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5.0_GT_kid

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Ok guys I kinda wanna do something to make my car look better, and I'm thinking some pin striping and/or some form of striping. If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations I'd appreciate it.

I want something subtle too, nothing ricey.

Thanks in advance guys
 

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only thing i can recommend is racing stripes, dude. Pinstriping might make you sorry in the end. That died with the Reliant K-cars.
 

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either racing stripes or thoes stripes that go down the side of the car. I also saw another car that had the area infront of the side scoops all a different color which looked pretty good.
 

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I saw a white Mustang in Bowling Green that had a stripe that went across the hood and down by the emblems, I think it might be a BOSS stripe, anyone know of these? Do you like them?
 

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Heres some different paint schemes that you can think about... Just got them from the tangerine mustang registry because I remember seeing some nice ones in there.

side stripe

dunno what this is

BOSS



Stripes

 

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Thanks for all the pics Zach, I appreciate it man. I guess that wasn't the BOSS stripe I saw. But that 2nd vert with the blackouts and Cobra R's looks badass
 

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5.0_GT_kid said:
Thanks for all the pics Zach, I appreciate it man. I guess that wasn't the BOSS stripe I saw. But that 2nd vert with the blackouts and Cobra R's looks badass
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I know the stripe you are talking about. there is a yellow 96-98 gt with that style stripe at my job in the parking lot every day. Looks like a big T on the hood that goes down on either side towards the gt emblems. Personally I think it looks like sh**. There is way too much going on on the hood but nothing anywhere else. Looks horrible IMO. The only two I would even consider would be the racing stripes and the c strips like that first pic. But that's just me....
 

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xr8d302 said:
only thing i can recommend is racing stripes, dude. Pinstriping might make you sorry in the end. That died with the Reliant K-cars.
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My old K-car (Daytona) had pinstripes. I hated them.

Sadly, I've seen MANY Mustangs with pinstriping. They've ranged in year from 94-04 and some have even been new cars on dealer lots. If I was buying a new one, that would be coming off if it was on there.
 

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IMO, I can't stand pin stripes. Even racing stripes don't always look right to me.

If you want the car to look a little different but want it subtle, do something like taking off the emblems or tinting the windows or something. Keep it clean and just set it apart a little.
 

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89MustangGX said:
IMO, I can't stand pin stripes. Even racing stripes don't always look right to me.

If you want the car to look a little different but want it subtle, do something like taking off the emblems or tinting the windows or something. Keep it clean and just set it apart a little.
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Well I do plan on tinting the windows, and pin stripes only look right to me if they are done extremely well, and I don't want to take off my emblems.

Anyone else care to contribute?
 
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I kinda like the saleen side stripes

maybe the running horse
 

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DONT put the running horse on your car and the saleen side stripes wont look right unless you have the body kit to go along with it.
 

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I'm going to have a checkerd flag paned on over the rear tires, thank god I get this done for free LOL I have already done the Rear bumber letters looks really nice too, can't wait for the flag to be painted that will look cool, and its going to look like its pealing off hehe.
 
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