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I run 255/60's on my '82 and NEVER had issues with the yellowing of letters (currently running the GY Eagle GTII). Now, I have seen cars that run either the BFG's or GY's with raised white and found some to be "browning" or a darker shade of "yellowing" and discovered that the tires/lettering are simply dirty. I have never had any raised whites' yellow on me...and I've had both brands on my '82. I use regular car soap when washing the car and when I get to the tires to clean up the letters I use a bit of Comet cleanser (powder) on a stiff brisk brush...and this washing of the lettering will render those letters bright white for months. The only time the tire lettering 'darkens' is when I use the car a bit too long and the letters start seeing road grime.
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I have a 79 corvette with 255 60 15 and I haven't had any trouble with rubbing. When I first purchased the car it had 255 80 15, it didn't rub with the added height, but I changed to the 60-series, my speed-o was showing 10 mph slower than actual speed
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I've had good luck w/ Bleche White or SOS pads cleaning white letters. And white walls back in the day for that matter.
1973 L-82 4 spd
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vettejack said: I run 255/60's on my '82 and NEVER had issues with the yellowing of letters (currently running the GY Eagle GTII). Now, I have seen cars that run either the BFG's or GY's with raised white and found some to be "browning" or a darker shade of "yellowing" and discovered that the tires/lettering are simply dirty. I have never had any raised whites' yellow on me...and I've had both brands on my '82. I use regular car soap when washing the car and when I get to the tires to clean up the letters I use a bit of Comet cleanser (powder) on a stiff brisk brush...and this washing of the lettering will render those letters bright white for months. The only time the tire lettering 'darkens' is when I use the car a bit too long and the letters start seeing road grime.
How old are your Goodyear's?
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My GY tires date back to '09...less than 5K miles on them. No rot or loss of plyability.
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I'm running the Cooper 245's on my '76, no problems at all and they look proportionally correct, to me at least.
1976 Silver/Firethorn. L48, 4spd. Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.
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Many brands of tire shine discolor white letters too unless you wipe off while wet.
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