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Old 6/25/07, 07:18 AM
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Cool White Letter Tires?

Interested if anyone is running old school white ltter tires. Pics would be great.
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Old 6/25/07, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by HutchNJ
Interested if anyone is running old school white ltter tires. Pics would be great.
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Suggest you do a search under raised white letter tires We "beat this to death" probably around 1 1/2 years ago. A lot of folks were interested them and emails were sent to some manufacuturers. I think the unofficial conclusion was that maybe when/if the Camero/Challenger came out - it would justify the manufacturing costs. The only ones I've seen available are in the 15 -16" range
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You could always get Nitto redlines, only come in one size though(fit the stock 18" wheel).

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...27&rd=18&ar=45
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Well, you can find Goodyear Eagle GTII tires in RWL style, but with a lower speed rating than the OEM rating, which is good for max. 168 mph. I guess they're good enough for shows and/or photoshoots, but not for driving! Another issue with them is the increased sidewall height, compared to 45 or 55 on the OEM tires.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....+White+Letters

Available 17"+ sizes:

275/60TR17 (max 118 mph)
285/60HR18 (max 130 mph)
275/45VR20 (max 149 mph)
285/50HR20 (max 130 mph)
305/50HR20 (max 130 mph)
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Originally Posted by Ranger
Suggest you do a search under raised white letter tires We "beat this to death" probably around 1 1/2 years ago. A lot of folks were interested them and emails were sent to some manufacuturers. I think the unofficial conclusion was that maybe when/if the Camero/Challenger came out - it would justify the manufacturing costs. The only ones I've seen available are in the 15 -16" range
Here's the discussion thread. Some folks even posted links to white letter paint pens if you want to color in your own...

http://forums.bradbarnett.net/showthread.php?t=35828
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Problem with the pens is that most BW tires' lettering is not evenly spaced as say an OWL BFG Radial-TA tire has it done.
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I use tire pens on my drag tires so I can see them spin in video
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Could get those LED valve stem caps
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Originally Posted by kevinb120
Could get those LED valve stem caps


i remember when those hit the "import scene". i just couldnt believe kids were buying them. prob made them feel like they were actually in the movie fast and the furious ahahahah
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There used to be a colored piping insert you could get and it stuck between the tire/rim in day-glow and all those great early 90's colors like teal and hot pink a few years back.
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The paint pen on the tires was my first mod I did to mine, I'm old school. It looked great for about 2 weeks, then chipped & stained. Didn't feel like repeating the work every 2 weeks, so haven't done it since.
Here's a pic from then.
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Skip the white letter tires and step into the 21st century with some killa wheels!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=4

VERY WTLW but I still get a kick out of these things.
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