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Ok guys, I need to replace tires White lettering out or blackwall out? Whats your opinion? 1980 Vette. :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

71stingraybigblock

If your running stock wheels, white letters out. If you have after market, black out. That's what I am doing. Hopefully next year I will move up to 17" or 18" alum. with black out tires.

71stingraybigblock

I just think that there is too much side wall on the 15" tires to put them black out. IMO

EarnIt

I`ve always preffered white letters out. And i would rather have solid letters as opposed to the outlines.

Pete79L82

White letter tires were very popular when your car was new. If you have stock wheels then I think white letter tires look right on then.

Rockn-Roll

I used to want the white lettering on the outside so it could be seen, and I could never figure out why people wanted them hidden. Well, I bought some high-performance tires and guess what...no lettering. Now when I buy some mid-performance tires (like the T/A Radials I've got now) then I hide the lettering so nobody knows whether they are G-Force R1's or just a street tire.

PrarieShark

black wall out :p:

BlueL36

I just got new Firestone Firehawks and wrestled with the same question. I looked at as many pictures as I could find to see what they'd look like on my car. Even saw a few Corvettes at a Mecum auction with the Firehawks on them. The lettering looks a bit bigger than the BFG T/A's they replaced, but I still opted to go white-letters-out.

Chris Fowler

White out on original wheels on my '80.

Cajun99

White letters out..IMHO. :D

L48Shark

Get some BFG Radial T/A's and put the raised white lettering out. Classic look for a Shark. :yesnod:

SizzleChest

white ALWAYS faces out on a C3!

Chuck Harmon

By all means, White Letters out! When I get the good tires on my 69 I won't be able to get white letter tires. The white rubber for the white walls or letters makes the tires run too hot or something which is why high speed radial tires don't have them. Sooo, I will be looking for the best white paint I can find to bring back that distinctive 60's muscle car look by painting the letters white, like they should be! :cheers:

Chuck


[Modified by Chuck Harmon, 11:54 AM 4/12/2002]

twotone82

White letters out!!! Especially with stock rallys (or the optional aluminum rims).

82dukman

White letters out!! check sig pic :D

Mighty Mouse

No doubt, White out. When in doubt, whoop it out!!!! :D

Tex71BB

I had the same question several months ago and I asked the Forum also. The overwhelming majority said letters out, so that's what I did and I'm happy with it (Firehawks). This may sound kinda' odd, but now when I step back and look at the car, it seems shorter (I had blackwalls before). More of a muscle car kind of look, and not quite as sleek looking as before. Different, but good.

fontking1a

White letters out....always.

SharkAttack

Generally, RWLs look better out on C3s. That's my vote.