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White letters in or out?

Discussion in 'Wheels & Tires' started by Barry J, Jan 23, 2017.

  1. Jan 28, 2017 at 9:24 AM
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    HawkShot99

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    How about front and back?
     
  2. Jan 28, 2017 at 9:56 PM
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    ecotecin

    ecotecin Wait, whut........

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    How bout that poll OP?
     
  3. Jan 29, 2017 at 4:38 AM
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    robupstateny

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  4. Jan 30, 2017 at 4:09 PM
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    GrayYota

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    Depends on the truck, I like black wall but there are lots of good examples of white letters on this post!
     
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  5. Apr 7, 2017 at 10:00 PM
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    FLnative

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    I'm gonna be getting some new wheels soon and switching over my current BFG KO which are black letters out and have about 30k miles on them. Thinking I'd like to switch it up with the new wheels and go white letters out, but I'm not sure if it'd cause issues from being worn one way for so many miles. Anyone have any experience with this?
     
  6. Apr 8, 2017 at 1:36 AM
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    koditten

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    Reserected from the dead.
    It won't matter. When you rotate the tires from one side to the other, you are changing the direction they roll. Same idea if you switch the lettering to the opposite it was.
     
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  7. Jun 29, 2018 at 6:35 PM
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    I like the white letters out
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  8. Jul 2, 2018 at 4:15 PM
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  9. Jul 2, 2018 at 4:18 PM
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    03coma

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    Letters in
     
  10. Jul 2, 2018 at 4:20 PM
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    Foozer

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    Did white out on my Spruce Mica 2nd gen and white in on my black 3rd gen

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  11. Jul 2, 2018 at 4:28 PM
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    Imports trucks -black out, American trucks -white letters out
     
  12. Jul 3, 2018 at 8:42 AM
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    I will go white letters in.. Personally I don't like what it looks like letters out...
     
  13. Jul 3, 2018 at 8:44 AM
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    EatsInPDX

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    White letters in.
     
  14. Jul 3, 2018 at 8:45 AM
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    Yep this is end of the discussion right here. Letters in looks so clean
     
  15. Jul 3, 2018 at 8:57 AM
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    White letters out. They do get dirty, but it's ok to let things get dirty every now and then, after all, it is a truck...

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  16. Jul 3, 2018 at 9:03 AM
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    snowmanwithahat

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    Yeah, I think that proves a point nicely. Black on black on black, go with it in. But with accents like a polished aluminum ring, out looks better
     
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  17. Jan 1, 2020 at 5:09 AM
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    Haji DontSurf

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    If your paint job is a primary color; White, Red, Blue, Black - Letters Out
    Everything else- Letters in
     
  18. Jan 1, 2020 at 6:06 AM
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    tbrackman84

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    letters in!
     
  19. Jan 1, 2020 at 8:54 PM
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    only49ersfan

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    Im old school. Letters out. Just remember, you have to scrub them to keep them cleaned. 90% offroad guys prefer RWL in for obvious reasons
     
  20. Jan 1, 2020 at 9:09 PM
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    Muddycoinwash

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    Depends on the truck. If I had an old Toyota pick up they would be white letters out. But on my tacos I like the black out. My 2015 came from the factory with white letters out.
     

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