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Getting new tires: White letters or black outs?

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Old 06-21-2003, 02:12 PM
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Jim do you have a pic of your whole rig after the lift?

I am gonna be running the ome lift (as soon as I get off my ass and get it installed!) with 265/75/16's. I was just curious as to how small they really looked with lift! GRrrr now I'm gonna need new tires!:pat:
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Here it is.

After Lift with 265X75's

I will go to 285's when these are worn out.
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sweet thanks!
Old 08-10-2005, 07:57 AM
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Both look good,go with what YOU like.
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Originally Posted by X-AWDriver
Both look good,go with what YOU like.
well put. i got a lot of crap for my white out... but everyone can bite me, i like it

Old 08-10-2005, 09:25 AM
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i like the black out...

but, i also think flat black rattle can paint jobs look cool, so...
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Black out! Damn this thread is OLD. Someones a thread reviver.
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If keeping it clean is an issue for white wall out, Try Bleach White(even a windex) from walmart, scrub it with a hard brush, it is SO easy to clean. Mine still looks brand new after about a year. and yea this is an OLD thread lol
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I have always said white out, I like the look better, but at Paragon this year rocks chewed on my white letters and now it looks crappy...so I am leaning towards black out...
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White out . That's why they make tires with white letters. Guess some guy's think that they are marked that way so they will know that the white letters go in,Lol.
Old 08-10-2005, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Beartracker
White out . That's why they make tires with white letters. Guess some guy's think that they are marked that way so they will know that the white letters go in,Lol.
Nope. They are marked that way so you can tell who wheels their rig. A nice set of raised white letters is a sure sign that the rig never sees anything more difficult than the mall parking lot.

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ARGH! you got me there Rob >
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I ran letters out on my 32's and after the first run, they were trashed and detracted from the look of the truck. Never again.

Raised white letters are for street rigs. Go buy an off road magazine and count how many rigs you see with raised white letters showing. Then do the same with a street mag. I rest my case

Are you ever going to come play with use again Ray? Or did we scare you off?
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not scared, I've just been pissed off at my balancing/alignment/brake issues which I've recently resolved. Still looking for someone to help me with installing a lift and drop bracket.....I'll be joining you guy soon, def. for Tahuya, that was fun My job took away my weekends for a while but now I have it back, hopefully I'll be at the scene more often

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Old 08-10-2005, 01:10 PM
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weird, i wheel my rig, mud rocks dirt sand water... and my white letters look pretty decent.

who cares what they look like.
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oh Lee, you havnt seen the trails THEY wheel in haha
Old 08-10-2005, 01:38 PM
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I think that white out on BFG a/t or m/t looks nice but if you have black rims you have got to go black out.
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White Letters out on BFG's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Old school, Absolutely.


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http://community.webshots.com/photo/...05285766PnvRxQ

black out. the white just ruins the look. white out comes in a bottle that hardly ever use....(its a metaphor).
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Black out. Looks better and cleans up nice.


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