Too Stripe or not too stripe?
Discussion
I am still debating in my mind if I put the "tasmin" stripe back on my car (it had it when it left the factory) so far I have err'd on the side on no stripe for 2 main reasons.
1) I'm not even going to try and fit it myself IF it goes back on it HAS to be done properly!
2) a number of peole have said how nice the car looks without it!
I'll see if i can hunt out pics of the car (before restoration) with the stripe and post that with a current pic and see what you lot think.
1) I'm not even going to try and fit it myself IF it goes back on it HAS to be done properly!
2) a number of peole have said how nice the car looks without it!
I'll see if i can hunt out pics of the car (before restoration) with the stripe and post that with a current pic and see what you lot think.
Its not like our cars need lines to highlight curves, or make the cars "more appealing to the eye" (or go faster).
Run around in the car without for a while and get used to it.
If you put em on and dont like, it was a waste of time.
I also don't like after market V8 badges and other "Bling"
For me ...its a no !!
Run around in the car without for a while and get used to it.
If you put em on and dont like, it was a waste of time.
I also don't like after market V8 badges and other "Bling"
For me ...its a no !!
Cheers for the comments guys.
I'm not talking just a pinstripe here I'm talking the original (as fitted by the factory) pin stripe and one that has the word "TASMIN" near the rear on both sides.
Total height is over an inch execpt where it tapers towards the nose.
like these
This is the state the car arrived with me in......looks mich nicer now but do i stick the stripes back on?
I'm not talking just a pinstripe here I'm talking the original (as fitted by the factory) pin stripe and one that has the word "TASMIN" near the rear on both sides.
Total height is over an inch execpt where it tapers towards the nose.
like these
This is the state the car arrived with me in......looks mich nicer now but do i stick the stripes back on?
Bear in mind that the nose tapered section is actually one piece, it's not made from two stripes merging.
When I had my Tasmin resprayed (Ferrari Rosso Pearl!) my paint chap Glen suggested it was a pity to replace the graphics with just plain black and suggested we got a more suitable set cut. So we browsed some colour samples and I went for metallic gunmetal.
When they arrived Glen mixed a batch of colour-matched paint and sprayed the lower sills to match the stripes - looked fantastic!
The graphics came from a place around Nottingham and were absolutely spot-on... so someone had obviously been there before me (this was 1997!)
A dozen years on it still looked good...
When I had my Tasmin resprayed (Ferrari Rosso Pearl!) my paint chap Glen suggested it was a pity to replace the graphics with just plain black and suggested we got a more suitable set cut. So we browsed some colour samples and I went for metallic gunmetal.
When they arrived Glen mixed a batch of colour-matched paint and sprayed the lower sills to match the stripes - looked fantastic!
The graphics came from a place around Nottingham and were absolutely spot-on... so someone had obviously been there before me (this was 1997!)
A dozen years on it still looked good...
Trickie Dickie said:
I'm with Adam on this - definitely WITH
Mine is striped and Simons is bear.
I think mine looks a lot nicer (although Simon thinks his does)
The pic of Simons does look in that light as if it is striped anyway
HTH
Trickie
....are you still going on about that sodding stripe Mine is striped and Simons is bear.
I think mine looks a lot nicer (although Simon thinks his does)
The pic of Simons does look in that light as if it is striped anyway
HTH
Trickie
, It had one but it's that 'kin fast I left it behind......It's all a bit "pro stripe" around here so to balance the argument
WITHOUT
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