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White letters out or in?

Discussion in '2nd Gen. Tacomas (2005-2015)' started by kev6216, Feb 28, 2016.

  1. Mar 1, 2016 at 4:13 AM
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    thunderbases

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    I agree.
     
  2. Mar 1, 2016 at 4:20 AM
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    Black out for me.

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  3. Mar 1, 2016 at 4:29 AM
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  4. Mar 1, 2016 at 10:18 AM
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    Here are a few more pics for you. 2009 Tacoma.jpg Baja new.jpg Baja.jpg Everyone at the dealer agreed with me on the black out but most of those were sales guys so you might do the opposite.
     
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  5. Mar 1, 2016 at 10:33 AM
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    I'm 20 with white letters out... :anonymous:

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  6. Mar 1, 2016 at 10:39 AM
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    Trail grapps are all black on both sides :(
     
  7. Mar 1, 2016 at 10:48 AM
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    White letters out.

    Old school is best school. :D

    If the letters start looking grimy or stained scrub them with a brillo pad or similar steel wool soap pad and it'll clean/brighten them right up. :thumbsup:
     
  8. Mar 1, 2016 at 3:04 PM
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    If BFG paid me to advertise I might think about putting that much work in to it
     
  9. Mar 1, 2016 at 3:14 PM
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    Skrain

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    it's surprising how much better some wheels look with the lettering out, and some look with it in! At least not too many guys are running tires with "Gangster" whitewalls, A.K.A. the wide whites of the 50s...IF you could even find tires like that any longer!
     
  10. Mar 1, 2016 at 5:26 PM
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    That's interesting...I would have thought it would be the other way around. I'm 54, black walls outside for me for the last 20 years.
     
  11. Mar 2, 2016 at 12:12 AM
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    :notsure: Not really much work to it, just a step in cleaning the wheels/tires when I wash the truck.
     
  12. Mar 2, 2016 at 12:41 AM
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    21 and haven't had a truck without a shell... Where would I sleep while I'm camping? Also... Black out
     
  13. Mar 3, 2016 at 11:13 AM
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  14. Mar 5, 2016 at 9:10 AM
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    Depends on the wheels and truck colors. I was going for the old school white wheel look so put the letters out. Kind of breaks up all the black with the base flares being black. I think the white letters out works for my combo.

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  15. Mar 5, 2016 at 9:11 AM
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    Out!
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  16. Mar 5, 2016 at 5:15 PM
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    Thanks to everyone who posted pics in my thread! I ended up going with white letters out. I took some pics as soon as I got them home and then again after the first wash. I just drove from Pit to Balt over the weekend and these KO2's are some badass tires. Smooth, quiet, look cool...Need to get them offroad. 4th time I've bought BFG AT in the past 20 years and these by far are the best riding/best looking so far. Thanks again everyone! Lol to the guy that said one side black letters in, other side black letters out!

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  17. Mar 5, 2016 at 5:17 PM
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  18. Mar 5, 2016 at 5:26 PM
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    ok only thing I don't like is BFG got rid of that thick ring that protects the rim. Not sure why, the new ones don't fit as snug but I can deal with it.
     
  19. Mar 5, 2016 at 5:35 PM
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    Firsttaco

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    Got to say, the white out looks pretty sweet. Might have to go that route on my next set. Nice set up OP.
     
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  20. Mar 5, 2016 at 5:47 PM
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    kev6216

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    Oh, and ended up getting them at Toyota dealer. Buy 3 get 1 for $1. Came to $930 after everything with 4 wheel alignment. 265/70/16 I made sure they had me look at them before they put them on.

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