Opinion on stripes?

LIZARDKING

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I have a redfire V6 coupe with GT upgrade wheels. Im adding GT bumpers, fogs, and exhaust. I want stripes to breakup the red. I like the red sitting still, but when I see a car like mine on the road it looks pretty plain.

I dont like black or white stripes on the red, black is to dark, white jumps out to much.

I was thinking about silver for the stripes.

I also dont want monte carlo style stripes, seems like everyone has them and bullit wheels.

So I thought about a Boss 302 style hood and deck paint, that will cover most of the hood with a pinstripe border. The same on the trunk lid, it will wrap down around the 3rd brake light, but not go into the blackout panel between the tail lights.

Opinions?

So will silver look better than black? Will a Boss style paint scheme look better than the monte stripes? What about the windshield washers? They will be in the middle of the silver? If I do go with the monte stripes Im not getting them on the roof, how will that look?

I also dont care for the ugly muffs, so Im thinking of getting them jet hot coated silver,anyone else done that?

These are alot of questions, but there arent alot of 05s around here, and none of them are modded. Once I have the paint laid down Im stuck with the results, so Im trying to be careful before I spend the cash.
 
Thanks, Ive tried that before but since I dont want that style of stripe its hard to get a visual.

I guess I will have the body shop tape it off so I can see it before they spray. Its going to be a few months before I have the cash to do it, so Ive got time to think things over.
 
Here is my car with silver stripes, hope this helps. :nice:
 

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OhYes05 said:
here some pics of my car,

Stripes = 23 inch center - 1 " gap - 2 " side stripes
Dude, are you sure about the size? I have a custom stripe kit on mine. My center is 21", 1" gap, 2" sides. Unless the hood & windshield washers are differnet on my GT than you V6, our center stripe looks the same?
Just wondering :shrug:

Dave...
 

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I'm sorry, corrections.

The middle stripe is 21"

I had it custom made by a friend who owns a fairly large company up here in Canada.

totaling 27" from outside to outside including gaps!