Racing Stripes
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Racing Stripes
I have been thinking of airbrushing racing stripes on the little beauty.
Does anyone have some pics. I am looking for ideas for color and style. Mine is Machine Silver Metallic.
I am in the process of painting a hood liner,Corvette Logo in color with a black and white square racing flag motif. Paula will be sending it to me soon. I will be putting up some pics when it arrives.
Thanks for any help,
Bill
Does anyone have some pics. I am looking for ideas for color and style. Mine is Machine Silver Metallic.
I am in the process of painting a hood liner,Corvette Logo in color with a black and white square racing flag motif. Paula will be sending it to me soon. I will be putting up some pics when it arrives.
Thanks for any help,
Bill
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Here is what I did to mine.
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Originally Posted by bill bradford
Looks great. I like the hood idea with the stripes.Can you give me an idea of the cost?
Here in Dallas the repainting of a hood (from a good painter) runs approximately $1800.
This is a high costs, but includes 'blending' the color of the hood to the fenders, etc.
I have seen some painted stripes costing less than $400, but you get what you pay for. A good painter will probably charge in the $500-600 range.
As an alternative, a Forum Member sells stripe kits (vinyl), and are very good looking. Do a search for him (his first name is Mike, and the rest of the screen name is Mike+his zip code - just search vinyl stripes).
Last edited by AC54ME; Feb 25, 2006 at 08:26 AM.
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But...If you are ever gonna sell it..it might not appeal to 85% of buyers...Just a thought.... 
If you are not planning on selling in a while, go for whatever you like.
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Originally Posted by AC54ME
As an alternative, a Forum Member sells stripe kits (vinyl), and are very good looking. Do a search for him (his first name is Mike, and the rest of the screen name is Mike+his zip code - just search vinyl stripes).
Here's my stripes from Mike76002. He's a Forum Supporting Vendor. The cost was under $200.[IMG]
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Here's mine from Mike.... I like the vinyl, when I get ready for a change, I just peel them off & wax.... Mike is a great guy, he will work with you. The dark ones are carbon fiber, works good with the pewter. When I got my C-5, there was not a pewter vette around here, now mine doesn't look like all the others.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Here is what I did to mine.
...all I have is this one...
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This is my Racing stripes
Here is my stripes called racing stripes 
Many other style available at www.corvettestripes.com or www.pfyc.com
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Originally Posted by bill bradford
Looks great. I like the hood idea with the stripes.Can you give me an idea of the cost?
Thanks. The hood was around $2200, part/painting/install. Then I added the stripes later at a cost of $400.
A good point is made about using vinyl versus paint - hard to take the paint off easily. But done right, the paint looks good.
