Racing Stripes

05-10-2007, 03:27 PM

Is there anyone here from Connecticut. I am trying to find a shop that can paint racing stripes on my 05.. I have called several places. most said they will do decals but not paint and one shop told my they would do the paint for 3,500.00... NO WAY

BV GTO · 05-10-2007, 03:32 PM

$3500 seems like a lot, but when I was an apprentice painter in a former life(1974), the shop I worked at painted stripes on Vega GTs and Z/28 stripes on Camaros. No templates were used. We'd measure the stripes off factory striped cars and lay them out with tape. There is a lot of prep work involved.

Personally, painted on stripes are the way to go if you can find a more reasonable price. Check out the Mustang Shelbys that use tape stripes. They go around the CHMSL and license bucket. Real cheap looking, IMO, especially on a $50K car.

The way it should be done:

The_Bleek · 05-10-2007, 03:33 PM

I was thinking about doing the vinyl in case I don't like it...

05-10-2007, 03:48 PM

I know the decals will hold up, but they look like ****,,

Holden1984 · 05-10-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dizzy1

I know the decals will hold up, but they look like ****,,

I have stripes, and I love them. My car is cosmo purple or whatever, and i have black painted on stripes. Then there is a little bit of purple pearl sprayed on top of the stripes. makes them look irridescent. they are pretty cool but yeah. haha i dunno. I like em cuz the car is such a dark color u kinda have to look to notice them.

i dunno. i wish they went down the bumper, but where i m getting the new bumper put on i dont want these painters messing it up.