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Raised white letters……love it hate?

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by faawrenchbndr, Feb 12, 2023.

  1. Feb 12, 2023 at 5:05 AM
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    faawrenchbndr

    faawrenchbndr [OP] Til Valhalla

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    So here’s a question. Tire raised white letters, love or hate?

    I love them, am I old school? Old fart? Outdated?
     
  2. Feb 12, 2023 at 5:09 AM
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    dangeroso

    dangeroso Just float along and fill your lungs

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    I like them on the right vehicle. On a Tacoma, they look good on black or white trucks. On electric lime with bronze wheels, not so much.

    I have them facing out on mine.

     
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  3. Feb 12, 2023 at 5:50 AM
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    Rocketball

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    I'm also old, so I like them.
     
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  4. Feb 12, 2023 at 5:53 AM
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    RustyGreen

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    You paid for them so show them off - white letters out :thumbsup:

    (yeah, I'm old...)
     
  5. Feb 12, 2023 at 6:00 AM
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    Dkurtz42

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    Completely random…I don’t know the rhyme or reason of colors, size, etc. hate hate hate, that looks good. Super subjective. If you like it, do it for you.
     
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  6. Feb 12, 2023 at 6:16 AM
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    TacoTime55

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    As a kid, I enjoyed seeing raised white letters on 70s style cars like:

    Camaro, SS
    Corvette
    Chevelle
    Nova
    Duster

    I'm going off memory instead of googling it.

    If you like em', get em', show them off!

    We do that now with current generation of Tacoma.
     
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  7. Feb 12, 2023 at 6:27 AM
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    03coma

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  8. Feb 12, 2023 at 6:34 AM
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    Hook78

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    Completely and entirely subjective, like any opinion about what looks good. Remember, whatever is “old school” eventually gets recycled as “vintage” by the newer crowd, or just completely stolen as if it’s new. So, proudly rock whatever look it is that you like. Some people will tell you it’s awesome and some people will tell you it sucks. All that really matters is that you love it.
     
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  9. Feb 13, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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    SCSPerformance

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    Personally, I like the letters to be blacked out.

    Unless it's one of these
    [​IMG]
     
  10. Feb 13, 2023 at 3:46 PM
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    Tacospike

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    Not a fan personally

    I am a fan of white walls. Old school bikes even if new with an old style look. And older cars and truck 50’s and older
     
  11. Feb 13, 2023 at 3:46 PM
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    Black wall guy here
     
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    OWL on my trucks but not on my Mustang GT. I'm Old.
     
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    Remains to be seen I bought the tires and wheels the rest came along
    If the tire manufacture gives me a discount for White Letters Out . I will advertise.

    I don`t need to advertise tires for free.
     
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  14. Mar 1, 2023 at 6:59 PM
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    Classic ride-white letters, white walls
    Me old man-white wall haircuts
    My tacos- back only
    You do you- rock your tires as you see fit
    Don’t know why I’m even replying to this- not Friday yet
     
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  15. Mar 1, 2023 at 7:21 PM
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    I like no letters or raised white solid letters.

    Don't care for the outline letters.
     
  16. Mar 1, 2023 at 7:29 PM
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    I prefer white letters. I chose these tires specifically over others that I was looking at because I really wanted white letters. I'm happy with their performance so that's good too.

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  17. Mar 1, 2023 at 7:41 PM
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    Rock Lobster

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    My first two cars came with solid whitewalls.

    Lettering is weird on the Tacoma. It only looks good on some Tacomas, and it looks awful on others. I don't understand and can't describe why.
     
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  18. Mar 3, 2023 at 10:41 AM
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    man_on_an_island

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    I like them, but chickened out on doing it with my last set.
     
  19. Mar 3, 2023 at 10:56 AM
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    notbryon

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    I love them both equally…currently running letters out but last month I had them facing in.

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  20. Mar 5, 2023 at 6:22 AM
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    perterra

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    For the most part indifferent. White letters out are fine by me, but the other day I saw a nice looking Mercedes GL and the whites were out and it didnt look right. That may have been more because the tires were some weird ass brand like Goodride or something.
     

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