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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 02:15 PM
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I just put these fender accents on and they are not 100% perfect. Should I keep them or toss them out?



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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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They look OK.
I think white cars, in general, look conservative.
The accents make it look more energized.

just my .02
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 02:45 PM
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I really have no problem with them, but I'm not in love with adding stripes to cars.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 02:47 PM
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The stripes look okay. I would have went with red ones though.

Your tires look thick.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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Your car looks hot with those decals.
Funny you should post this. I just got decals to put on my 91. My car is white, and the decals are black, and they would go in the four slots on each side of the fenders. Your car has two vertical slots, my car has four horizontal slots. I also bought the black out kit from Ecklers, the one that has the plastic lenses with a rubber gasket that fit right over your original lenses. $50 bucks, looks like their worth it. LOL.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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I like the black with the white! It definitely adds a bit of pizzazz
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 03:23 PM
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What's wrong with the stripes? They look fine.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 05:17 PM
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Looks good to me. I'm curious what red would look like though?
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I took them off. I guess I am more of a purist than I thought. I like them on other cars but they just didn't feel right for me. I guess I'll have to buy a GS if I want stripes
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 07:17 PM
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noooooo!!! removing them was a very good decision..
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:07 PM
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You put them on, and you decided that they were not right. Good for you. It's your car, and you have to feel good about what you put in it, or into it. That's why you bought the car in the first place, to please yourself.

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ruffneckxx
I took them off. I guess I am more of a purist than I thought. I like them on other cars but they just didn't feel right for me. I guess I'll have to buy a GS if I want stripes
Good call. I don't like the way they they look on our cars.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:17 PM
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It is up to you. I actually liked it.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 09:24 PM
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i liked em. been thinking about some nice red ones...

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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 10:01 PM
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glad u took it off, i never liked those on a vette, just feels like its out of place or something, just my opinion
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 10:13 PM
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I'm not even nuts about them on a Grand Sport and I love the Grand Sport.
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Old Jan 29, 2005 | 10:15 PM
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Didn't sound like you were too crazy about them. BTW, white cars always look good
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i trimmed mine so that they dont go onto the hood and follow the fender line and it looked much better
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Didn't sound like you were too crazy about them. BTW, white cars always look good

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Before I opened your pictures, I was thinking
Now after seeing them, they don't look bad.

But do whatever you want.
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