Got a pic??

 

The process of whitewalling the tire has them use a grinder and they grind a ring around the tire while it is spinning on a machine. So the paint sticks to it. (Probably doesn't make sense.)

What you're saying makes sense, hence why he would want the tyres off the car before he comes round I suppose.

 

Sorry I don't have any pics at the moment. At a guess there's approx an inch and a half of tyre wall, 2 inches at most. But I guess if a ring gets ground into the tyre wall the brand name and everything else embossed onto the wall wont really pose much of a problem.

 

Tyres look a little similar to the pic on the last page of the panel van someone spotted at dream world the other day. And it looks as tho he has a red and a white ring sitting comfortably on his back tyres at least. Thanks for filling me in on the process behind it.