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Old Nov 2, 2015 | 03:36 PM
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Mobil1 Full Synthetic was on sale for $5.99qt. Figured it wouldn't hurt to bust a quick oil change. I usually post these just so i can remember when i changed my oil last
This time: 212,088 is the number



but then.. ., i cracked a beer, and had a smoke and started staring at the car. and thought hmm, let's see what this looks like.
Figured i would be reppin' the cheapest tires on the market to the fullest and do some homemade white letters (tirepaint) on the tires.
Ignore the blurry pics. Blame that on the Bud Light



so i scrubbed the heck out of all the areas i wanted with rubbing alcohol real good (i was out of acetone)
i had this corny little (hot tires) paint pen in my toolbox and figured i would give it a try.
it takes forever to put it on and get a decent smooth coat, so i just sat on the concrete and took my time doing each letter and staying inside the lines etc..
then i used a testors white enamel paint pen after it all dried and went over everything again.
i Only did the drivers side just in case i hated it i can easily enough remove it all with sandpaper etc..
Then i went over every single nipple tip and hit it with white.

At first i was like hewl naw! that looks like a Lexus NASCAR
then after about a half hour of staring at it, i kinda started diggin it.
Let me know your thoughts. I'm sure some will like it and some will hate it.












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Old Nov 2, 2015 | 03:57 PM
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I dig it haha. Also, the car looks nice and shiny brotha!
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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Revive
I dig it haha. Also, the car looks nice and shiny brotha!
haha, thanks Revive
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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 11:13 AM
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#tirepaintboyz

Lovin the way it looks
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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny365N
#tirepaintboyz

Lovin the way it looks
haha for real. #tirepaintboyz. i bet half the cars at SEMA got white letter tires.
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Old Nov 4, 2015 | 09:23 AM
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Your car stay super clean man !
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Originally Posted by juvi22003
Your car stay super clean man !
Thanks Juvi. Pretty easy maintenance in AZ. Dust it off, wash it once a month, wax and polish maybe once a year. When i lived in Wisconsin, this was a different story
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for some reason I have always loved this look, from even back in the Honda days. the only thing I don't like is the constant upkeep, it turns yellow and faded a lot sooner than I would like, however I have never painted over them?

way back in the day I used the white out pens when they first came out...
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half of me likes it. the other half of me feels like its a bit of a fad goin' around right now. definitely gives it more of a race or sport type of long as opposed to just very clean looking. its only on my drivers side so i get to see it both ways still. and who knows how long these tires will even last anyways. i go through rubber pretty fast

i got some other ideas i want to try out on the car that might not jive with them anyways.
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Old Nov 16, 2015 | 01:54 AM
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looking good pete
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
looking good pete
thanks man
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Old Nov 21, 2015 | 03:06 PM
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Always wondered how these would look on our cars. Came out pretty good
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Old Nov 23, 2015 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by J$mooth23
Always wondered how these would look on our cars. Came out pretty good
yeah, was just an expirement. i'll probably let it wear off unless getting new tires comes quicker
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 08:20 AM
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The car looks good, Pete. Not sure I feel about the white lettering on the tires...I like it on my K1500 Suburban, but not so much on a Lexus.
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Old Nov 24, 2015 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ThomasGS4
The car looks good, Pete. Not sure I feel about the white lettering on the tires...I like it on my K1500 Suburban, but not so much on a Lexus.
i hear ya man. it's a little much for a luxury sedan
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