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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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just courious of what the 2 stripes on the driver fender are called???... if possible anyone got pics of a dark red pre 97 camaro with them??
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 04:33 PM
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I think you're talking about the GS stripes.

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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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yea thats them any pics for my request guys? also where to buy?
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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yea their called Grand Sport Stripes...you can get them for $30 + shipping at AfterthoughtsAuto.com or $24 + shipping at WS6store.com

i just bought a new short shifter from afterthoughts and it was at my house in 3 days...
i bought tail light covers and CAMARO fill in decal from ws6store and it took almost a week to get to my house and they forgot to ship the decal...if i were you id go with afterthoughts haha
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 04:43 PM
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sorry dont have any pics...but if you go to those sites they have pics of them on camaros...i personally like them if you get the right color scheme going...im sure they would look great on your red camaro...wut color were you looking to get?
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 05:34 PM
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I think they look awkward on most cars. More and more people are starting to get it right though.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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this is my car with graphite GS stripes...yes, it is a 4x4

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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LT1-Camo
sorry dont have any pics...but if you go to those sites they have pics of them on camaros...i personally like them if you get the right color scheme going...im sure they would look great on your red camaro...wut color were you looking to get?
hey lt1 camo.. i was thinking of goint with black on my car cause its that dark red/maroon color... i have the gray c5 z06 rims on it with a gloss black berger panel, smoked tails, and smoked coners. i think it will go good with my color sceme i got going on
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anyone elses opinions????
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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Don't do it!
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 10:01 PM
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i say go for it. i like em but thats my opinion (as u can tell frm the sig pic)
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i say go for it...do what you want its your car...i personally like them if their done tastefully and it sounds like black GS stripes would look good on your cars color...go for it
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 10:44 PM
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oh and SILVER30th those stripes look great on your car! very nice!
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 10:53 PM
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Some people love them, some people hate them. But guess what - it's your car.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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i love em B) but it was my first time doing anything of the sort with my car so they suck planning on doing them the right way the second time around



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yeah they are called Grand Sport stripes. they originated on the 1996 corvette Grand sport

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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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i like mine. i'll probably take em' off at some point to change it up again though.

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Originally Posted by LT1-Camo
yea their called Grand Sport Stripes...you can get them for $30 + shipping at AfterthoughtsAuto.com or $24 + shipping at WS6store.com
...and $11.99 from Fourth Circle.
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Old Nov 26, 2008 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Spd-Kilz
...and $11.99 from Fourth Circle.
yup thats where i got mine i'm going CF next though
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Old Nov 27, 2008 | 12:20 AM
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http://www.afterthoughtsauto.com/fenstripdecc.html

they have some history behind them, read this its pretty cool
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