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Old 11-14-2007, 08:58 PM
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I want to suprise my dad with some stripes on my his car for christmas, but i'm having a little trouble deciding which stripes to do. i want to do something that will show but be subtle at the same time, i was kinda thinking of some kind of yenko striping

Here are some pics of his car, please help with any ideas that you have
Before ultra Z hood



After


we also have the wings west front and rear lips waiting to be installed on it

i'm really into the subtle look, just a shot of my car

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That's a tough one bro...you have to be able to know for a fact he'd like it. That's taking a big risk surprising someone with something like that. I mean it could definately work great, so long as you're 100% positive you know his taste.

I'd say your stripes in the same color would look decent on the black.

Or, if you want to be really unique...

2 racing stripes starting right behind the scoop, same blue as the bowtie. Split down the middle by the crease in the hood and followed down the trunk lid.

Good luck! Hope he loves it!
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Originally Posted by nighthawk355x
That's a tough one bro...you have to be able to know for a fact he'd like it. That's taking a big risk surprising someone with something like that. I mean it could definately work great, so long as you're 100% positive you know his taste.


Good luck! Hope he loves it!
we've been talking about it for a while ever since i did my stripes on mine, he's been wanting to do some on his, we've been kinda focusing on my car building it up and not so much on his. i kinda feel bad and want to do something for his car
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Slap these bad boys on there in red or silver lol





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^EXACTLY what I was talking about! I'd say do them in blue though. It'd make the bowtie on the grill a nice accent to the color scheme.

SWEEET *** car BTW!
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i think that would look sick but maybe just a little wider in the front, and instead of cutting it off just after the scoop maybe wraping under and coming out from the scoop. the coloring the blues a good idea but exactly matching the bowtie might be just a little to bright, maybe a little darker blue? to kinda give it that ghost effect
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Originally Posted by 2002covtz28
Slap these bad boys on there in red or silver lol





do you have any shots of the deck lid?
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I dont think it would look to good wrapped under the scoop and coming down lower on the hood. I seen a pic of one likethatand it just looked odd to me. Silver would look bad ***.
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i think silver does look bad ***, but it's still just a little to loud, really wanna go for a subtle look, maybe a dark charcoal, a really dark blue or maybe even a flat or satin black
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do the stripes like the white car, satin black would look killer with rag top
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i just recieved these pics from jay @ 3rdgendecals.com, gave me some good ideas and kinda what i'm going for

i'm liking the one on the blue, but not to sure about the part just infront of the scoop





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