looked like some 10 year old kid spray painted the letters and they were 1/2 off the original Good Year Markings. I paid $1,003.00 for a set.

I hope your tire paint lasts. When I tried to paint my tires with marking pen they cracked and yellowed in a few weeks.

But for now your's look great!!!!!!!!!!

Race-it

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

Red- make sure,.......to read the page, how to apply "Saran wrap" to your clean tires, so you don't get grass blades in the tire tread.

As noted above - they're here? Thanks for setting this buy up, once again.

Now, it's all about getting the white lettering right - sort of an unanticipated hassle, but that's life. I really cannot believe the level of slop job from Goodyear - some places no paint with others over painting at the sides of almost each letter.

Have you zeroed in on the best paint to use?

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by efrost

I used rubbing alcohol and a rag to get the old paint off... plus elbow grease of course.

I did use the ranger paint for the first coat on three of the tires. I should have cut the paint to make it a little thinner but I’m a rooky. There are brush strokes visible once you get up close plus the paint brush is a real pain. In the mean time my wife brought home two acrylic paint pens from Wally world. What a dream to use. I finished off a total of three thin coats on all the tires. It going to be very interesting to see how the paint holds up.

The car has been on jack stands for a week now as I was modifying the suspension with new shocks, springs, sway bars, and.... totally crazy.

I will drive the Yoko's around until the suspension settles and I dial in the shocks. Once I put a few miles on the suspension, today pending rain, I plan to put the car back on jack stand and go over the bolts one more time. After that I will mount the BB's on the car for their first outing.

Take your time if you decide to paint the letters. The first coat is the worst in my opinion.

Regards,

Ed

My tires have arrived - but, I'm really unhappy with the paint job on the lettering from the factory - I briefly reviewed posts here, not totally believing that new tires would arrive so screwed up in the lettering area - but, they do look great overall.

Anyway - rubbing alcohol to get it off, right? What are the choices on paint?

[Got the Bug]

I saw a Shelby at a car show this weekend that had billboards with the black side out. Looked great and no painting and maintenance required.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by Got the Bug

I saw a Shelby at a car show this weekend that had billboards with the black side out. Looked great and no painting and maintenance required.

That's just plain dumb. You buy Billboards and leave the black side out?

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

That's just plain dumb. You buy Billboards and leave the black side out?

Some people buy the billboards because they like they way they perform.

I personally don't like any white lettering on tires period...Billboards, BFG, anything. That's just me though.

[sideoiler10]

Has anyone had a chance to run their new treads yet? Would like a little feedback on how you like them.

While the group buy was being put together I was away from the internet and missed out on the buy. So, I called Jerry Maxwell who graciously agreed to sell me a set for the same price. He called yesterday am to tell me he had shipped them. Based on members earlier suggestions I already have the Ranger paint, although I may leave the tires the way they come. I too sort of like the scruffy look of the billboards.

Curious about the balancing experience you have had...any problems? Did most of you use a Road Force balancer? Were the tires hard to balance?

Appreciate any comments. Bob

[FUNFER2]

I started the buy and I still, don't have mine on yet. I also started the group buy for the MaxJax two post car lift and I'm drilling and bolting them down now and hopefully, I'll be done in the next few days. I will then mount them and get drivin'. !

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by Got the Bug

I saw a Shelby at a car show this weekend that had billboards with the black side out. Looked great and no painting and maintenance required.

Actually, one can only have one specific side out covering each tire, e.g. they are directional tires requiring that each one be mounted with the serial number out (in two cases) and not out (in two cases). Therefore, it's not that he had the 'black side out' he simply don't paint the side that is out.

I've mounted my new Billboards - without painting the letters. I eliminated all the "fine" painting work from the factory, of course. I may paint the letters later, but it's a huge hassle and I don't want to end up with something that looks like it's been painted.

[FUNFER2]

Sorry, been busy trying to get my mother's house ready to sell after she passed away.

I was planing on getting them mounted today since I finally,.....got my two post lift mounted in the garage but, I'm tired today after racing sprints last night and it's frickin raining again !

How are these tires, directional ? Bias tire, block pattern and old school technology ?

[cobra de capell]

Originally Posted by FUNFER2

Sorry, been busy trying to get my mother's house ready to sell after she passed away.

I was planing on getting them mounted today since I finally,.....got my two post lift mounted in the garage but, I'm tired today after racing sprints last night and it's frickin raining again !

How are these tires, directional ? Bias tire, block pattern and old school technology ?

from the paint thread in this section......

Quote:
posted by silverback51
I'm at work right now and don't have time to find the post, but these tires are directional.

Do a search before you mount them.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cobra de capell
Thanks for the heads up - I'll defer to the tire mounting guy on which side is which - he should know, hopefully.
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posted by silverback51
I'm going to guess that unless he mounts a lot of these tires, he will not know.

Here is a link to the site that explains it.

http://www.rogerkrausracing.net/files/34011210.pdf
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Why or how they are directional, I've no idea - but, thanks to Siverback51 that's the way they are now mounting on my Cobra.

The interesting thing is that the source of our tires never mentioned a thing, but probably would have known if asked. I'm an owner, not a builder so thank God for members posting here.

With that said, it's more than passingly strange that this site has more than likely all the information one needs, but that information is easily missed sense it's buried in threads with a lot of useless posts in between. That's life.

[HI Cobra]

CDC,
Thanks for the link - I just printed it for future reference, since I have
the billboards on my Kirkham.

[noblec5]

Ok, finally a nice weekend here. I was able to get a couple of pics for your reviewing pleasure. FUNFER, where's your pics?

[noblec5]

[noblec5]