Blackout on Jeep Unlimited wheels

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4ESTJP

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Durham, AR

• Sep 23, 2004

• #1

I just put a set of brand new "take-offs" from a Jeep Unlimited on my Cherokee. I have always preferred the black side out and was planning on having them reversed. When I looked closer at the wheels, they can only have the white lettering on the outside because they are directional tires. Is there a way to get the white off? Paint remover, pressure wash, sandpaper, or spray paint.

 

xj92

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Junction City, KS

• Sep 23, 2004

• #2

Rocks will do that for you with no effort at all, just go wheeling.

 

orvpark

NAXJA Member # 1374

Location

Superlift ORV Park

• Sep 23, 2004

• #3

:twak: no need in all of that. swap them around, just make sure you have two facing one way and two facing the other. putting them on the other side of the jeep will make it "right"

 

Loose_Nuts_Enterprises

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NAXJA Member

Location

Yucaipa, CA

• Sep 23, 2004

• #4

swap the tires from side to side. (must re-mount on wheels). That will put the white letters on the inside.


Dan

 

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4ESTJP

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Durham, AR

• Sep 23, 2004

• #5

The tread is totally different on the outside of the tire. Will that make a difference?

Here is a picture of another set:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...tem=7923804672&category=66481&sspagename=WDVW

 

xj92

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Junction City, KS

• Sep 23, 2004

• #6

It does make a difference, those tires are made to be run on a certain side and are just not designed to be run black wall out. How about a black permanent marker?

 

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jeepguy97

NAXJA Forum User

Location

clearfield, pa

• Sep 23, 2004

• #7

How about new tires....those ones suck anyway.

 

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4ESTJP

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Durham, AR

• Sep 23, 2004

• #8

I agree about that...my Jeep drives like a car now. But I can't beat the price I got them for.

 

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Chris S

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Vernon, BC, Canada

• Sep 24, 2004

• #9

White side out is better for dirt traction, black side out is better for cornering.
There are products for painting whitewalls black.

 

imma honky

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Augusta, Ga

• Sep 24, 2004

• #10

A) Blackwall out sucks IMO. The paint WILL wear off though.
B) We paint whitewalls to make em black ( I work at a tire place)
C) From the pic, those don't look directional. (need a better view of the tread).

 

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Buck Jackson

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Vancouver Island, Canada

• Sep 25, 2004

• #11

On Goodyears, (as with dozens of other makes of tires) the white lettering comes from a whitewall underneath the black skin of the tire, only the tops of the letters show when they are new. As you wear them down more and more, eventually, you will rub off all of the black "overskin" and will expose a white wall all along the side of your tire. My wife did this to my MT/R's by copiously rubbing the sidewalk when parallel parking. Now i put the letters on the inside.
Buck :canada: