I like a wee bit of white on my shoes too, but it makes 'em a pain in the *** to polish. I wear +Pos plate shoes and never even considered keeping the lettering white. As for my base shoes (I wear Puma Diamond Strategist) - I bought the all black model and using the white stuff (BRITE WHITE)from the company that makes "SHAPE UP"
http://shoe-stuff.com/main.htm., I painted the stripe on. The stuff looks great and is certainly lasting.