Tire sidewalls are full of fun

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Goodyear Blimp, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has unveiled a commemorative, airship-themed sidewall design that will be featured on all NASCAR stock cars during NASCAR’s official Homecoming Weekend at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.

Goodyear’s Eagle racing tires will feature a historic image of Goodyear’s first branded airship, the “Pilgrim,” which took off in 1925, and a banner calling out the 100-year milestone. In addition, the Goodyear Blimp, which will fly overhead to provide aerial coverage for the event, will be outfitted with a set of anniversary-themed Goodyear Flying Radials.

Darlington Raceway also celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. “Few brands have the opportunity to celebrate a milestone as significant as 100 years,” said Stu Grant, general manager of Goodyear’s global racing tires. “Goodyear and NASCAR have been providing fans with unforgettable aerial views and exciting racing for almost as long.

This will be the Goodyear 100 at the Goodyear 400. The airship was born 100 The special commemoration of the anniversary, airships on the tires and overhead, in historical places like Darlington. As a black thing, it is difficult for people to associate tires with "beauty".

However, many tire companies are now working hard on the sidewalls to make black tires "beautiful", of course, such tires also include technical research and development. Today, I will take stock of several high-value tires for everyone.

Chaoyang No. 1: Black velvet sidewall
As the light of domestic products, Chaoyang Tire will not give up any opportunity to promote Chinese culture. The tread pattern of Chaoyang No. 1 tire is engraved with the minimalist aesthetic national trend style "Sunrise" logo, which is full of artistic sense and instantly raises this tire to a higher level.

The black velvet sidewall technology is adopted, which has a strong light absorption effect and can bring a pleasing visual impact from different angles. Chaoyang No. 1 has attracted countless fans in less than 3 years since its launch, and has also become popular in the high-end tire circle in China.

Michelin Latitude Sport 3 Full Ring: Velvet Touch Technology
Michelin Latitude Sport 3 Full The Ring limited edition tire combines "velvet", "elegance" and "color". Velvet: The velvety touch of this tire is due to the cutting-edge precision mold manufacturing technology. By infinitely reducing the tire stripes, it not only effectively controls the reflection of light and increases the blackness of the sidewall design, but also greatly improves the touch quality of the sidewall, making it as soft as velvet.

Elegance: The application of the diamond light source reflection principle allows the sidewall to absorb more light without reflection, achieving a unique elegant black, and making its blackness closer to pure black than ordinary tires.

Under direct sunlight, the sidewall logo of ordinary tires is only visible for about 5 meters. The application of high-end velvet touch technology on the entire sidewall can increase the visibility of the logo to 15 meters or more.

Color: The velvet touch design of the entire sidewall will form a gradient visual effect as the light changes, which is smart and extraordinary. Pulin Huaren XTRIP: Velvet auspicious clouds carved on the entire sidewall The velvet auspicious cloud pattern is engraved on the entire sidewall of the Pulin Huaren XTRIP tire, symbolizing career success and success.

The high-precision laser engraving mold is used to create a velvet touch. The craftsmanship is exquisite, the texture is high-end, and it is easy to clean. It is as good as new for a long time. It is unique among domestic brands and has created a new national trend for tires.

The "Huaren" tire is the first product of the "Hua" series, the flagship product line of Chengshan Tire's passenger car tires. Huaren is positioned as a high-performance passenger car tire. Huaren tires use the original wear-resistant double shield technology, namely the nanoparticle shield and the double-layer curtain shield process, and the wear resistance index reaches 560, making the product more durable while achieving high wear resistance and high mileage, allowing the tire to run farther.

German Continental: Yicai tire
Last year, German Continental launched a new Yicai tire product. On the basis of ensuring the original excellent performance, this tire subverts the all-black appearance of traditional tires and brings consumers a novel tire purchase choice with subtle color changes. At the same time, Continental also hopes to encourage Chinese consumers to break free from shackles, express themselves bravely, and show their unique self with the high-value appearance of the Yicai tire and the brand attitude of "not everyone dares to be outstanding".

Before officially launching the Yicai tire on the market, the German Continental engineering team conducted a full range of real-car tests on the tire to ensure that it meets the high quality standards of German Continental. Whether it is sunny or rainy, the German Continental Yicai tire can easily cope with it and keep it fresh.

Fengyuan Tire: Zodiac Rat Tire

Fengyuan Zodiac Tire takes the image of the Chinese zodiac "rat" in the Gengzi (2020) year as the design highlight, and is matched with a smooth color side panel design, so that the product presents a personalized and novel visual experience when it is stationary, highlighting China's long history and cultural connotation.

The tire sidewall pattern has a luminous effect and incorporates visual afterimage and image overlap technology. When the vehicle is driving steadily at an integer multiple of 57km/h, its zodiac pattern will present a lively and cute continuous animation, which not only improves the safety of the car at night, but also presents a dynamic and cool visual experience.

Bridgestone: Colored tires

In 2012, Bridgestone announced the successful development of a new tire printing technology that is different from any previous color tire technology. Car owners can print their original designs and photos on the tire sidewalls, and can easily remove them when they are not needed.

The new tire printing technology developed by Bridgestone, by printing the newly developed printing oil and protective layer on the anti-discoloration layer, not only does not increase the weight of the tire, but also reduces fuel consumption. It is a more environmentally friendly tire decoration technology.