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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:07 PM
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Hello how many people do pin strips on a vette. Thanks
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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No pinstipe on Corvettes. IMO it would take away from the natural lines and curves that makes the Corvette as sexy as it is. Just my two cents.....
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:12 PM
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No pin stripe here.
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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I don't think you will find many C5's pin striped, unless they are ultra custom. The lines on a C5 really don't need or work well with pin stripes.
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:26 PM
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Please don't go there!
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:27 PM
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Ahhhhh......Nope!
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Sabre34
No pin stripe here.
I saw a 82 with pin stripes, and it was ugly alright !
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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The only things I had pin striped were my valve covers and nitrous bottle . As for the car itself never !
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I vote no!
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You might want to get some louvers to go with the pin stripes.
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Cholos
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by bjv58
Hello how many people do pin strips on a vette. Thanks
Only the pimps!
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Old Sep 2, 2010 | 11:27 PM
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Very very very....very few
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I saw some on a vert and it looked awful!

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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:50 AM
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Custom hand pin-striping is very popular in my club on both C5s and C6s. I am thinking about getting vinyl stripes for my car (vettestripes.com) but I don't see myself getting a bunch of curly-que squiggles on my MRII vert.
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 10:31 AM
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It's not a pick up truck, and it's not 1978.
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It's your car, do what you want to it. The area surrounding the side coves could lend themselves to a very fine subtle pinstripe.
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by hotwheels57
It's your car, do what you want to it. The area surrounding the side coves could lend themselves to a very fine subtle pinstripe.
Nothing wrong with being a little different. Just make sure it's tasteful.
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