Michael it is a question I have also pondered. With that in mind I edited a
photograph of my TR6 in Photoshop to see if I liked it with redlines.
Here is a link to the photographs I used to make my decision.
http://www.navyboy.com/redlines/
PS: I think I will stick with my blackwalls. A stripe on a tire has much
the same effect it does on a car - I makes it look sleeker and thinner. I
like the beefy look of my present tires. I also think that TR6's without
the rubber over riders look better with redlines, because their chrome shows
better giving them a vintage look, that the redlines enhance.
Keith Meinhold
66 Marston Avenue
San Francisco CA 94112
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www.navyboy.com
email: keith@navyboy.com
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Sondergard, Michael L.
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 10:31 AM
To: '6pack@autox.team.net'
Subject: Redlining modern tires
Does anyone have any experience with purchasing modern tires with redlines
applied aftermarket? Diamond Back Classics has a process for removing the
raised writing from the sidewall of a new tire and then vulcanizing on the
red rubber for red lines. The bonding that takes place between the black and
red rubber is supposedly the same process that takes place in the mold
during the making of a new tire when different tires have to be bonded
together. In my case I am looking at a set of new Yokohama T4s (205/70/15)
with redline applied at a total cost of $645 for the set (the redline
process itself accounts for $300 of the price. I'd like to know if the extra
cost is worth it (do they look that much better?) and if the quality of the
finished product is first-rate). Thanks for any help that fellow Sixers can
provide.
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