Originally Posted by Hot Rod John
Here is a video of a guy making "wide whites" out of raised white letter tires.

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124144
Try that at your own risk. The reason that the black part overlays the white is to keep the tire together. The way that he ground those down, the tire is sure to fail when the sidewall comes apart. I've actually seen that happen on a tire that had been curbed enough to expose the white layer.


Bill Burmeister