White letters or Black wall?

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White letters or Black wall ?

Poll closed Jan 8, 2004.

  1. White Letters

    20 vote(s)
    60.6%

  2. Black Wall

    13 vote(s)
    39.4%
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  1. hotrodbob

    hotrodbob Member

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    Ok, here I go again. Now that I've bought wheels (Magnums), I have to get tires. The tire of choice will be BFG T/A's 215/60 or 205/70 Front and 255/60 rear.

    What is your opinion on white letters facing out or black wall out?

    I'm thinking white letters out so it looks more 70's, but black wall out looks good too.
     

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  2. inline6

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    always loved the raised white letters looks more era correct.
     
    inline6, Dec 29, 2003
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  3. PART-TIME

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    Black (personal preference) Do whats right for you.
     
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    I prefer black, but as PART-TIME said, it all up to you.
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  5. 71gold

    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    :D i prefer black, but it is your call...frank...:bananaman :bananaman
     
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    Raised white all the way whoot whoot whoot
     
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  7. GrabberMav71

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    If your getting BFGs white letter all the way. I just put a set of T/As on my car and the white lwtters look awesome.
     
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  8. Earl Branham

    Earl Branham Certified Old Fart

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    bob; like the white letters myself. Both will look great...pick you poison!!

    Earl
     
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  9. M.A.V.

    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    To me it depends on the wheel type . For example On the Magnum 500`s you are using,or any of the "older" wheels styles I would want raised white letters .
    But on the more recent designs like Cobra R`s or racing wheels such as Centerlines or Welds (like my pro stars) I`d use black wall .
    But you gotta make yourself happy

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  10. Tim Wilmoth

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    white letters out

    I think the BFG 's look great with the white letters out with the magnums myself
     
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    RudyD Pretend Mechanic.

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    Good rule of thumb, if they are cheap tires, hide it and go black. If they are nice tires show it off and go white.
     
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    Thanks to all that have responded. I looked through the gallery of photos and I will most likely go with the letters showing. Thanks for confirming my thoughts.

    I picked up a BFG booklet on T/A's and did a review of the tire sizes/height/section width and I think I will be going 205 or 215/60X15 up front and 245 or 255/60 in the rear.

    I'll measure the wheel opening in the morning to see which fits best.

    Thanks again.
     
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  13. Grabber5.0

    Grabber5.0 Gear-head wannabe

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    I've got the white letters out on my Magnum 500's, and I think it really fits the look of the vintage wheels.
     
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  14. hotrodbob

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    Matt,
    You Maverick was one of the cars I looked at to confirm the choice of Magnums. are your's 14" or 15"?
     
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Black walls. Cant say I like rolling billboards.
     
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