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Old Apr 6, 2018 | 10:58 AM
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Any One running white letter tires on their C5?
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Old Apr 7, 2018 | 04:55 PM
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The currently styled proper way or the wrong way...which are ya lookin for...lol? Plenty of the wrong way on this forum..lol.
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Lots of pics and discussion here.


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Old Aug 2, 2019 | 08:06 PM
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Have not seen tires (in the stock 17 inch sizes that come on our Corvettes) with white lettering.
For that I am greateful.
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Old Aug 2, 2019 | 08:29 PM
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I LIKE white letters, but I don’t like the current oversized ones I see. If I could have a set that resembled those that were on C3’s I’d have them in a heartbeat. I tried a number of tire ‘pens’ and the whites yellow, the yellows turn brown and the red turn orange. Of course that ignores the difficulty of getting them onto the letters in a neat manner.
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Old Aug 2, 2019 | 08:51 PM
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Interesting thread resurrection.
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Lots of guys near me with fluorescent Hellcats and Chargers with big tire letters saying please look at me, lol. I personally like white letters on trucks, 4x4's, and actual race cars, but not sure if I like them on cars, maybe the subtle smaller letters and logos, but definitely not the big fat letters.

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Lots of guys near me with fluorescent Hellcats and Chargers with big tire letters saying please look at me, lol. I personally like white letters on trucks, 4x4's, and actual race cars, but not sure if I like them on cars, maybe the subtle smaller letters and logos, but definitely not the big fat letters.

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I agree. I had the outlined white letters on my 4x4’s but the sizes that used to be on c3’s were just the right proportion
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IF you can buy the tires that way yes. If you have to paint/color no.
If you paint them they will turn yellow and look like crap unless you are willing to repeat often.
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