Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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What wheels are you using ?
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Depends on the wheels. I run them all ways. White letters out on Rallye wheels and Road Wheels, black walls on Cragars and on steelies with dog dish on cars and on my truck wheels. White walls out on New Yorker with Rallye wheels.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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steel wheels/blackwalls full wheel covers/whitewalls any other wheel/white letters This is pretty much my thoughts. BUT can have exceptions depending on color.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Forgot to add, no white letters on luxury cars. White letters on a New Yorker or Imperial (or Lincoln or Cadillac, for that matter) look hideous.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Tire / wheel choice can completely change the looks and demeanor for the car. Case in point. I'll add. To ME personally. Body color steel wheels and beenie hubcaps are Blah on most cars I am giving thoughts to change mine out with either some old school Cragers or maybe polished Torque Thrusts. BUT storage for the spare tires/wheels is a deterrent for me.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Go with the combo platter... Painted/Dog dish with White letter...
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Darn Jeff that's one sharp T/A!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Tire / wheel choice can completely change the looks and demeanor for the car. Case in point. I'll add. To ME personally. Body color steel wheels and beenie hubcaps are Blah on most cars I am giving thoughts to change mine out with either some old school Cragers or maybe polished Torque Thrusts. BUT storage for the spare tires/wheels is a deterrent for me. Great illustrations on different sidewalls!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Black wall tires are my choice. Less distraction IMO. On certain '69 back, cars, I like redlines. I had a set on my '69 300 'vert.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Really varies for me. Factory wheels such as Rallye, Magnum 500 and road wheels, I typically prefer white letters, especially On Polyglas tires. Torque thrust, black Cragars raised white or black, really depends on the color of the car. Keystone Klassics - Black, the white letter distracts from the wheels. I do like white outlined letters on tires, but you don’t see them very often anymore. They will work with most aftermarket wheels and colors, more of an accent since they aren’t as bold as a full white letter.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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steel wheels/blackwalls full wheel covers/whitewalls any other wheel/white letters Forgot to add, no white letters on luxury cars. White letters on a New Yorker or Imperial (or Lincoln or Cadillac, for that matter) look hideous. I do like me some redlines on certain cars/wheels. Agree, agree, and agree. 3 for 3, Mister, well done!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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I run white letters in front and rear in show / cruise night mode … black walls in the rear ( M/T drag radials ) in race mode
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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What wheels are you using ? Rallyes as shown in the second pic. John. The ones in that pic are the repop Goodyears bias belted.They gotta go! What's wrong with them ? I run the repop redlines on body color steelies with dog dish on the Dart .
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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What wheels are you using ? Rallyes as shown in the second pic. John. The ones in that pic are the repop Goodyears bias belted.They gotta go! What's wrong with them ? I run the repop redlines on body color steelies with dog dish on the Dart . Like driving on black ice. All of the time!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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To this day the Formua 1 Superstock bias ply tires brings back memories of sexy cars and a healthy car hobby in full swing. Even if a youngster's car had a low performing V8- the addition of Formua 1 tires on some Cragar SSTs or slotted mags or American Racing Outlaws were the things a young man dreamt of! Even when the N 50x15s stuck out too far due to back space ignorance- it still was a thing of beauty.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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What wheels are you using ? Rallyes as shown in the second pic. John. The ones in that pic are the repop Goodyears bias belted.They gotta go! What's wrong with them ? I run the repop redlines on body color steelies with dog dish on the Dart . Like driving on black ice. All of the time! Well the good thing is you lived in NH so you know how to handle it . Sounds like you need some Quicktime pros on that thing , or let up on the throttle once in a while ... F.A.S.T. guys are looking for those tires so if they aren't too old sell them
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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To this day the Formua 1 Superstock bias ply tires brings back memories of sexy cars and a healthy car hobby in full swing. Even if a youngster's car had a low performing V8- the addition of Formua 1 tires on some Cragar SSTs or slotted mags or American Racing Outlaws were the things a young man dreamt of! Even when the N 50x15s stuck out too far due to back space ignorance- it still was a thing of beauty. the exception to my blackwall preference is the formula 1 Super Stock tire ! i was the first one in this area to purchase a set when the local mom & pop tire store started selling them. F-60 front, L-60 rear. keystone 5 spokes, 6" front. 10"rear.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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To this day the Formua 1 Superstock bias ply tires brings back memories of sexy cars and a healthy car hobby in full swing. Even if a youngster's car had a low performing V8- the addition of Formua 1 tires on some Cragar SSTs or slotted mags or American Racing Outlaws were the things a young man dreamt of! Even when the N 50x15s stuck out too far due to back space ignorance- it still was a thing of beauty. the exception to my blackwall preference is the formula 1 Super Stock tire ! i was the first one in this area to purchase a set when the local mom & pop tire store started selling them. F-60 front, L-60 rear. keystone 5 spokes, 6" front. 10"rear. Kool old school pic!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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White letter tires are part of the whole vibe. Would you have went black wall in 1970? I didnt think so. Would folks run retreads as well?
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Black for me...I hate cleaning white letters Bug and Tar remover works great for this, and it will even remove the brown tint that slowly grows on some brands of tires like BFG's. https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/MAC1116
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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A12, thanks for the comparison shot. It's very helpful! To me the tires look wider with the raised white letters????
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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To this day the Formua 1 Superstock bias ply tires brings back memories of sexy cars and a healthy car hobby in full swing. Even if a youngster's car had a low performing V8- the addition of Formua 1 tires on some Cragar SSTs or slotted mags or American Racing Outlaws were the things a young man dreamt of! Even when the N 50x15s stuck out too far due to back space ignorance- it still was a thing of beauty. the exception to my blackwall preference is the formula 1 Super Stock tire ! i was the first one in this area to purchase a set when the local mom & pop tire store started selling them. F-60 front, L-60 rear. keystone 5 spokes, 6" front. 10"rear. Kool old school pic! thanks ! car is the same, minus the tire/wheel combo and the fog/driving lights attached to the front bumper.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Dont forget all the older stores having lots of front store area glass to idle past for some mirror shots.... cant think im the only one who did that. Heck I still do. Was also good for checking tail/brake lights.
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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Dont forget all the older stores having lots of front store area glass to idle past for some mirror shots.... cant think im the only one who did that. Heck I still do. Was also good for checking tail/brake lights. Oh I still do that too!
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Re: Raised White Letters or Not?
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I like white letters myself.
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