White letters or black wall out?

[garyd1961]

On a new truck I like black wall out but on anything made in the 70s I like white letters out because that's how we did it back in the day.

[brown7373]

I agree Already Gone. I don't think of a pickup as a muscle machine, but it still boils down to a personal opinion. Do what you like.

[Already Gone]

Originally Posted by brown7373

I agree Already Gone. I don't think of a pickup as a muscle machine, but it still boils down to a personal opinion. Do what you like.

For sure and I have to say the Orange K10 2 posts above with the big boots and RWL's looks great..

[briank]

White letters out. My 70 jimmy has them out and my brand new truck also has them out from the factory as well.

[In The Ten Ring]

It's a tire dude, don't put that much thought into it! As long as all 4 match, I don't think it matters that much.

Mine has white walls on it now from the PO and once I dig up his original wheels and hub caps, I think those will look great with the white walls.

When I was younger, all I wanted was chrome everything and raised white letters. Now that I am older, I want my truck to be as OEM as possible. What was OEM in 1972? That's how I want it.

[72LB]

Used to like white out but prefer black wall out now.

[Grumpy old man]

I don't think these come with white letters ? 29 x 15.5 x 15

[CG]

I prefer black wall. The only white letters out that I like are BFG's. The lettering is small and not in your face. Back in the day Good Year had some really nice lettering too, dunno if you can still get that style though.

[Grumpy old man]

Ms Grumpy has a Dodge ram short bed with Goodyear white letter out and my daily driver 1995 Gmc k2500 I run Michelin 10 ply white letter out . I think they look sporty on the right truck ?

I have to say the Michelins are waay better than the Goodyear tires

[jocko]

The phrase blackwall "out" (as opposed to just plain old blackwall) implies that you want to buy a specific tire that you like for some specific reason but are faced with the dilemma of white letters (or whitewall) facing out or mounting it with the blackwall out.

If one prefers blackwall, then why not buy an actual blackwall tire rather than mounting a raised white letter tire backwards and having folks look at your truck wondering why you have raised white letters facing inward? It IS visible and, maybe just to me, looks kinda silly. I've never, ever understood this. BRL touched on this by mentioning painting over the RWLs, and I've thought about doing that too when I found I did want a specific tire for some reason that just happened to have RWLs or whatever (as in, BFG's on my dd), but in the end, I just hunted around for a blackwall tire and went with that. Again, maybe it's just me, but the question would be "RWAL, whitewall, or blackwall tire, period." Not, white or blackwall 'out'.

[swamp rat]

If you order a tire and it has white raised letters they have to go out, otherwise order tires without white raised letters. Simple.

[volksworld]

just order blackwalls? sometimes thats easier said than done....just had to put rubber on the wifes 68 plymouth sport fury....225 70 15 's.... and almost everything in that size by a us manufacturer was a lite truck raised white letter tire...just think how dumb a resto convertible would look with wranglers,destination le's,long trail ta's ,geolanders, etc....certainly didnt want anything asian and didnt have the cash for 300 dollar stuff from coker....it got generals with the white letters inside....at least its low enough you cant see them.....our trucks are a lot more forgiving with what you put on them....but i've always hated off-brand raised white letters....why would you want to show off that you put cheap crap on your truck?

[rustytruck50]

I think it really depends on the truck and personal preference. I was a white letter outer for a long time, but when I put my new tires on, I went black out...just seemed to look right. Now on the flip side, if I was doing a restoration, I think I'd go for the double white walls.

[Sawlog]

Black out.

[brown7373]

rustytruck50, I have dual whitewalls on my 70 Bonneville convertible. Bias ply though, not sure if they make radials. I wasn't finished installing the trim in this picture.

[Fldawg]

If they are soild white letters i would go out, never been a outlined tire guy,also the color of the vehicle has something to do with it too

[mike88a]

Your truck your choice. I am a black wall out guy!

[OregonNed]

Our trucks look great either way..!

[scooterpimp]

Raised whie letters give attitede..but thats my 2 cents..

[jabborabbo]

I kinda think that if the tires are on the original rims with original hubcaps then have the black wall out...if not, then it’s owner’s choice!

[cardude]

Originally Posted by oregonned

our trucks look great either way..!

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