Stripes on cars....

[theironduke]

Just spotted a rear end photo of a Chim with twin white stripes in another thread and thought it looked quite cool.

My Chim is never going to be a cosmetically flawless garage queen and i have pondered having a couple of white stripes but on a few times. Anybody ever done this with their cars? There is a vinyl signwriting place down the road, guess they would be able to do it.

If anybody has a picture of their P and J with stripes i'd be keen to see piccies

This is my Chim currently as is....

[Rollcage]

I want to get a Stradale type stripe for my little runaround, but can't find a decent one anywhere - the white background is vital IMO! Some pretty cheap Italian stripes on the bay, but none with a white background - I don't want to be paying Ferrari money for a stripe!

[Codswallop]

Rollcage said:

I want to get a Stradale type stripe for my little runaround, but can't find a decent one anywhere - the white background is vital IMO! Some pretty cheap Italian stripes on the bay, but none with a white background - I don't want to be paying Ferrari money for a stripe!

Can you not just buy a wide white stripe and then stick the Italian flag stripe over that?

[Mafioso]

My Dad had a stripe put on his Caterham, but it was painted properly by one of the Caterham specialists. He had a replacement screen put on that was black and not silver as before. We thought it looked great after!

Before:


After:

[Rollcage]

Codswallop said:

Can you not just buy a wide white stripe and then stick the Italian flag stripe over that?

Yeah, but I like the tapering effect on the end, and I was looking for a ready done one. I had thought of doing that, but I'm a bit lazy, and it's also a bit more to possibly go wrong as well!

[LuS1fer]

Having a Mustang, the reason I don't have them is because everybody else does.

I clocked this Elise at Stratstone this morning - looks really good in the flesh.
http://www.stratstone.com/vehiclesearch/used/lotus...


I see yours looks green so I wouldn't go for white but something less garish like silver or a (pale?) yellow of some variety.

Edited by LuS1fer on Thursday 18th August 20:51

[theironduke]

This is what i have in mind....

(which PH'er...? )


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nwvt/3850886592/

[Simbu]

We've got something that looks similar to this lurking in the garage. It would look wrong without the stripes IMO.

[Ozzie Osmond]

What makes me laugh is big wide GT stripes on,

• Transits
• Minis
• Smarts
• Fiestas

[theironduke]

Ozzie Osmond said:

What makes me laugh is big wide GT stripes on,

• Transits
• Minis
• Smarts
• Fiestas

Indeed, i was thinking that a chim could pull it off though...

[gaz1234]

go faster...

[LuS1fer]

Some pics here of striped Chimaeras:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1920&...

[gaz1234]

LuS1fer said:

Some pics here of striped Chimaeras:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1920&...

horrid.

[theironduke]

gaz1234 said:

LuS1fer said:

Some pics here of striped Chimaeras:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1920&...

horrid.

I like the red one with white stripes....

[LuS1fer]

Stripes if twinned need to be broad like the Cobra not thin and emaciated.. The single stripe looks OK but you should never have a single offset stripe as the car looks unfinished IMHO.