should they stay, or should they go....
should they stay, or should they go....
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GuitarPlayer63

Original Poster:

198 posts

172 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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I'm a bit reluctant to take the stickers off the car from Le Mans, have you removed yours yet?

Rick Cutler

635 posts

240 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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I removed my last week, but then I use my car for work and often take clients out in it. Having the word race on the back also seem to think I was out to race.

IMHO leave the center stripe on whatever you do.

eps

6,886 posts

292 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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I'm not usually a fan of stickers, but think yours should stay!

//j17

4,928 posts

246 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Still got the stripes on one of my cars from Le Mans c. 2009.

E36GUY

5,906 posts

241 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Maybe lose the Martini logo itself but the stripes look fantastic! If you wanted to tone it down I might remove the centre stripe but I would leave the sides on.

Ancelin

67 posts

141 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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+1
Keep the stripes on the car and leave the Martini logo, your 911 is going to look fantastic !

David W.

1,948 posts

232 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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I think it probably works best as a full set. Top marks on those curved ones.
dw

Steve_D

13,801 posts

281 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Stay.
They are not OTT and look good.

WhyTwo

1,158 posts

215 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Couldn't bring myself to take it all off so left my 2013 Union Jack and stripe on (removed the rest) and then added it for this years livery. Going to remove the lot as soon as get time.


JamesW

239 posts

255 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Stay. Mine are till the end of the summer, they too so much effort to put on that I can't bear to.

Plus it means I have to peel the 2012 stickers off the wheelie bin, so I've got somewhere to put them,

Orangecurry

7,764 posts

229 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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GuitarPlayer63 said:
I'm a bit reluctant to take the stickers off the car from Le Mans, have you removed yours yet?
....where did you get your stripes from please, as they look like quality items from the photograph.

Spiritual_Beggar

4,833 posts

217 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Having the same issue as OP.

Fully liveried mine in JPS & Pistonheads stickers......and it just looks so right with the black & gold.

Went to take them off on the weekend....and couldn't do it.

Thinking they will stay on now for the Wilton House Supercars meet in August at least.

M666 EVO

1,129 posts

185 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Saw a few cars with these sort of stickers and wondered why? Surely its drawing attention to yourself? If you like that sort of thing then good on you but I just thought its better to go under the radar. The BIB are all over the brits now. I was happy to tip toe in and tip toe out...

Orangecurry

7,764 posts

229 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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fun?

Ash MP4 12C

3,836 posts

264 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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STAY
STAY
STAY

Rude-boy

22,227 posts

256 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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M666 EVO said:
Saw a few cars with these sort of stickers and wondered why? Surely its drawing attention to yourself? If you like that sort of thing then good on you but I just thought its better to go under the radar. The BIB are all over the brits now. I was happy to tip toe in and tip toe out...
Because it is a bit of fun and most of us are happy to dribble along at 130-140kph with 90 Euros JIC and enjoy the drive and looking at the other nice cars.

I didn't sticker up this year as car was only decided on 2 days before we left. Still it came with a factory fit sticker set smile Only addition from me was a Simonsen sticker of a GTAM Vantage wrapped in the Danish flag that a lot of Danes seemed to appreciate.

blueg33

44,874 posts

247 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Spiritual_Beggar said:
Having the same issue as OP.

Fully liveried mine in JPS & Pistonheads stickers......and it just looks so right with the black & gold.

Went to take them off on the weekend....and couldn't do it.

Thinking they will stay on now for the Wilton House Supercars meet in August at least.
On a Porsche 911?

If so I think it must have been you we saw at Hotel du France. You arrived at the same time as a Ferrari California and a couple of others. We were there with the Evora, Maserati and 993c2s. Sadly all without stickers

Spiritual_Beggar

4,833 posts

217 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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blueg33 said:
On a Porsche 911?

If so I think it must have been you we saw at Hotel du France. You arrived at the same time as a Ferrari California and a couple of others. We were there with the Evora, Maserati and 993c2s. Sadly all without stickers
On Sunday night...yes, that was us.

GuitarPlayer63

Original Poster:

198 posts

172 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Orangecurry said:
GuitarPlayer63 said:
I'm a bit reluctant to take the stickers off the car from Le Mans, have you removed yours yet?
....where did you get your stripes from please, as they look like quality items from the photograph.
Having hunted all over the place to find the "right" stripes to get this layout, I ended up drawing them myself in Adobe Illustrator, handily, someone had put up the exact colour descriptions on the internet so I used them, found the Martini logo on line and laid it all out on a 1.5m x 1.55m sheet. Then I ordered it from a printing company on line - they supplied a single large sheet - not individual stripes, I cut them out by hand. It was £42 to get it all done + the time taken to put them on.

blueg33

44,874 posts

247 months

Wednesday 25th June 2014
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Spiritual_Beggar said:
blueg33 said:
On a Porsche 911?

If so I think it must have been you we saw at Hotel du France. You arrived at the same time as a Ferrari California and a couple of others. We were there with the Evora, Maserati and 993c2s. Sadly all without stickers
On Sunday night...yes, that was us.
Yes, it was on Sunday.

Your livery looked really good, but I cant help thinking it would have looked even better on a black Lotus smile