I did the same on the D1, General grabbers and on the D2, Goodyear ATs.
I think we are just a bit old school.
Whitewalls is for Yank sedans and a few posh Brit cars, but then as an ex-tyre fitter you'd have seen more of all this than any of us!
I quietly quite like the white lettering but not on mine, same goes for stickers the just dont do it for me.