Raised white lettering on tires yes or no?

[C-Mack]

Shopping around for tires can be tedious enough but anyone else run into the situation where the brand/model/size you want only comes with raised white lettering? I’m not a big fan of raised white lettering or reverse mounting tires to hide them but it got me wondering what others preferences are and why the white lettering tradition is so prevalent with many off-road tire brands?

 

[Dokatd]

No white walls for sure. Most tires that have them are designed to be either or. You are not giving up anything going black walls out.

Legit off-road tires typically don't have white walls at all. All the others do it for the potential advertising. If you actually wheel your truck you will wear the white walls down pretty badly and it looks like crap.

 

[TheDocAUS]

Shopping around for tires can be tedious enough but anyone else run into the situation where the brand/model/size you want only comes with raised white lettering? I’m not a big fan of reverse mounting tires to hide the lettering but it got me wondering what others preferences are and why the white lettering tradition is so prevalent with many off-road tire brands?

The trick to keeping the white letter clean is using a soap with an abrasive, like that used by mechanics to clean their hands. In Australia that meant Solvol, which is no longer made. Lucky for me I have a couple of cakes left.

Wet the soap, rub it over the white letters like sand paper, wash off and it is done.

Wet and dry sand paper should also work.

 

[Jiman01]

I believe it’s Bridgestones, whose white lettering goes the full thickness of each letter, if you decide to show the white lettering out.

FWIW, I’ve never been a fan of the white letters out, but I like them on the Grenadier for some weird reason

 

[Cheshire cat]

When I first had BF Goodrich fitted to my old Defender I requested black side out. By mistake they fitted white lettering out. I grew to really like it and specified the same when buying my Grenadier.

 

[CountyV8]

Had the tyres reversed cant stand the white letters too boy racer .

 

[CRH]

When I first had BF Goodrich fitted to my old Defender I requested black side out. By mistake they fitted white lettering out. I grew to really like it and specified the same when buying my Grenadier.

I wasn't a fan of the white lettering at first but it has grown on me too.
Not keen when it goes into the dealer for work and they wash it and put tyre shine in the tyres, just doesn't suit the vehicle, I know it's supposed to be good for the tyres but it just looks a it 'pimp my ride' on a proper 4x4