With rally rims, white lettering in or out?

[1967coronet]

Out.

 

[gdrill]

White out. Mags.

 

[Builderguy]

OUT

 

[halfafish]

Mostly, my vote is RWL in. I'm just not a fan.

 

[Justasgood]

Yes I KNOW that it is my car and I should do what I like but... What do you guys think. O by the way the car is a 1971 GTXView attachment 1684740View attachment 1684742View attachment 1684743

 

[68BabyBlue]

White letters out is era correct for that car, and look fine to me. Generally, I don't like RWL, especially on early '60's cars. I have used Radial T/A's on my everyday cars in the past, but always black side out. Just my preference.

I think those of us who were there back in the day like to see era correct. Style across the board shifted radically from the early 60s to the end of the decade. Look at the old Linda Vaughn photos - stilettos in the mid 60s, gogo boots from '68 on. My 1960 300F would have looked odd without white walls, and my wife never rode in it unless she was wearing period correct shoes. Both would be a total mismatch with my GTX. It had white walls when new, and that was one item I couldn't bring myself to return to original. I vote white letters out on a 70s car.

 

[Sixpactogo]

It looks like the general consensus is out but personally, I have never been a fan of advertising for a tire company or the flipity-flip look going down the street slowly. Plus, there is nothing else white on my car and I do like the subtle sneaky look. That said, in for me.

 

[toolmanmike]

It looks like the general consensus is out but personally, I have never been a fan of advertising for a tire company or the flipity-flip look going down the street slowly. Plus, there is nothing else white on my car and I do like the subtle sneaky look. That said, in for me.

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Nice ghost stripe. Looks sinister along with the black walled tires.

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

Out

 

[Coelacanth]

It looks like the general consensus is out but personally, I have never been a fan of advertising for a tire company or the flipity-flip look going down the street slowly. Plus, there is nothing else white on my car and I do like the subtle sneaky look. That said, in for me.

I think the general consensus is pretty much 50/50...and people generally feel very strongly about their choice.

Era, period-correct look; one way or the other to match a body color, or trim, contrast the wheels, whatever...To the OP: You do you!

 

[WileE]

I think the general consensus is pretty much 50/50...and people generally feel very strongly about their choice.

Era, period-correct look; one way or the other to match a body color, or trim, contrast the wheels, whatever...To the OP: You do you!

Huh ? 50-50 ? What math you using ? Up to this point it's over 3 to 1 in favor of out. You don' t happen to work in the elections, do you ?

 

[Coelacanth]

Huh ? 50-50 ? What math you using ? Up to this point it's over 3 to 1 in favor of out. You don' t happen to work in the elections, do you ?

Well, I didn't actually count and tally up every post. Maybe I should've opened Excel and made a spreadsheet...

Just glancing through the topic, it didn't seem that one-sided. But as I said, people seem to feel very strongly about their choice...

 

[WileE]

Well, I didn't actually count and tally up every post. Maybe I should've opened Excel and made a spreadsheet...

Just glancing through the topic, it didn't seem that one-sided. But as I said, people seem to feel very strongly about their choice...

 

[33 IMP]

I have t/a's for my 62, and Coopers on my diesel pickup, both with the letters in.
If I owned the o.p.'s car, I'd definitely put the letters out.
My Hoosier race tires have the letters out.... cause both sides have painted on lettering. (Keeping it for video-ing purposes).

 

[DeltaV]

Out

That's my 8 cents worth.

 

[6t6slodart]

Either way works great!

 

[WileE]

Out

That's my 8 cents worth.

8 cents ?? Baby, you're a rich man.

 

[DeltaV]

8 cents ?? Baby, you're a rich man.

2 cents per tire

 

[RAW60]

Out!

 

[vsj100]

Out totally. Mine had black out then new cobras with white out. Super nice.