Poll: Raised white letters or not?

[61_FL_Apache]

I have not done a poll before so here goes.

The pic below is of my truck as it stands today.. I plan to have the same chrome wheels on the front soon with new tires.

The tires will be Cooper Cobra GT's. They have a nice look either way.

Which would you choose? White letters out, or black wall out?



This is what the tires will look like. I will put these on the rear too in the near future.

[corvettejim1968]

i like the white letters.

[chevyrestoguy]

White letters look right on a restored '68-'81 car. Blackwalls on everything else.

[Sharps40]

Three word answer....

Oh Hell No

[jesseo]

Black no letters IMO

[T Smith]

I loathe white letters.

When I bought my 66 the first stop I made was the tire store and dropped $100 to get them turned around.

[brokenspoke]

White letters no way

[BMERDOC]

White letters are baad...mmm k?

[jayoldschool]

Option C: whitewalls. No whitewalls? Blackwall.

[61_FL_Apache]

OK OK!!! I Get it!!

Thanks for your opinions and votes on the poll!!

I hope to post some new tire pics this weekend. Stay tuned....

[Lugnutz65]

Blonde? Brunette? Redhead? It all depends on what YOU like. I say go with the solid raised white letters and flip around later if they don't appeal to you. I personally think they look great with certain alloy mag wheels and out of place with factory rims. You'll get a lot of different opinions on here, but you really just need to follow your heart.

Here's a sample from a classic car I own. Nobody will ever convince me that I would like them better without the white letters. I followed my own advice!

[rustbucket66]

Blackwalls. It makes you focus on the wheels and the truck instead of reading the white letters. Why give free advertising to a tire manufacturer? You bought their tires, isn't that enough? It's like a car dealership putting their sticker on a new vehicle, it looks tacky and it's just cheap advertising for them. Also white letters look funny when they are going around and around going down the road.

[likaroc13]

My vote is blackwall out.
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[64shortbox]

I'm a black wall guy. I think it makes the truck look cleaner, not to mention I HATE scrubbing white walls and letters. I keep my white letters turned in. Now if I could stop my dog from pi$$ing the tires as soon as I get my truck washed & dried I would be a happy camper

[spacedebris]

Personally, the white letters scream 70's to me. And would be perfect if you had a 70's muscle car. But on an early 60's truck, I'd go with either black walls or wide white walls.

[markeb01]

I think white letters look great on 60's era muscle cars, but I"m not a fan of the look on our trucks. I tried it once on mine and quickly tired of the appearance.

[glos55]

I like white letters on 60 and 70's Trucks

[61_FL_Apache]

Im sorry to say to my White Wall buddies, but the Black Wall's won today..

Here they are.


I have to get this truck aligned in the morning, then I will put the new wheels and tires on..

More pics tomorrow!!

Thanks again for your input!! You guys rock??

[theastronaut]

Blackwalls! IMO, white letter tires are kinda like Corvette Rally's... leave them on the Vette's, or in the case of white letters- leave them in the 70's!

[Indian113]

Those Black walls look NICE!!

[T Smith]

Good choice!

[vgnope]

Im all for tires with meat.. white letter or not, as soon as the rear get a little low/bald, ill rotate and flip to black.
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[61_FL_Apache]

Before



After





Thanks again for your input!!

[Bazooka]

Great choice! Would also look great with thin whites..

Good thing you didnt get the white letters or you would have to get the matching mullet hairdo

[mud.man.rj]

Yep good choice, unless it was 10 years ago.