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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Rock Toy
Saying, if you wheel a lot your white letters will not last very long before they are either rubbed off or so dirty it will take hours to clean them. Sort of like wasting time polishing aluminum rims. I've never seen a pro rig with white lettering. Most tires in the pro sizes do not come with white lettering.
The reason they have white walls on pro rig is advertising.... but I had km2s and the only thing that ever messed up my white walls is on a trailer (loading mistake blame it on the beer). Don't get me wrong my xj is a dd... but I do run the **** out of it I don't need trails to go were I want to go. But I understand that there are poeple that do more serious trails than me. But I've yet to have a problem with white walls. I just got 33x12.50s (40 miles on them) and I will say I dought that these whitewalls will hold up
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:53 PM
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Like I said, I've never seen white on pro rigs. If you want to spend time cleaning white lettering fine. I don't, I rinse my 4x4s off when I get home from the trails. Underneath mostly so I can see if anything is broken or needs repaired.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 05:57 PM
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I like white IMO
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 06:08 PM
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Peace in the Middle East is probably more likely than getting everyone to agree on this topic...
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 06:15 PM
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Need pics to decide.
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Rock Toy
Like I said, I've never seen white on pro rigs. If you want to spend time cleaning white lettering fine. I don't, I rinse my 4x4s off when I get home from the trails. Underneath mostly so I can see if anything is broken or needs repaired.
I pretty much never wash my truck in less something feels wrong in the front end b/c allmost 90% of my 33 sticks out past my fender so just going down my driveway looks like I've been boggin. But honstly white letters is all about what you like and don't like. But don't let cleaning them be a turn off cause this good ol stuff called bleach will clean em right up
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by WJDave
Got to agree. It was all the rage in the 70's to have white letters. I have gone to the trouble of changing a set of tires on the wheel that a bought back to white lettering in.
x2 white letters out seem old school (now adays)
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Old Jan 6, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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definatly white letters, I even have white letters on my snow tires.
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 07:01 AM
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Gee, if I had only known putting the white letters out on my xj would affect the off-road and trail ability.

It's personal preference, go with what you want...
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 12:34 PM
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Don't think anyone said that white lettering or black walls would effect wheeling ability one way or the other.
I just stated that most guys that use their 4x4s for wheeling run black, most mall crawlers run white. No big deal just my opinion, because I'm not concerned about what people thing of the looks of my 4x4, just that it works.
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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if i did two of each then would it be a good trail rig and a good daily driver
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Rock Toy
White for mall crawlers, Black for Rock Crawlers.

White for posers, Black for Wheelers.
No way at all, i wheel and i prefer white letters. it looks better and half the time it doesn't matter bc you cant see the letters any way.
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 05:19 PM
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black just so i dont have to take hours to get them back to white after wheeling and i like the look of a all black tire
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo5
if i did two of each then would it be a good trail rig and a good daily driver
lol
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Old Jan 7, 2011 | 05:46 PM
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Once you go black you never go back!!! Hahahaha. Black is my opinion. I barely have time to fix the vehicle let alone clean it
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