Tell me what you think of these stripes
03-02-2007, 02:29 PM
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Tell me what you think of these stripes Good or bad, politely post your thoughts. Be honest, but not rude please.
This is to be more of a dedicated race car than a street car, and I'm over 40 years old so I like old school style, and impressing teenagers really isn't a priority to me.
The top picture is the car as it arrived yesterday.......
The chopped picture adds painted body colored mirrors, M/T ET Drag Wheels, and an old style stripe in gold. It will have a narrowed rear end so the deep wheels are accurate.
The car is bright metallic green with tan interior, so I am limited to stripe colors completely. Back in the late 60's green/gold combos were very popular. I like the green/gold, but don't think many will admit they do.....lol
This is to be more of a dedicated race car than a street car, and I'm over 40 years old so I like old school style, and impressing teenagers really isn't a priority to me.
The top picture is the car as it arrived yesterday.......
The chopped picture adds painted body colored mirrors, M/T ET Drag Wheels, and an old style stripe in gold. It will have a narrowed rear end so the deep wheels are accurate.
The car is bright metallic green with tan interior, so I am limited to stripe colors completely. Back in the late 60's green/gold combos were very popular. I like the green/gold, but don't think many will admit they do.....lol
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03-02-2007, 02:37 PM
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I'm not crazy about it but I don't think it looks terrible either. With tan interior it makes sense, but I personally hate tan interior... I'm sure some people that like tan would like it though.
I really like BGM, if it were I think I'd just leave it as it is... doesn't need any stripes!!
I really like BGM, if it were I think I'd just leave it as it is... doesn't need any stripes!!
03-02-2007, 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by superchargedbandit
The First Set Of Wheels Are To Blin For Me.
Yeah, me too.......... they came on the car...........
I'm keeping the car hidden in the garage so my neighbors don't think I've lost my mind, until I can change wheels/tires........ lol
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03-02-2007, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jbuerke142
STRIPES. He wants opinions on the STRIPES.
Anyhow, here is the same picture but without the gold stripe....... but with old style Z/28 emblems on the fenders.
03-02-2007, 02:56 PM
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I think if you do that, go with what they call "Old Gold" instead. That way it'll flow more with the tan, and not stick out nearly as much (mainly being it tends to be a metallic like color).
But, IMO if you do that I would go with a similar coated/painted rim. That way, you wont end up with green, gold/tan, black and silver in the scheme.
But, IMO if you do that I would go with a similar coated/painted rim. That way, you wont end up with green, gold/tan, black and silver in the scheme.
03-02-2007, 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Ling_650vette
I think if you do that, go with what they call "Old Gold" instead. That way it'll flow more with the tan, and not stick out nearly as much (mainly being it tends to be a metallic like color).
But, IMO if you do that I would go with a similar coated/painted rim. That way, you wont end up with green, gold/tan, black and silver in the scheme.
But, IMO if you do that I would go with a similar coated/painted rim. That way, you wont end up with green, gold/tan, black and silver in the scheme.
I was never actually thinking of bright gold metallic...... I was thinking more of a tan/beige stripe to match the interior as closely as I could, but trying to explain that would have been murder here on this site. I also tried Weld Magnum wheels with gold centers........ that looked bad to me, so that's out.
03-02-2007, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by qwiktim
I though about painting the roof to match the car, and it is a hardtop....... I never liked the black tops, it makes these cars look like a Mitsubishi Eclipse to me.......... but I can't do that in my chopping software......
that's the reason i bought my b4c. it still looks good with the black top, tinted windows help with that... but it'd look good body color too
03-02-2007, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by SpenceSpeed
Do a photochop with the stripe black, id like to see how that looks...I'm not diggin the gold
That sounds easy, doesn't it ?
It took me two days to do the gold one..................lol
Anyone want to give it a shot turning the gold stripe black?
White is definately out.
03-02-2007, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by qwiktim
That sounds easy, doesn't it ?
It took me two days to do the gold one..................lol
Anyone want to give it a shot turning the gold stripe black?
White is definately out.
It took me two days to do the gold one..................lol
Anyone want to give it a shot turning the gold stripe black?
White is definately out.
03-02-2007, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jbuerke142
if you poke around you might be able to find a pic of a hardtop bgm v6 that would be what it would look like. love the hardtop tho that's the reason i bought my b4c.
it still looks good with the black top, tinted windows help with that... but it'd look good body color too
that's the reason i bought my b4c. it still looks good with the black top, tinted windows help with that... but it'd look good body color too
Here's one.......... and I like it all one color...............
Tinted windows don't pass NHRA tech, so what's left of that in my pictures came off last night.
Here's a 6 cylinder car with green roof that I chopped Weld Magnums on......... didn't really like that look.
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