Raised White Letters in or out?

[6of36]

I changed the 3rd pic to a side view on my original post above. 2nd and 3rd are exactly identical trucks but different colors. (2013 and 2017)
Couldn’t get white letters on the Michelin’s on the 2013 Black/Silver Laramie. Stock Goodyear SRA were white letters but they were roached after 30,000 miles.

I had a patriot and silver Bighorn in 02. My favorite color of the 5 I've owned. My second favorite was maximum steel, and they discontinued that.

 

[Threesuns1]

I prefer "chrome" bumpers and no white letters for ease of cleaning, a lot of bugs on the eastern shore of Maryland. With that said I'll live with white letters until I need new tires, they don't look terrible on a white truck.

 

[scottmoyer]

Well, as of this post, you guys aren't helping me as the vote is 14 IN and 14 OUT. I'll probably just mount the resale setup with the letters in, just to be safe.

I've always thought that raised white letter tires add to the "sport" look. So, for me, I would prefer the letters out on my red and black, Night Edition Rebel. Now, the RWL didn't look right with the night edition wheels that came on the truck, but with my TRX Ignition Edition wheels, they look great.

Unfortunately, the previous owner of my new tires stacked them for a few months and the white letters are now brown and I cannot get them white again, so I'm going letters IN on my truck.

 

[jl13]

definitely in
yea I originally liked the look of the oem falkens white out but that like soon faded - looks bad when dirty which is all the time

 

[Idahoktm]

Well, as of this post, you guys aren't helping me as the vote is 14 IN and 14 OUT. I'll probably just mount the resale setup with the letters in, just to be safe.

I've always thought that raised white letter tires add to the "sport" look. So, for me, I would prefer the letters out on my red and black, Night Edition Rebel. Now, the RWL didn't look right with the night edition wheels that came on the truck, but with my TRX Ignition Edition wheels, they look great.

Unfortunately, the previous owner of my new tires stacked them for a few months and the white letters are now brown and I cannot get them white again, so I'm going letters IN on my truck.

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Have you tried Westleys Bleche Wite? My tires were stacked by the PO and Bleche Wite made them look brand new.

https://www.autozone.com/wash-cleaners-and-exterior-care-products/wheel-and-tire-cleaner/p/black-magic-bleche-wite-tire-cleaner-spray-32oz/552729_0_0

 

[Goatmann]

Yup, prefer white letters out also.

 

[boogielander]

how bout a mix. white letters on one side and black letters on the other or white letters in the front/ rear and no white letters on the other axle

 

[Mountain Whiskey]

my body identifies itself as double my actual age lol

Same here, but my mind identifies as a quarter of my age.

Go figure......

 

[Malodave]

My new set of Michelins have them in. I have a Laramie Night Edition and even Changed the Lug Nuts and Wheel Locks to Black with a set of McGards.

The Pic shows the OEM Wildpeaks with them out though.

 

[TCB77]

I have always been white in guy. I bought these used and since they are such a popular tire/wheel combo, I figured I’d run it for a little while to be a little different. It does suck putting my tire jizz (as I call it) on because I put it on by hand and it’s a PITA to go around the lettering

 

[thirtydaZe]

1 vote for In.

 

[StickVA]

I prefer out.

 

[CalvinC]

I think it depends on the mission for the look of the truck, and how the white lettering looks on the tire.

If the White lettering is just an outline, then its definitely an "In" / hide it in my book.

If the white letters are solid white then it depends...

If I want a retro look (think KO2s on some small diameter Weld or Mickey Thompson steelies and a roll bar in the bed), or the "Nascar" look on a sport truck, it can look absolutely awesome! Like the black truck earlier in this thread.

 

[6of36]

Well, as of this post, you guys aren't helping me as the vote is 14 IN and 14 OUT. I'll probably just mount the resale setup with the letters in, just to be safe.

I've always thought that raised white letter tires add to the "sport" look. So, for me, I would prefer the letters out on my red and black, Night Edition Rebel. Now, the RWL didn't look right with the night edition wheels that came on the truck, but with my TRX Ignition Edition wheels, they look great.

Unfortunately, the previous owner of my new tires stacked them for a few months and the white letters are now brown and I cannot get them white again, so I'm going letters IN on my truck.

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if they are bad enough that Bleache White won't clean them, a sanding block with fine grit will strip the stained layer. Then just keep them clean.

 

[Idahoktm]

We old guys like white letters and chrome. These kids like their trucks to look like work trucks.

The heck we do. You get old before your time by conforming to old guy stuff.

 

[Rick3478]

Make it your own! I prefer my rubber black, since you asked, but do whatever looks good to *you*.

 

[Jonathan19Limited]

Outlined white letters for me

 

[scottmoyer]

Make it your own! I prefer my rubber black, since you asked, but do whatever looks good to *you*.

Did you read my original post? It has nothing to do with what I want as I'm mounting my tires on wheels before I sell them. I will be trying to get the brown out of the raised whites for my truck. If I can, it'll be white out, if not, then I go white in.

I did not try Bleche White, but I did try Simple Green, Brake Kleen, professional wheel and tire cleaner, gasoline, acetone and a few other chemicals.

Before anybody starts yelling at me for using these chemicals on the rubber, I applied them manually to a single letter that had slight discoloration. If that worked, I would continue with each letter, but since they didn't touch a lightly discolored letter, I didn't continue. I will try the sanding block next.

 

[Rick3478]

Did you read my original post? It has nothing to do with what I want as I'm mounting my tires on wheels before I sell them. I will be trying to get the brown out of the raised whites for my truck. If I can, it'll be white out, if not, then I go white in.

I did not try Bleche White, but I did try Simple Green, Brake Kleen, professional wheel and tire cleaner, gasoline, acetone and a few other chemicals.

Before anybody starts yelling at me for using these chemicals on the rubber, I applied them manually to a single letter that had slight discoloration. If that worked, I would continue with each letter, but since they didn't touch a lightly discolored letter, I didn't continue. I will try the sanding block next.

Sorry I misunderstood. If the white letters look good, I'd say out. If they don't, there is white paint made for the purpose.

 

[Dewey]

if they are bad enough that Bleache White won't clean them, a sanding block with fine grit will strip the stained layer. Then just keep them clean.

White paint pen to freshen them up does wonders too