Good thread! I'm getting my lift (Ultimate from Toytec), tires (33" Hankook Dynapro MT), and wheels (Black 16's from Wheelers Off Road) and haven't thought about this at all. I own a tan '98. Picture below of it. I think I might go with the white on the inside.

Note; That picture is a little out of date, the running boards have been off for a few weeks, and also, I just took all of the emblems/badges off of it today, I hated the gold look! They're going black!

 

I know for sure if i was going with black crager type wheels i would mount black walls out . Those type black wheels and white letter out, stands out too much and looks a bit redneck. I am pretty sure i am going black letter , but the white isnt as noticable on my silver 4runner and stock silver wheels.

 

black

 

If you have black rims I think it looks alot better with the black letters out

 

how do you like your km2's? are they Excessively noisy? hows your tread wear so far ? I am mostly just going to be on the road with them.

 

 

mmmhmm Whites out FTW

 

i vote white letters out, the 90's are back!

 

ok how about you do one side white out and one side black out lol

 

I just put on KM2's, white out for me but I've got aluminum wheels and I like the look. I've only got about 60 on-road miles, but they are a huge improvement over the older Wild Country M/T RSV's (?) that were on the truck. On wet pavement the WC's would slip out from under me on a sharp turn, the KM2's haven't slipped at all, even with the spare 33 out of the back of the truck. I also went from 33 12.5's down to 32 11.5's.
They're a lot quieter on the road than I thought they would be.

 

here's a pic of my bfg... i dont like the white letterings.... eh

 

I prefer black out, but mine came stock white out. As usually happens, I've grown to like it but I'm old school and still call "rims" wheels.

 

white out. go with the classic look

 

i only do white out with BFGs. TO CLEAN WHITE LETTERS/WALLS: use a brass bristle brush. most common version is a BBQ grille brush. (break off the scraper tip) a little simple green or similar and they scrub clean in seconds.

 

If you do white you, you have to keep them clean or it looks horrible.

I dislike white lettering

 

i like the whites out:

 

hmmm , so opinions seem half and half lol. it seems most older trucks go with the white letter and newer go with black. I think the white looks really good on the 80's runners , more of a classic look, but it also looks good on pattycakes 3rd gen. I'm thinking if i mount the white letter out i might as well get some trd off road stickers for the rear panels lol.

 

The km2s are very quiet. I dont know about treadwear though as ive only had mine on for about 3k miles. Has anyone gone through a set yet?

 

I've had my KM2s for about 8 months now. They are very quiet but it's my first set of M/Ts so take that with a grain of salt I guess. I was expecting much worse going from a basic all-season. As far as wear goes... I was disappointed at first but I didn't get an alignment right away. After I got the alignment the wear has been much better. It's actually the first car I've ever had to buy tires for (I'm only 22) so after spending $800 on something, any bit of wear seems ridiculous to me lol. I mounted mine black walls out. The tires that were on the truck when I bought it were mounted white letters out and I thought it looked terrible. Then again having Goodyear Tracker 2s from wal-mart isn't exactly anything worth showing off, so having a nice tire might be a little different. I'll try and remember to post some pictures but I'm at school right now.

 

Yeah this is the most expensive set of tires i have ever bought. Im sure any wear i see will disappoint me lol. i was going to get the treadwrights for $550 , but just wanted the brand name and the best mud tire i could get. I used to have the old bfg m/t on a fj80 and thought they were pretty quiet and rode nice , but i only had it for about 5000 miles however i saw no wear at all. I just hope i can at least get 25-30k out of these.