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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 09:47 AM
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Is anyone actually ordering the stripes or even the hash marks? Neither the center stripes nor the hash marks really look very appealing to me. Am I the only one that thinks the factory stripe options look bad?

None of the graphics seem to fit the car to me. It doesn't need them.
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I like the stripes and ordered them.

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I like the stripes and ordered them.


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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 11:14 AM
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I'm old and ordered them. Think they will look great. Too bad they are not painted, but for $10k (i.e. Mustang) too much. I'm old but not too foolish.

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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 12:33 PM
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I am waitin on the Z but in playing in the configurator I had no interest in the stripes but then I slapped the midnight's on my build and I do like them...so I at least will consider them downrange. No fender hashes, that doesn't look good to my eyes.



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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 12:48 PM
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I liked the dual racing stripes on the C7, but not so much so on the C8.
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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 12:55 PM
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I like the stripes and was surprised by that when I fist saw pics of the C8 with them. usually I don't care for them on cars.
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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 01:14 PM
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I like the stripes and ordered them.
Me too...
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Old Nov 19, 2019 | 07:32 PM
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If I get a C8 I will order the hash stripes. I like them because they come in 2 colors and tie in with the scoops and body. Just my 2 cents! Red, White or Blue!




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We ordered our 3LT Blade Silver with black stripes but, at the last minute, we took off the stripes. I liked them but, they just looked too "70's" and we wanted more classy and stylish.



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We ordered our 3LT Blade Silver with black stripes but, at the last minute, we took off the stripes. I liked them but, they just looked too "70's" and we wanted more classy and stylish.


I‘m not a fan of stripes, I agree with you on a cleaner, more classy spec without them. But I actually do like the stripes a bit on your initial spec, looks good with the black roof and silver color. I’m just not a fan of vinyl decals on a car, I think it’s cheesy. If they were painted that would be better (and yes I know more expensive).
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I went without stripes. To each they’re own but I think personally they look tacky on such a Euro looking car.
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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 03:07 AM
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My sons gt mustang had white strips. They would get small stains that were hard to remove. If they were painted it would be much better
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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 03:15 AM
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This car is way too "Hot Wheels" for clean or classy, so might as well tart it up.

They might actually work with some color combinations...if they were parallel for the whole length. The pinched stripe effect in the front and rear pretty much kills them for me, though. Who thought that would be a good idea?

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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 07:02 AM
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Originally Posted by JazzVA
Is anyone actually ordering the stripes or even the hash marks? Neither the center stripes nor the hash marks really look very appealing to me. Am I the only one that thinks the factory stripe options look bad?

None of the graphics seem to fit the car to me. It doesn't need them.
Another subjective discussion.

FOR ME - don't like the stripes or hash marks. Neither have a place on the car. Worked on prior generations, but not this car.

That being said, I do like some of the cars posted in the thread; just would prefer my car without stripes. Maybe because I'm getting the body color accent option if I go with a color other than black.

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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 09:33 AM
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I'm going for it. They can be removed if the mood changes down the road..

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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 10:22 AM
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My graphics girl will probably charge me $200 to put the stripes on so I’ll see what I feel like when I get the car
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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 10:26 AM
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Absolutely NOT,,,,
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SGM with CF stripes!

If I don't like after awhile, I'll remove them!
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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 10:51 AM
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Stripes not bad looking depending on color of car. They tend to take away some of the class look however. Hash marks, a big NO. Has no place on that car. Yes on c5, 6, 7 if your into them.



Loved them on my challenger. Got lots of great remarks about them.

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Old Nov 20, 2019 | 11:25 AM
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Stripes are too way easy and cheap to put on aftermarket and as a removable wrap ANND you get the bonus of a much better resale value if you ever decide to sell the car because stripes are a niche thing ....Save your money you can put them on later and if you don't like it or get bored of it remove it
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