Thanks for all the updates!  

 

I agree with Roger on "painting tires" however I understand that vintage

vehicles with original tires are so badly curb-rashed, there are some

products that are similar to the original black "tint" that the rubber

in the tires go through during the initial process that you can coat

back on the tires to bring them back to new.

(http://www.ytmag.com/articles/artint71.htm)

 

Forever Black suggested by Roland looks really good, however it's

impossible to find up here in Canada, and Shipping it is really

expensive for some reason.  New (slightly used) tires may be the way to

go instead... it might be a blessing in disguise!  Van "Halen" is the

"wedding limo" for a good friend in a week, so I am trying to get her in

as good of shape as possible before then.

 

Thanks again to everyone.

 

James.

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 From: Roger Whittaker [mailto:rogerwhitt1@gmail.com] 

      Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:35 AM

    To: Costello, James L

        Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com

 Subject: Re: Tire paint?

    

  

  dear tire tart 

   Painting a tire with "Paint" is considered to be a very bad idea

in most of the circles i have traveled in 

       paint has qualities that react badly when joined with tires ...

      from what i have been told ... (when i used to work at a General

Tire Store) 

  the paint will cause deterioration of the sidewall and weather

checking ...

        i have heard the same thing about Amour All for tires ... but i

have no consistent experience with that stuff...

      used it once or twice ...and then an exceptional state of

indolence set in ..

      i have almost recovered fully from this ... 

        and now periodically wash my westie 

        yours

     

  

  

  On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Costello, James L

<jlcostello@kpmg.ca> wrote:

     

          Hey Volks,

                

          Here's an odd question for everyone.  I am looking at

sprucing up my tires.  The sidewalls have taken a fairly good beating,

but the treads are still in good shape, so I don't want to purchase 4

new tires right now.  Has anyone used any sort of paint to return the

tires to a nice black?  I have looked online and found some discussion

in regards to Miller's paint (http://www.millertire.com/), and as well

using Eastwood's Underbody Latex protectant

(http://www.eastwood.com/ew-rubberized-undercoating-aerosol-18-oz.html).

               

          Has anyone had a chance to try either of these, or do

you have a better solution?

            

          Cheers,

           

                

          James L. Costello

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