Thinking About Stripes-HELP!
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Thinking About Stripes-HELP!
Thinking about putting stripes on my 2003 red vert. Car has an oak top and oak interior. Can't decide on what color stripe will blend with the interior and the top. No stripes is also an option. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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I have a red/blk vert. Funny u should mention this because I just brought this up to my wife and a buddy who has a Z16. Both of them said there is no way they would put the stripes on the TR vert.
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Black stripes would go with the car even with an oak top and interior. Not sure how tan/oak colored stripes would look. Gold stripes might look OK if they were the right shade. When I had my '99 TR coupe with oak interior, I had some gold pinstripping done on the car and it came out looking pretty good.
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If the car looked good with stripes, GM would have put them on, zebra's have stripes, they came that way...Look at your car I think it looks great the way it is, the more crap you put on your car, the harder it is to sell when it comes to that time. its a corvette not a circus wagon,
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I have a 2001 Red vert with same Z06 Chrome wheels, only difference is my interior is black, I went with the black stripes and I like it. If I had your color interior I'd also say, leave it alone, it looks great the way it is.
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Originally Posted by bob guzzy
If the car looked good with stripes, GM would have put them on, zebra's have stripes, they came that way...Look at your car I think it looks great the way it is, the more crap you put on your car, the harder it is to sell when it comes to that time. its a corvette not a circus wagon,
Nobody should do anything to their vette, that way they will all look, sound, and ride the same
Never mind I forgot I have stripes, and a few other things I shouldn't
If you like something and it makes you happy do it, its your car
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TR with stripes looks killer
If you want your TR C5's look like many thousand TR C5's out there, then don't put the stripes; otherwise, stripes are the best mod you can do to your car appearance. We are talking about great designed stripes here
If you want your TR C5's look like many thousand TR C5's out there, then don't put the stripes; otherwise, stripes are the best mod you can do to your car appearance. We are talking about great designed stripes here
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How do these "stripes' hold up... I would image most are applied as decals etc...rather then painted on...
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
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Originally Posted by 24695bob
How do these "stripes' hold up... I would image most are applied as decals etc...rather then painted on...
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
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Originally Posted by 24695bob
How do these "stripes' hold up... I would image most are applied as decals etc...rather then painted on...
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
Personally my C5 "looks" like 99.95 percent of all the other C5's..except the 98 pace car that is (which is not bad)...
I would however like to set it apart and Stripes would do the trick....
Bob
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Tough call SLIK
With that color combo it is difficult for a stripe color to blend. You're either going to have to go bold or leave it the way it is.
It's not too terribly ugly as it sits you know?
btw I would not go gold
With that color combo it is difficult for a stripe color to blend. You're either going to have to go bold or leave it the way it is.
It's not too terribly ugly as it sits you know?
btw I would not go gold