raised white letters
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The low profile of a corvette tire would not allow standard whit lettering to appear. It would look like a white wall while movind=g at any speed. Look at the white letters on the mid 70's tires & then compare how tall the side wall was then to the tires on the 84 on vette.
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The low profile of a corvette tire would not allow standard whit lettering to appear. It would look like a white wall while movind=g at any speed. Look at the white letters on the mid 70's tires & then compare how tall the side wall was then to the tires on the 84 on vette.
race cars have white letters doesnt the c5r have white letters
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I love the letter tires and have had them on alot of cars but i never thought they looked right on a vette.The tires from the 50's were the wide whitewall and that look nice on those year cars.
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I too have always liked the look of raised white letters on tires. Not sure just how well they would look on current low profile tires though.
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Raised white looked good on 3rd gen Camaros back in the day, but now uhh-uhh. 
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but i also l like the plain black tires on the C5's vettes.To me the wide whitewalls on a newer vette take away from the beauty of the car because all you see are those big whitewall tires and you are not looking at the car itself.
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I agree with the "sidewall is too short" theory. Just cna't visulize them on the low profile tires.
