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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:54 AM
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Alright im gonna be painting my red FRC real soon and wanted to add two white racing stripes down the entire lenght of the car, I would like to see pics of any vettes with different styles, and colors of strips to get an idea of what it would look like.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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Black coupe silver metalic outlined with red ce stripes from Mike on this forum.These are vinyl not paint.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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Click on My Corvette Photos to see white CE stripes on my torch red Vette

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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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oldschooldon,are those stripes going accross your glass top??i always wondered what to do about that if i got those stripes!
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I'll have my stripes done next week. I'll be sure to post photos for ya!


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Good luck
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by GMDGary
Click on My Corvette Photos to see white CE stripes on my torch red Vette
Great looking car!!
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 11:40 PM
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No i have Fixed Roof Coupe so i dont have to worry about a glass top, but I will post pics of my strips when i get them done
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Yes they are,I have seen some cars that leave the top without the stripe,and it looks fine.
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My stripes can be seen in this post

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1018089

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Originally Posted by STEEL
Alright im gonna be painting my red FRC real soon and wanted to add two white racing stripes down the entire lenght of the car, I would like to see pics of any vettes with different styles, and colors of strips to get an idea of what it would look like.
Arnold I think it would look cool. Black strips with black wheels would also look sweet.
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Old Feb 17, 2005 | 09:50 PM
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I would like to see one single black stripe on a Torch Red C5, similar to the '96 Grand Sports. I'm debating doing a black grand sport stripe, but I haven't been convinced yet,lol.
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