I'm curious about this yellowing y'all are talking about. It didn't happen to my old tires and they were probably eight years old.

Is it a very noticeable yellow color?

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1998 Limited
Performance: Deckplate Mod, Vortex Muffler, 99+ Headlights
Audio: Alpine CDA 9883, Hifonics 1606D, Two 12" Alpine Type R Subs
Interior: LED Interior Lights, LED Dome Light, Husky Floor Mats
Exterior: Clear Corner and Bumper Lenses, Chrome Bumper Bulbs, 5% Tint, Silverstar Ultras, Tacoma Skid Plate, In-Channel Vent Visors, LED Corner Bulbs, LED License Plate Bulbs, LED Tail Lights, Chrome Exhuast Tip
Hopefully More to Come

It's a faded white like a white shirt after so many washes, and white when its not spot on it doesn't look so good anymore

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97 4runner 3.4l 4WD 5 speed Cupholder Mod/99+ Center Console Mod 3rd Member Install

That's your answer there kids, you leave them on the inside they won't get cleaned when you wash your truck. Unless you get down on all fours. Personally? I use the brush to scrub down my white letters and rims, the end result is as if they were new.

Thanks for all your input, guys. Ron, you make a very valid point.

I went to my dealership to get them and it seems they'd already been mounted with the white out.

So instead of pissing the guy off, I took them white out and I will see if I grow to them, if not, I'll change it to black.

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1999 Toyota 4Runner 3RZ (Base Model turned SR5)
BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO (265/70/17) on 17" Gunmetal Tundra Rims
Viper 791XV 2-Way/Remote Start, LCE Headers, K&N Intake, Sport Hood, Billet Grille, LED tails, Clear Corners and bumpers, replaced tons of stuff.
See my Cardomain! | My 4Runner Timeline | My LED Tails + How To Video | Grille + Subs | 17" Tundra Rims + BFG's | My New Front End/Body Work Thread

Knew it.

Post some more pictures from the side tomorrow.

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1998 Limited
Performance: Deckplate Mod, Vortex Muffler, 99+ Headlights
Audio: Alpine CDA 9883, Hifonics 1606D, Two 12" Alpine Type R Subs
Interior: LED Interior Lights, LED Dome Light, Husky Floor Mats
Exterior: Clear Corner and Bumper Lenses, Chrome Bumper Bulbs, 5% Tint, Silverstar Ultras, Tacoma Skid Plate, In-Channel Vent Visors, LED Corner Bulbs, LED License Plate Bulbs, LED Tail Lights, Chrome Exhuast Tip
Hopefully More to Come

For sure, it's too dark now.

Only thing I'm bummed out on is that two of the caps were broken when I bought them... should I go to Toyota for them?

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1999 Toyota 4Runner 3RZ (Base Model turned SR5)
BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO (265/70/17) on 17" Gunmetal Tundra Rims
Viper 791XV 2-Way/Remote Start, LCE Headers, K&N Intake, Sport Hood, Billet Grille, LED tails, Clear Corners and bumpers, replaced tons of stuff.
See my Cardomain! | My 4Runner Timeline | My LED Tails + How To Video | Grille + Subs | 17" Tundra Rims + BFG's | My New Front End/Body Work Thread

I think it looks great.

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97 4Runner SR5 3.4L 4x4
3" OME Suspension Lift - 883/891s, 1" 4Crawler Body Lift, OME Comfort Shocks
285/75R16 Dunlop M/T Maxx Tractions on Flat Black Stock Rims
4.88 Motive Gears, ARB Rear Locker, ARB Bullbar, Trail Gear Rock Sliders
Diff Drop, Pulled ABS Fuse, Ditched Front Sway Bar

To me, white out looks better and it looks nice on your truck.

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1998 Limited Desert Dune 3.4 4x4 A340F (No. 439 off the assembly line!) - Currently around 65k -

Exterior: Jaos Spoiler | Tacoma Skid Plate | Clear Corners & Signals | Smoked LED Tails | 99-02 Headlights
Interior: Scangauge II | Wet Okole Seat Covers
Performance: Tru-Cool 4454 External Transmission Cooler | Deckplate Mod

Well if it's white out at least with the BFGs the lettering looks very good as opposed to some other brands that the lettering is too big or simply looks cheesy.
I off road a bit and when you rub the letters on rocks and such they get beat up and are simply a PITA to keep looking new but I do like the look for the GoodYear lettering on my Duratracs.

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'99 4Runner Highlander 4wd
E-locker,Tacoma skid plate,clear corners/signals,Silverstar Ultrastars,rear diff and deckplate mod
265/75/16 Goodyear Duratracs
Alpine,Bazooka,MTX inside.

Looks good!! If you use a little bit of degreaser and a wire brush, you can keep the white lettering looking like new.

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98 4Runner Limited,265/75/16 BFG, Hella 500, Tokico, PP 1" Springs, Optima Red 34R, K&N, JL, Kenwood

me too

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1997 4Runner base
2.7 ltr., 5 speed
Deckplate Mod
20% tint all around

Your BFG's with the white lettering out looks GREAT!

Of course, I am partial to those tires on my trucks...

I use Bleachwhite on my raised white letters. They always come out looking great, year after year!

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I first got into 4x4s when I was in high school back in the 70's and raised white lettering was the "cool" thing to do. So I'm still a fan of the RWL on off-road tires.

My wife, OTOH, hates them so when we got new tires on her Grand Vitara I had them mounted with the white letters on the inside. My 4runner came with BFG AT KOs mounted with the letters out so I'm happy but if they had been mounted the other way I sure wouldn't have paid good money to have them switched - I like white letters out, but I don't like them enough to spend money on the switch.

BTW, your truck looks great! Green and white is my favorite color combo anyway.

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Martin AKA Zapp Branigan
'99 4runner SR5, 3.4, Auto, Rear Locker, 265/75/16 BFG KO's
"If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the Dominos will fall like a House of Cards! Checkmate!"

IF I end up buying the 99 supercharged truck, I will have the BFG's turned around so the white letters show.
It's worth it to me.

Here's the Wife's 97 4Runner, and YES she does love her BFG's with the white letters out.

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Wow! thanks everyone for all the compliments, I wasn't expecting it to bring that much of a reaction. I might just keep the white.

I got some side shots today for those who asked:

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1999 Toyota 4Runner 3RZ (Base Model turned SR5)
BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO (265/70/17) on 17" Gunmetal Tundra Rims
Viper 791XV 2-Way/Remote Start, LCE Headers, K&N Intake, Sport Hood, Billet Grille, LED tails, Clear Corners and bumpers, replaced tons of stuff.
See my Cardomain! | My 4Runner Timeline | My LED Tails + How To Video | Grille + Subs | 17" Tundra Rims + BFG's | My New Front End/Body Work Thread