Getting White Letter Tyres White Again

[JMF]

Anyone have any tips on getting white letter tyres back to the new looking white again ? Currently they look a dirty yellowy colour

I know there are pens out there that you can paint on but i've tried this before with mixed results

[bill440rt]

Try Meguiar's Heavy Duty Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner.
I use this stuff on my white vinyl top, recently started using it on the white letters. I think it works great. 

Westley's Bleche White is also very good, or Spray Nine works well too.

[resq302]

Westley's sold out the Bleache-White product to Black Magic and the formula has since changed and no longer works that well I found for the raised white letters or white walls.  Meguiars since reformulated their wheel and rim cleaner to work on tires and does an amazing job on getting the letters white again.  I think the bottle is a pinkish-purple bottle and has a black spray head on it.

Aside from that, if you have really bad scuffs or stains, a brillo or SOS pad works wonders too.

[Ghoste]

I've never tried it with my tires but I know someone who uses paint thinner on his letters.

[JMF]

Used some white paint on my old Challenger which said on the box it was especially for that purpose, not sure if it's just the same as Tippex, turned out ok but you have to be patient in trying to avoid edging on to the black bits etc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGdQzqkG3wA

[MSRacing89]

SOS pads.

[ODZKing]

I use Scrubbing Bubbles (which has bleach in it) for cleaning, and especially tires.  Be careful to not use too much on seats as it will eat away at the threads, but on the tires it works very well.
Doesn't do crap as a bathroom cleaner but for the car ....  

[bull]

If you're ok with using water in the process, spray some Simple Green on the tires and let it sit for 30 seconds or so before scrubbing it with a stiff brush and then rinsing. The other day I wanted to clean the letters on my rear Charger tires without using water so I grabbed a Goof-Off wipe and cleaned just the letters. Worked good.

[Finn]

I agree with the SOS pads.

[70redbee]

Spray Nine, an SOS pad, a bucket of water and some elbow grease is the best way I have found to get the letters bright white again. Been doing it this way since I owned my first set of white letters. It's not the easiest but it is the bestest. Have Fun.

[GPULLER]

If you can find a Malco dealer nearby, check with a car dealer in your area.  Or it looks like you can buy online.  This stuff works great.

http://www.malcoautomotive.com/Whitewall_Cleaner_Concentrate-details.aspx

[Paul G]

Bleche White still works for me. It has to be sprayed on to a dry tire and scrubbed in and hosed off imediately. Dont let it dry on the tire. If the tire is already wet before you spray, you are just wasting the Bleche White.

[A383Wing]

Bleche White still works for me. It has to be sprayed on to a dry tire and scrubbed in and hosed off imediately. Dont let it dry on the tire. If the tire is already wet before you spray, you are just wasting the Bleche White.

yea..me too

[belvedere65]

Another one for sos pads! My grandfather was a wise man and that was one of many tricks I learned from him 

[fy469rtse]

we have a cake of soap over her called solvol used for scrubbing your hands clean, works great on lettering with water of course