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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 04:23 PM
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Here's a better picture of mine. I think they look GREAT!

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Old Nov 5, 2006 | 11:14 PM
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Noah, 100% agree! Your car looks awesome and the tires are a perfect match IMHO.
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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 12:08 AM
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yea that looks really nice! do u have more pictures??
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 12:38 PM
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It looks like I will soon be getting a new set of white-letter tires as part of my wheel upgrade (click on link to drool):

eBay Motors: 1987 - 1992 CAMARO Z28 FACTORY ORIGINAL WHEEL RIMS 15" (item 200043951773 end time Nov-07-06 08:57:18 PST)

(BTW GratiotWheel rocks, here's a shameless plug for them!)

I'm torn though. I looked at the buyer-survey results up on tirerack.com, to try and choose some new tires. The BFG Radial T/A's are about the same price as a competitive tire also there from Yokohama. But they surveys have much better performance results for the Yoko's. I'm squemish about having 'Yokohama' on my Camaro's sidewalls but they seem to perform better according to actual buyers. What to do? Anyone here have an opinion? TIA
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Old Nov 7, 2006 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Red90IROC
It looks like I will soon be getting a new set of white-letter tires as part of my wheel upgrade (click on link to drool):

eBay Motors: 1987 - 1992 CAMARO Z28 FACTORY ORIGINAL WHEEL RIMS 15" (item 200043951773 end time Nov-07-06 08:57:18 PST)

(BTW GratiotWheel rocks, here's a shameless plug for them!)

I'm torn though. I looked at the buyer-survey results up on tirerack.com, to try and choose some new tires. The BFG Radial T/A's are about the same price as a competitive tire also there from Yokohama. But they surveys have much better performance results for the Yoko's. I'm squemish about having 'Yokohama' on my Camaro's sidewalls but they seem to perform better according to actual buyers. What to do? Anyone here have an opinion? TIA
Couldn't see the rims, auction ended.
Yokohama are good (never used BFG's) but I don't think the name is THAT important imo. I'm still riding on the cheap Dayton's that came on the car hehe.
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Old Nov 8, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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thanks for the feedback. Guess I will need to do some more research.
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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92vert - you sir are an inspiration! Today I ordered a set of Firehawk Indy 500's from tirerack.com
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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LOL Here is a picture of my car from Oct 86 had about 15-16k miles on it at that time and those are the factory tires.

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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 10:36 PM
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are those the notorious "Gaterbacks" i see in ads from the 80's?
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Old Nov 9, 2006 | 10:53 PM
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Those are Eagle GT's.....IIRC the gatorbacks were on the 16" IROC rims

Here's a closer view


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Old Nov 10, 2006 | 06:38 PM
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Nice car flrtin1.

So I got my Firehawk tires today. Very nice! Thanks again for the insight guys!
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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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Got 'em on

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Old Nov 14, 2006 | 11:41 AM
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nice!!
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 06:22 AM
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thanks. My wife was razzing me about the tires I got. The car had 245's on it when I bought it (two of them legally bald). I debated a long time about what size to get. Finally I decided to try and keep the car looking semi-original but a little more aggressive than the regular stock size, so I got 235's. Wifey was shocked since this is the first time I've ever put SMALLER tires on a car
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 11:57 AM
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Hmm.. I'm REALLY digging the look on my 92. Here's a couple quick photoshops of stockers/white walls in both my current color red, and black for fun. I love the look of my 18" wheels, but HATE the ride quality. I'm looking for a set of stockers locally to try out. Thoughts?



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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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That's why I didn't want to go bigger than 17s! After I get tires and spacers and get the Rebels on my car, I'm thinking about stripping, polishing and repainting the stockers for fun.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 06:09 PM
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My truck doesn't even have white lettering... I'd be embarassed if it did and the feeling would be worse if I was in a F-body...
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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well maybe your truck isnt good enough for white lettering
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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personally i like white walls. they give it that old shool look.
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Old Nov 15, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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pairtoe - nice camaro. What is the name of that shade of blue? Is it from a specific make/model/year? TIA
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 01:23 PM
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its 1998 dodge viper gts blue, but if i can recall correctly the painter put in a little more metalic blue, and in the sun light its really shiny. with two cadillac white pearl stripes.
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Old Nov 17, 2006 | 06:07 PM
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Personal choice...
I like them on some cars.... but would not go with mine...
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Old Nov 26, 2006 | 11:08 PM
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OMG you guys!! i have a great story for you! The other night at work a blue POS rally sport camaro came to the shop for tires. it had the 2.8L with oil leaks everywhere...there was NO rust under the car though! probably due to all the oil leaks. It had the 15 inch RS wheels (225/60/15 or something like that). The shop sold her 4 Firehawk Indy 500 tires. I got to mount them lol! the manager said "ok mount these tires blackwall out" (thinking white letters only look good on trucks) and i was like "are u sure, it would look so badass with the white letters out" (totally thinking about this thread on TGO the whole time). so the manager was like ok whatever. i mounted them so the H in Firehawk lined up with the top spoke of the wheel (like if u stand the wheel up so it looks kinda like a star, FIREHAWK would be centered at the top and INDY 500 on the bottom) All i have to say is WOW....it looked great! it totally changed the look of the car and gave it a more racy apperance. i was like "I have to post this on TGO!!"

so theres my story haha. too bad i didnt have a camera. now i know for sure white letters look king on these cars
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Old Dec 2, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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i like the lettering out it makes them look tuff.
these are old pics.
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 03:22 AM
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Re: White Walls/Lettering

The best choice for white letter tires.



Oh lord, talk about bringing a thread back from the dead
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Old Oct 28, 2011 | 08:43 PM
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Re: White Walls/Lettering

True, nothing looks as good as the Radial T/As IMO. All the other ones are written in gaudy capital letters that scream at you.
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Old Oct 30, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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Old Nov 1, 2011 | 10:24 AM
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Re: White Walls/Lettering

I really wanted white letter tires for my Camaro, but found out it was nearly impossible to find a set for a 16in rim. Oh well, but hey your guys' look great.
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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Re: White Walls/Lettering

I only like it on the Falken tires because the font is thicker and closer together.

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Old Nov 9, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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Re: White Walls/Lettering

White letters look good on 15's, not on anythign higher IMO.

But theres always someone to come along and prove you wrong...



This is BIG_MODS' car.

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