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Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by Tundrago, Aug 23, 2017.

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  1. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:02 AM
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    I don't see a lot of people putting the white letter side out on their tires. I'm curious as to the thought process on this. The first truck I saw in super white had black rims and the tires had the white lettering out, I fell in love right there.
     
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  2. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:05 AM
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    Subjective of course. Like chrome...I personally prefer black out for letters, and no chrome.
     
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  3. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:06 AM
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    Some tire brands dont even have white lettering. Both sides are black like the Nitto Ridge Grapplers i will be installing next week.
     
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  4. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:07 AM
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    Ridge Grapplers actually come with two different sidewall designs.
    [​IMG]
     
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    Ah, I didn't know that. Wheels and Tires is one area I need to beef up on, I'm not looking to do mine till next year but I just started looking around.
     
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  6. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:15 AM
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    If I had a white or black truck I would probably do the white lettering
     
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    I think white letters out looks good on certain color vehicles, ie. white.....but the majority of the time all black looks best with most colors IMHO.
     
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  8. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:16 AM
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    You could go with General Grabber tires and get red lettering
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  9. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:18 AM
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    Those letters are cool on any truck!
     
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  10. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:25 AM
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    same for the Toyo R/T

     
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  11. Aug 23, 2017 at 9:49 AM
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    I prefer black lettering over white letters...white lettering was way back then...my 2 cents
     
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    I almost bought these tires cause my truck is black w Red accents. My contact at Discount Tire recommended me to upgrade the stereo because of the tire noise I will be hearing. I ended up getting ProComp AT instead AND upgraded my stereo too. :annoyed:
     
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  14. Aug 23, 2017 at 10:59 AM
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    I figured it was a trendy thing. When I was younger just about everybody had white letters on everything- cars and trucks. Very few had the white letters in. Back then the choice was solid white letters or outlined white letters. It seems like the style for today is no more white letters, at least very seldom.
     
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  15. Aug 23, 2017 at 11:06 AM
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    If you offroad... just get black. You're just going to rub off the white. And if you're unlucky... and rub off just the right letters... it might read something like Ride Raper. Or Kum Tires. Or Good Wanger. :p
     
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    White letters belong on show cars or old skools not a truck like ours
     
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  17. Aug 23, 2017 at 11:17 AM
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    This got me thinking I might plastidip my black lettering in some shade of red to match my paint. It probably will rub off from scraping curbs but we will see.
     
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    I personally like solid white letters. My current tires (Trail Grappler) do not offer that option. If I were to get something like BFG AT KO2, I would have the white letter out.
     
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    I had white letters on my tundra, bought new tires, bfg ko2's, don't do white letters in the size I run. Had the original ko's first. My opinion, white letters looked alot better on my truck. If anyone knows of a 285/55r20 that make a white letter tire, let me know.

    Old ko's.
    IMG_20170118_175105168.jpg

    Ko2's.

    IMG_20170713_151903469_HDR.jpg
     
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    Ridge Raper sounds like a monster truck!! Now I want graplers so I can be like a monster truck lol
     
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    I personally don't like the white lettering I think that the black looks better. But on the old classic cars the white wall tires are sexy AF!
     
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