Rised white letter or blackwall

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I just got my new tires delivered. Bf Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO. 35x12.5 15. Should I do raied letters out or blackwall
 

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With steel wheel stock-ish size, white out. Anything not stock, white letters in, for me.
 

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Never white letters out.
White letter tires detract/bring attention to them rather then the overall appearance of a nice, classy pickup.
As much as tires cost these days, I'll be Damned if I'll advertise for the tire company to, even if they paid me to, which of course they don't.
 

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Is this a serious question? The only reason white letters ever end up facing in is purely incompetence of the workers at the tire shop, or poor taste of the owner lol. I don't care what you're driving or what tires it has, whites out!
 

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Is this a serious question? The only reason white letters ever end up facing in is purely incompetence of the workers at the tire shop, or poor taste of the owner lol. I don't care what you're driving or what tires it has, whites out!
So, I have to ask...do you believe white letter tires would enhance my coupe?
 

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So, I have to ask...do you believe white letter tires would enhance my coupe?
I think that coupe is gorgeous as it is, though I don't feel like RWL would hurt it. Would be pretty cool IMO.

I was being a little overdramatic in my previous post, but I sure do love white letters I don't care if it's on a soccer mom mobile even lol. Generally I'm more of a fan of period correct so I would lean towards straight-up whitewall tires if anything on that car, though it probably wouldn't look right with that setup either. Seeing as how you already have Cragars or something of the sort on there it looks like you're going for more of a hot rod look, so yeah sure a set white letter tires (not outlines, but nice chinky old school raised whites like BFGs or Cooper Cobras) would be pretty slick, though the blackwalls don't look terrible either. Just my personal preference.
 

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So, I have to ask...do you believe white letter tires would enhance my coupe?

With those wheels, yes I believe so. I mean, it looks great as it is of course... but if there's white letters on the back side, I'd turn them around.
 

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Everybody has an opinion...but it all boils down to what YOU want YOUR truck/vehicle to look like. I wanted mine to look as close as I could get it to what I wanted back when The Truck was new. I didn't want it to reflect current styling trends, I wanted 1987 styling. I did the best I could.

Obviously there is a difference in size and grips but how about a Before and After set of pics?


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Everybody has an opinion...but it all boils down to what YOU want YOUR truck/vehicle to look like. I wanted mine to look as close as I could get it to what I wanted back when The Truck was new. I didn't want it to reflect current styling trends, I wanted 1987 styling. I did the best I could.

Obviously there is a difference in size and grips but how about a Before and After set of pics?


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Lookin' real good!
 

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