RWL rear tires vs blackwall front

[bbbentley]

Don’t want to make a Day 2 faux pas. I have raised white letter L60X15s out back. But my front runners are blackwall. Is this Ok? I want the RWL look, it’s so 70’s.
A)Should I paint the front tire letters ?
B)Reverse the back tires to all black?
C) the front runners have a thin whitewall on one pair. Soooo, run the whitewall?
Most front runners are blackwall. A few exceptions found looking through the vast amount of reference pictures the site offers. Most notable, the Stone, Woods, Cooke Olds powered Willys
I had just planned to run blackwall front, RWL rear. Will that bring the Day 2 police to my doorstep?

[cwc]

Bentley,to me white letters would be perfectly acceptable,they are just a matter of preference.just as they were 50 years ago,but please don’t defile your yellow Camaro with radials!

[bbbentley]

Bentley,....,but please don’t defile your yellow Camaro with radials!

That ain’t gonna happen!

[cheveslakr]

From my memory it was very common to face the rear white letters outward and leave the fronts in, if they even had white letters. In my case it was because I spent the money on the rears and usually just found some cheap front runners, usually oem tires. I do the same thing today on a couple cars, the only thing different is the cost of the front tires.

[Bernhard]

Great question.
I would go white letters facing out in the back, turning them in would be day three.
Up front don't paint the tires just run black wall out, unless you have matching tires or early front runners with white lettering.

[bbbentley]

Resurrecting this thread.
Got a pair of GY 6.70x15 Custom Super Cushion 4 ply “pizza cutters”. I believe these are Coker remakes. Anyway, they are whitewall, like the 1” type. I have looked through many , many pictures on this site and only find about 6 cars that had whitewalls on the front. Kinda taboo? What would YOU do?
1) blackwall out?
2) whitewall out?
3) blackwall out and paint whitewall black, so not seen under car?

[R68GTO]

Blackwall out is what I'd do. With a car named Ratty Rat, I'd let the whitewalls show -fits the theme:biggthumpup:

[markinnaples]

Ummmm, yeah, not sure about that post....

[big gear head]

Did Dave start a new user profile?

[markinnaples]

Where is the laughing emoji?

[Tommy]

that might be the same guy that explained the Rockwell transmission Turbo incabulator.


Tommy

[NorCam]

Grady went Blackwall out. I'd say it's an absolute winner

https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2016/12/full-2974-53474-dscf6873.jpg

[DW31S]

I'm generally not a fan of RWL. I REALLY don't like them on Cragars and I don't care for the RWL/Steelie look either, especially when dog-dish hubcaps are part of the mix. Once in a while, I can tolerate them on an A-12 Mopar but only if the shiny lugnuts are used. Years ago, I painted the M&H letters on a pair of slicks for a photo shoot and never cared for it afterward. Now, when I get new slicks I usually take lacquer thinner to the white letters for removal. IMO, Cragars (which I tend to use a lot) look best with BW. Also, I've never cared for RWL in only the front or the back; the mismatch seems to cast an appearance of a "throw together". Hoping my opinion doesn't throw a monkey wrench into your idea(s).

[Lynn]

Perfectly acceptable on a race car look. JMHO.