3ddave44, This particu;at tire is a low profile sports car tire, like you'd find on a Porsche or a Ferrari type vehicle. The actual specs of this tire would be like a P-285/35VR/18" a very wide tire with a low sidewall height aspect ratio. O know it looks low, but there are tires like this on cars now. Also you would see a tire like this on a newer Corvette.You may be right about not enough room to apply writing on the side though, I'm haveing trouble with it right now. I'm going to try to use UV Mapper to do it, but I'm struggling with learning it right now. Thanks for the input. But I'm sure I'll figure something out, any suggestions would be welcome though. kaom