View Poll Results: Raised White letters or no?
Yes, love RWL's on my C3
74
83.15%
No, never
3
3.37%
Just depends....
12
13.48%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll
Raised white letters or no?!!
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Drifting
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Raised white letters or no?!!
Was recently in a conversation with a couple guys and was very surprised with their view on white lettered tires.
My C3 came with new BFG T/A's co it was not a decision for me.
What is your choice?
My C3 came with new BFG T/A's co it was not a decision for me.
What is your choice?
Le Mans Master
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I switch back & forth whenever I get new tires. Last time it was black....next time RWL..
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Safety Car
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From: WI
ESP OWL tires.
Everything I own has OWL tires -- even my beater snow plow Jeep!
No OWL ...off my tire-list.
Edit: I'm kind of at that age where we grew up with OWL/RWL tires.
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Everything I own has OWL tires -- even my beater snow plow Jeep!
No OWL ...off my tire-list.
Edit: I'm kind of at that age where we grew up with OWL/RWL tires.
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Last edited by Mark G; Aug 23, 2023 at 05:07 PM.
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I like the look, but they are a huge compromise for performance.
They all look the same from inside the car, but from outside, 15" RWLs look best, especially on YJ8 or N90 wheels.
It seems, Zora agreed on both the tires and wheels.
They all look the same from inside the car, but from outside, 15" RWLs look best, especially on YJ8 or N90 wheels.
It seems, Zora agreed on both the tires and wheels.
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Always go with the white letters.
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Got to have white letter tires on wider tires IMHO
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My car is an early build ‘69, and according to the Bizzoco book, the white letter tires weren’t available when my car was made in the fall of 1968. To my delight the original white stripe tire is in the spare boot, so I know what the car came with.
An old photo from the C3 registry also shows the car had the Goodyear Eagle GT white letter tires on many years ago as well.
My car is an early build ‘69, and according to the Bizzoco book, the white letter tires weren’t available when my car was made in the fall of 1968. To my delight the original white stripe tire is in the spare boot, so I know what the car came with.
An old photo from the C3 registry also shows the car had the Goodyear Eagle GT white letter tires on many years ago as well.
