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Old May 1, 2004 | 05:22 PM
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White letters or Black Wall

Raised White Letters, or Blackwall? I am getting new shoes: BFG AT TA 285/75/17 on stock rims for now... What do you think?

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Old May 1, 2004 | 05:44 PM
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What do you think?

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I would go blackies out. Just looks better IMO
 
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Old May 1, 2004 | 07:13 PM
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Must say I'm very partial to all black ... no matter what vehicle, color, etc.

The white will dull over time ... you can never get it to look good IMO.
 
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Old May 1, 2004 | 07:53 PM
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Gordo:

Go black walls - your truck is sweet and the ALL black ROX!

 
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Old May 1, 2004 | 09:18 PM
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I am a Raised White Letter man, I have always had them and think they look great. And with Westly's wheel brite the letters look like new till there is no tread left. BUT ... black is not a bad look either. This is one of those questions that there is no right or wrong answer It is just a matter of what you think is best. Just look at the many galleries posted or go to the dealer and stand back and see what looks good to you. It is like the paint you choose, every one here thinks thier's is the best and guess what.......

Beleive it or not that is one thing everyone of us will agree on and not argue about


We are all right
 
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Old May 1, 2004 | 10:59 PM
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Silver,

Check out my gallery, on the stock rims I had the white out, on the Welds I went with the black out. I cant decide which I like better, oh well.
 
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Old May 2, 2004 | 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Silver150
Raised White Letters, or Blackwall? I am getting new shoes: BFG AT TA 285/75/17 on stock rims for now... What do you think?

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Black is beautifull! LOL!!!! Some tires are available with no raised white letters...that is the best choice or put the letters toward the inside and spray them to cover the lame (IMO) white letters. It's not like BFG is going to pay you to run their raised white letter rotating billboard facing out. LOL!


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Old May 2, 2004 | 04:10 AM
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It's not like BFG is going to pay you to run their raised white letter rotating billboard facing out.
I agree.

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Old May 2, 2004 | 08:11 AM
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Look at my gallery. I think several factors must be considered.
1. size and tread type
2. style of wheel
3. color of vechicle

Look thru lots of galleries until you see something you like.

Although my FX4 has the raised white letters, my H2 has the the same BFG tires (but in 315 18) mounted blackwall and they look great.
 

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Old May 2, 2004 | 06:49 PM
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I'm all about raised white letters. ESPECIALLY on All-Terrains. Not sure why, I just like them better. They clean up fine with a little elbow grease.
 
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Old May 28, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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I kinda like the old school look of all black.

I think the saying goes - once you go black you never go back......

 
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Old May 28, 2004 | 10:25 PM
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I think with the silver truck the all black looks better.
 
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Old May 29, 2004 | 01:18 PM
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White letters SHOWING, without a doubt. Get some of the bleach-white cleaner, and they'll always look good. I had all black on my first F-150, and when I got BFG AT's, the white letters made the truck look 100x's better!

To each his own, though. Do what you think looks best!

Good luck!

Mike
 
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Old May 29, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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I've always had black outside. The new Lariat I just bought has the white letters showing and surprisingly it does look great with the white truck. The whole thing has a very classy look to it.
 
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Old May 29, 2004 | 07:29 PM
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just put some 33" 17's on my red fx4. they aren't goodrich...they're wild country mud terrains....but black on the outside looked better than the white letters to me.
 
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