diff --git a/core/src/components/tabs/test/basic/e2e.js b/core/src/components/tabs/test/basic/e2e.js
index bc43ff57bb..b6c656dc2d 100644
--- a/core/src/components/tabs/test/basic/e2e.js
+++ b/core/src/components/tabs/test/basic/e2e.js
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
-// 'use strict';
+'use strict';
 
-// const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
-// const { getElement, waitAndGetElementById, waitForTransition } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e/utils');
+const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
+const { getElement, waitAndGetElementById, waitForTransition } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e/utils');
 
-// class E2ETestPage extends Page {
-//   constructor(driver, platform) {
-//     super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/tabs/test/basic?ionic:mode=${platform}`);
-//   }
-// }
+class E2ETestPage extends Page {
+  constructor(driver, platform) {
+    super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/tabs/test/basic?ionic:mode=${platform}`);
+  }
+}
 
-// platforms.forEach(platform => {
-//   describe('tabs/basic', () => {
-//     register('should init', driver => {
-//       const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
-//       return page.navigate();
-//     });
+platforms.forEach(platform => {
+  describe('tabs/basic', () => {
+    register('should init', driver => {
+      const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+      return page.navigate();
+    });
 
-//     register('should check each tab', async (driver, testContext) => {
-//       testContext.timeout(60000);
-//       const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+    // register('should check each tab', async (driver, testContext) => {
+    //   testContext.timeout(60000);
+    //   const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
 
-//       await waitForTransition(300);
+    //   await waitForTransition(300);
 
-//       const tabTwoButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-1');
-//       tabTwoButton.click();
-//       await waitForTransition(600);
+    //   const tabTwoButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-1');
+    //   tabTwoButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
 
-//       const tabThreeButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-2');
-//       tabThreeButton.click();
-//       await waitForTransition(600);
-//     });
-//   });
-// });
+    //   const tabThreeButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-2');
+    //   tabThreeButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
+    // });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/e2e.js b/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/e2e.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c10f08c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/e2e.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
+const { getElement, waitAndGetElementById, waitForTransition } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e/utils');
+
+class E2ETestPage extends Page {
+  constructor(driver, platform) {
+    super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/tabs/test/colors?ionic:mode=${platform}`);
+  }
+}
+
+platforms.forEach(platform => {
+  describe('tabs/colors', () => {
+    register('should init', driver => {
+      const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+      return page.navigate();
+    });
+
+    // register('should check each tab', async (driver, testContext) => {
+    //   testContext.timeout(60000);
+    //   const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+
+    //   await waitForTransition(300);
+
+    //   const tabTwoButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-1');
+    //   tabTwoButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
+
+    //   const tabThreeButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-2');
+    //   tabThreeButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
+    // });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/index.html b/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5597864c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/tabs/test/colors/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html dir="ltr">
+
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Tab - Colors</title>
+  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover">
+  <script src="/dist/ionic.js"></script>
+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/ionic.min.css">
+</head>
+
+<body>
+  <ion-app>
+
+    <!-- Default -->
+    <ion-tabs>
+      <ion-tab label="Recents"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- Icons -->
+    <ion-tabs selected-index="1" color="primary">
+      <ion-tab icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- Icons on top of text -->
+    <ion-tabs selected-index="2" color="secondary">
+      <ion-tab label="Location" icon="navigate"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="star"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Radio" icon="musical-notes"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- Icons below text -->
+    <ion-tabs tabbar-layout="icon-bottom" selected-index="1" color="dark">
+      <ion-tab label="Recents" icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings" icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- Icons right of text -->
+    <ion-tabs tabbar-layout="icon-end" selected-index="0" color="danger">
+      <ion-tab label="Recents" icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings" icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- Icons left of text -->
+    <ion-tabs tabbar-layout="icon-start" color="light">
+      <ion-tab label="Recents" icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings" icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- No icons -->
+    <ion-tabs tabbar-layout="icon-hide" color="primary">
+      <ion-tab label="Recents" icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings" icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- No label -->
+    <ion-tabs tabbar-layout="label-hide" color="secondary">
+      <ion-tab label="Recents" icon="call"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Favorites" icon="heart"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Settings" icon="settings"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+
+    <!-- No overflow text -->
+    <ion-tabs color="danger">
+      <ion-tab label="Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab label="Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+  </ion-app>
+
+  <style>
+    ion-tabs {
+      position: relative;
+      height: 60px;
+    }
+
+</style>
+</body>
+
+</html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/tabs/test/placements/e2e.js b/core/src/components/tabs/test/placements/e2e.js
index bc43ff57bb..e326923ba7 100644
--- a/core/src/components/tabs/test/placements/e2e.js
+++ b/core/src/components/tabs/test/placements/e2e.js
@@ -1,34 +1,34 @@
-// 'use strict';
+'use strict';
 
-// const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
-// const { getElement, waitAndGetElementById, waitForTransition } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e/utils');
+const { register, Page, platforms } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e');
+const { getElement, waitAndGetElementById, waitForTransition } = require('../../../../../scripts/e2e/utils');
 
-// class E2ETestPage extends Page {
-//   constructor(driver, platform) {
-//     super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/tabs/test/basic?ionic:mode=${platform}`);
-//   }
-// }
+class E2ETestPage extends Page {
+  constructor(driver, platform) {
+    super(driver, `http://localhost:3333/src/components/tabs/test/placements?ionic:mode=${platform}`);
+  }
+}
 
-// platforms.forEach(platform => {
-//   describe('tabs/basic', () => {
-//     register('should init', driver => {
-//       const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
-//       return page.navigate();
-//     });
+platforms.forEach(platform => {
+  describe('tabs/placements', () => {
+    register('should init', driver => {
+      const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+      return page.navigate();
+    });
 
-//     register('should check each tab', async (driver, testContext) => {
-//       testContext.timeout(60000);
-//       const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
+    // register('should check each tab', async (driver, testContext) => {
+    //   testContext.timeout(60000);
+    //   const page = new E2ETestPage(driver, platform);
 
-//       await waitForTransition(300);
+    //   await waitForTransition(300);
 
-//       const tabTwoButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-1');
-//       tabTwoButton.click();
-//       await waitForTransition(600);
+    //   const tabTwoButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-1');
+    //   tabTwoButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
 
-//       const tabThreeButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-2');
-//       tabThreeButton.click();
-//       await waitForTransition(600);
-//     });
-//   });
-// });
+    //   const tabThreeButton = await waitAndGetElementById(driver, 'tab-t-0-2');
+    //   tabThreeButton.click();
+    //   await waitForTransition(600);
+    // });
+  });
+});