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Mar 8, 2005 | 12:41 PM

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Tire shaving?

There's a company which offers "shaved & polished" tires. They shave all lettering & fine-print off the sidewall and polish the tire so all you see is a completely smooth surface. These ain't cheap!

I'd like to shave the "Eagle GT II" off my RWL tires, leaving only the "Goodyear".

Anyone have an idea of how to do this at home?

Thanks in advance,

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

Mar 8, 2005 | 12:45 PM

majic1984

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I imagine you could just take a knife and carve it off - then go in with some sand paper and sand it down to a fine polished surface. Not sure if this damages the structural design of the tire, but hey, if they cut them off and nothing happens, than I suppose you can too.

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Mar 8, 2005 | 12:49 PM

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Hit a lot of curbs when you park.
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Mar 8, 2005 | 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by majic1984

Maybe I'll practice on an old tire. Thinking about using a disk grinding wheel with a light touch...or one of those cylindrical attachments for a drill used for sanding curves in furniture.

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

Mar 8, 2005 | 01:35 PM

Martin72

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This is what the tire shops use....in a high speed air grinder.

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/w...71264&R=371264

Mar 8, 2005 | 01:40 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin72

This is what the tire shops use....in a high speed air grinder.

OK. Sounds like we've got the grinding part down...how about the polishing?

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

Mar 8, 2005 | 05:31 PM

GUSTO14

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You can shave the white letters off, but you will still see them. There is a layer of white rubber below the surface of the outer layer of rubber so shaving them might smooth the side but it will not remove the letters. Of course you could always use tire-black or some other dye to hide them once you smooth the side...

The reason you will almost never find a true high performance tire with raised white letters (or white walls for that matter) is because or the layer of white rubber below the surface. This is why in NASCAR they paint the Goodyear on the side of the tire...

Good luck...

GUSTO

Mar 8, 2005 | 11:39 PM

6shark9

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Yes, there is a whole white wall around the tire with lettering.
Just look at one that's severly curb scraped...after the letters rub off it a white wall