Why cant i find raised white letter a/t tires?

moparpeetie · Jan 2, 2016

I guess I'm old school or...just old. I like the look of raised white letter tires. I've been lookin' for 275/65/20 or 285/65/20 with white letters but Nothing. I see BFG's advertised with them only to find out they're black sidewalls. Can anyone enlighten me on where to findem'?

SitKneelBend · Jan 2, 2016

It's my understanding that many tires have them, but the reverse side is black.

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Jimmy68 · Jan 2, 2016

My Duratrac's have them. I run white side out.

Big Blue Hemi · Jan 3, 2016

Cooper Tires

Wandell · Jan 3, 2016

Yeah, white letter tires started going out of style in the late 80's. The BFG AT KO's are still available in white letters.

Jake2544 · Jan 3, 2016

moparpeetie said:
I guess I'm old school or...just old. I like the look of raised white letter tires. I've been lookin' for 275/65/20 or 285/65/20 with white letters but Nothing. I see BFG's advertised with them only to find out they're black sidewalls. Can anyone enlighten me on where to findem'?

Michelin LTX A/T 2, that's what I'm putting on my truck. They are in short supply right now, this tire in this size is standard on F-350.

Ram82808 · Jan 3, 2016

Ive seen some guys down here in miami paint the tires lettering . Not sure what paint they use....

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develand · Jan 3, 2016

Ram82808 said:
Ive seen some guys down here in miami paint the tires lettering . Not sure what paint they use....

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some just use a paint pen.

CMil527 · Jan 4, 2016

yes sir paint pen makes it easy!

lmeavtitn · Jan 5, 2016

I work in the tire industry and get this question all the time. In the above comment, the reason was stated - it being an "out-dated" look.

Back in the day, for the most part, all tires had a whitewall option. Now a days, you'll be lucky to get a good tire that has black side wall on one side and white side wall on the other.

Tire manufactors save money by only selling tires that sell. Since the demand is low for white wall tires, production gets cut.

Cyborg2337 · Jan 9, 2016

I'm looking at General Grabber AT2's in that size. They have OWL.

LucaBrasi916 · Jan 9, 2016

the raised white letters is the biggest dislike i have on my truck. i will be making sure when i swapped out the stockers to AT's they will not have the raised whites.

SitKneelBend · Jan 9, 2016

LucaBrasi916 said:
the raised white letters is the biggest dislike i have on my truck. i will be making sure when i swapped out the stockers to AT's they will not have the raised whites.

If you have them remounted with the black side out your problem is solved...

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LucaBrasi916 · Jan 10, 2016

SitKneelBend said:
If you have them remounted with the black side out your problem is solved...

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the stockers arent even worth the cost to do that in IMO, if im taking my truck to a tire place its getting new rubber which will be shortly as soon as i decide if i want a lift or not.

SitKneelBend · Jan 10, 2016

LucaBrasi916 said:
the stockers arent even worth the cost to do that in IMO, if im taking my truck to a tire place its getting new rubber which will be shortly as soon as i decide if i want a lift or not.

You're dealer might do it for free since you just bought it. Usually they have to be asked to point the white side out...

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AustinB · Jan 10, 2016

Wonder how well a paint pen would hold up? I used to take a pretty stiff brush to my white letters to clean them (bfg a/t)... Would a paint pen take that kind of beating? (I like white letters too, but it has to be an American made and a good tire to advertise like that)

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AustinB · Jan 10, 2016

Answered my own question...
http://www.rangerpaint.com

And these are supposed to "last the life of the tire"
http://tredwear.com/blog-tire-paint-pen-lettering-alternatives/tire-paint-does-tire-paint-work/
^ I can't get any actual products to pull up on this website, but it seems like the way to go. Probably have to call them.

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RedRam20s · Jan 24, 2016

lmeavtitn said:
I work in the tire industry and get this question all the time. In the above comment, the reason was stated - it being an "out-dated" look.

Back in the day, for the most part, all tires had a whitewall option. Now a days, you'll be lucky to get a good tire that has black side wall on one side and white side wall on the other.

Tire manufactors save money by only selling tires that sell. Since the demand is low for white wall tires, production gets cut.

White wall and white letter (like the OP is talking about) are much different.

AustinB · Jan 24, 2016

RedRam20s said:
White wall and white letter (like the OP is talking about) are much different.

I think that even the op said white letters and then another sentence later, white walls. I think its understood that white "wall" would be referencing "letters" in an A/T truck tire. Human error at it's finest I'm sure.

IMO

averageguy · Jan 24, 2016

I ordered my truck with white lettered tires because I like them and will replace them with the same. That's why we have choices because not everyone likes the same things.

Why cant i find raised white letter a/t tires?

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