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New Tires - white or black letting on outside?

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Old 10-18-2007, 08:24 AM
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Default New Tires - white or black letting on outside?
I'm putting some BFG All Terrain T/A KOs on my '07 Wrangler Unlimited X today. Should I show the white lettering or black lettering on the outside? What do you think? I'm thinking black, but give me your opinion.

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Old 10-18-2007, 08:26 AM
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:43 AM
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Black - for sure.
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I would put the black out if it was mine.
The white looks nice, but a few rocks/logs etc. and it'll soon be screwed up anyhow.
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Black out. It looks much cleaner (less busy). I don't want to advertise tire company either.
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Check the ply rating, I think in some cases the 8 ply (D rated) has white lettering, and the 10 ply (E rated) has black lettering. I prefer 10 ply black myself. :-)

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White out for good tires and black out for cheap tires!

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As was mentioned, the lettering will get scuffed if you go offroad..so if you plan on using the jeep offroad, black.
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With a white of bright color jeep it just looks right white out.
On a black jeep black out.

And liek everyone said if you are going to be beating them up black out.
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Originally Posted by mrsig
White out for good tires and black out for cheap tires!

Uhuh, can't agree with that. White out for mall crawling, black for rocks.

But then, mine don't even come with white letters.

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