I have a deep purple metallic 96 firebird, and i'm getting new tires for my birthday and i'm wondering what i should look for. I want reasonably priced ones, probably goodyear, but should i get white letter, white outline, or regular black. I don't think i've ever seen white letter tires on a firebird before. My dad's old Fiero always had Goodyear GT Eagle Plus 4 low profile tires on it, and they were white outline, and they looked good, but it was red, so i don't know how white would look on my car. What do you guys think?

 

Typically white letter tires were a fad that happened around the 60's and 70's. Mainly on sports cars and pick-up trucks. You are not gonna see them on late-model vehicles.

Whitewall tires however have been around since the first tires were made and you can still find them on a lot of luxury vehicles presently.

IMO you should go with a blackwall on your firebird. Anything else would look kinda funny.

Good year makes a Goodyear Eagle RS-A "yellow letter" tire that can be seen on the 2003 "Monte Carlo SS Jeff Gordon Signature Edition". I think the biggest size that goodyear makes this yellow letter tire is 235/55/16 though.

See this page for more info on the Jeff Gordon car.

So if you want the nascar look, go with the yellow letters. If you want the sleek late-model look, go with a black wall.

 

no white or yellow keep them black.....