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Old 09-09-2012 | 12:47 PM
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I have a question about my new tires. General Grabber AT2. I told them to install white letters out, but looking at the tread, I think it's directional. So in order to install them with the correct rolling direction, the passenger side should be white letters facing in and the drivers side should stay the same (white out).

Is that a big deal? Should I leave it or is it better to have the correct direction. I usually scrape the right sides on a curb anyway, so maybe I'm better off without the white letters.

Here's some pics of my truck that I bought brand new in 2002. 4.7L, 4x4, 5 speed manual, 16 inch rims and new tires on it.




 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 01:00 PM
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Those tires are not a directional tire. You can leave them the way they are. They wouldn't make them so you had to have one side with white letters out and one with them in. All, all terrain tires are non directional.
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 01:45 PM
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^What he said.

I've got these tires, mounted white letters out... I will say that if I could go back I'd have the letters facing in, because they faded pretty badly after a few months. But they're awesome tires.
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 02:48 PM
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I almost bought them.. went with Good Year Duratracs instead.. but they are nice looking.
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 09:32 PM
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Like the white letters. You do have clean them ever so often. I use Westlys
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 09:46 PM
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dawn dish soap and a scrub bush cleans the white letters pretty good too.
 
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Old 09-09-2012 | 10:30 PM
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Lol, It's why I went with lettering on the inside, too much of a pita everytime I clean the truck. On a directional tire is an arrow that shows rotation, grabber at's don't have one.
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 10:20 PM
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Most people when they wash their trucks scrub the tires to get the dirt off. Ive always sprayed mean green on them and let it sit about 30 secs then proceed to scrub them. Thats all I ever had to do to get my white letters back to bright white.
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:01 PM
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Yep but you still scrub them....lol
 
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Old 09-10-2012 | 11:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BCdakotaboy
Yep but you still scrub them....lol
Are you saying you dont scrub your tires when you wash your truck? lol I always have to cause there is dirt and mud on them maybe thats just my truck.
 



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