Just when the cheesy and flashy auto customization market couldn't get any worse, a company with a horrible name like Sweetskinz has come out with artistic tires. If anything positive were to come from Sweetskinz, its the increased tire visibility, which is something maybe one person, somewhere in the world, may be interested in having. Other than that, these are pretty lame.
Pair the Sweetskinz with some LCD rims and get ready to prove to the world that your tires are more gaudy than the incorrect body kit-equipped 1999 Honda Civic CRX that sits on said tires. [Sweetskinz via Crave]












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Looks like a moldy salami.
cool. easter egg burnouts.
looks aweful. Can we just stick with the blackwallz?
At least make it look like a bagel or something, for crying out loud!
Didn't that Cougar from earlier have the prototypes for these?
So now we know what became of that alligator-in-the-burglar's-Buick from yesterday...
Some people have too much time on their hands.
These can't really exist.
for the Native American bead-jewelry-lover in all of us!
Those kinds of tires are coolio for bikes. Bicycles, that is. And not adult bicycles, either.
They stopped making the crx in 1991.
they have made these for bikes for a while now, the tires they make (at least for mountain bikes) are awful and heavy, for the price you could get something far lighter and with a better tread design, such as a panaracer xc pro or something, i ride stans or continental explorers, far better
I want Tato-Skinz on mine!
Only in America
Nothing beats Pimpstars...
Put me down for some Gucci and/or Louis Vuitton. To match my Phantom Top.
In Soviet Russia... they also think this is stupid.
Really, the tires shown look like they're for a truck more than for a CRX. Maybe we've got some misguided hate here?
so instead of looking like you are carrying roadkill on your tires, you really really look like the roadkill is still on your tires
I saw these on a pedal bike in a SuperStore last weekend, but didn't think anyone was tasteless enough to put them on a car or motorcycle!
Ok, i can only come up with one actual use for these, camo tires for military vehicles.
I didn't say it was a good use!
I can feel the rumbling from the cemeteries here in Akron as a result of all of the tire company founders turning over in their graves.
Cool, the return of the Gatorbacks!
If they could create a flesh-colored tire that left a bloodstain trail when doing a burnout, that might be kinda fun.
can't wait to see them on a donked buick
@Starlton Heston: COTD!
( that's for elhigh )
@harumph: Well, the del Sol was called CR-X in some markets, and that ran 'till '98...
Cool! Do they come in flat black?
@smokeydog001: Or maybe we'll see them on a lifted Chevy truck painted blaze orange, and the tires will be done up to look like the confederate flag.
Maybe a spiral pattern to induce vertigo on passing motorists...
Make mine red meat please, I want to smell steak when I burn out...
They have other styles. Here is Flames:
[www.photojournalism.org]
and this one is called "Poupurri"
[casitaclub.com]
Let me guess how this came about:
Snake Skin seat covers, check, 24" of lift, check, 48 shocks, check, 36" rims with spinners check, chrome axles, check... Hmmmm... I need to make this thing unique... I know!
@FuzzyPlushroom: True. But as someone already said, these abominations could only exist in America.
can I get them stenciled with pornographic imagery?
I hereby boycott anything that ends in Z
@Mad_Science: 350z?
@Mad_Science: The Alphabet?
I want Jalopnik on the sidewall and HOON for tread.
@БЯд╒╒ ®: Touché...! Damn, your synapses are firing on all cylinders dude...!
I think we're being short sighted here. Let's catch this wave and crank out some stencil kits and some small rattle paints of assorted colors and we can fulfill every one of your requests, including porno and confederate flags and every other abomination any moron can dream up. It's a goldmine, I tell you!
@Novaload: Can I buy in
In case the zombies ever come, I want white tires. End of the day, check how much blood is on the tire. More blood, more carnage...
ATV Prototypes for your fully camo'd ATV of course.
Now how about that high visibility vest?
"When I said that I wanted Cobra tyres, I meant, tyres for my Cobra, not...
Oh, forget it."
There's an MG 'round these parts that has bald, bald tires. The owner won't change them, though, because they're redwalls - whitewall tires that have been color-matched to the red of the paint. I can think of plenty of potential for cool applications for this but they're pretty much centered on matching or contrasting solid colors.
@iamverb: Actually gloss black would be perfect!!
Body colored tires FTL!
I would have liked to see if any positive comments would have appeared here if the original article had not made the pre-supposition that these things were lame. For a custom vehicle, it's actually somewhat cool.
MY CAR HAS FOURSKINS!!!
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