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Old 08-30-2011, 12:03 PM
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Talk you out of it? Sure.

Grandsport stripes belong on Grandsport Corvettes. Is your car a Grandsport Corvette?

You wouldn't put Subaru STI rally decals on your car would you?


I only say that because you wanted us to talk you out of it. Whether or not you do it is up to you.
Old 08-30-2011, 12:12 PM
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I seriously never seen a Corvette with GS stripes.
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The only problem i see is the fact that you care so much about what ppl think about YOUR car on this site. If making other ppl happy instead of yourself is what you want, then that's cool but your screwing up from the get go. I only say this because of your comment "see how it jives on this site". I may be wrong but thats how it comes off to me...

Ive had the GS stripes on my LE, had sideflags on it as well....ive removed them because i got tired of them after awhile but i really didnt give a crap what anyone on here or locally thought when i had them on.
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Originally Posted by Badguy7
The only problem i see is the fact that you care so much about what ppl think about YOUR car on this site. If making other ppl happy instead of yourself is what you want, then that's cool but your screwing up from the get go. I only say this because of your comment "see how it jives on this site". I may be wrong but thats how it comes off to me...

Ive had the GS stripes on my LE, had sideflags on it as well....ive removed them because i got tired of them after awhile but i really didnt give a crap what anyone on here or locally thought when i had them on.
amen! haha
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I'm sure if the first person who said GS stripes was lame in the beginning didn't say anything, everyone would've had it in their cars.
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Originally Posted by LS1Vince
lol listen to this guy. cause he obviously knows what looks good and what doesn't look good ON YOUR CAR.
Hey man, just trying to talk him out of it with some short simple words.
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Originally Posted by BoricuaHec01
I seriously never seen a Corvette with GS stripes.
Move to a good car-enthusiast area like SoCal, Texas, Florida, or Michican. A friend of mine has GS stripes on his C5 Z06.
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Originally Posted by Badguy7
The only problem i see is the fact that you care so much about what ppl think about YOUR car on this site. If making other ppl happy instead of yourself is what you want, then that's cool but your screwing up from the get go. I only say this because of your comment "see how it jives on this site". I may be wrong but thats how it comes off to me...

Ive had the GS stripes on my LE, had sideflags on it as well....ive removed them because i got tired of them after awhile but i really didnt give a crap what anyone on here or locally thought when i had them on.
yeah ur right, u make a good point
however, my point was, since i have respect for the opinions on this forum, I'd seek some insight from those who see them everyday or not.

It's a real tossup for me, hence why I started the thread. I felt like I was gonna be flamed for having them since I read alot of negative feedback from misc threads in the past. Idk I guess I'm jus weird like that

btw thx for the photochop ls1vince

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Move to a good car-enthusiast area like SoCal, Texas, Florida, or Michican. A friend of mine has GS stripes on his C5 Z06.
I used to live in fbody heaven, mcallen texas, and they were serious about the camaros lol i'd be shot if i wore grand sport stripes and be mugged if I had z06 chrome wheels (not painted)
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Doesn't sound like a bad thing...only thing worse than c5z wheels on a z06 is c5z wheels on a f body.
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Originally Posted by thunderstruck507
Just pick up a can of plastidip and try them. It's 2 straight bars...not exactly hard to tape off. If you don't like them you can peel the stuff off. If you do you can either leave them and see if you like the look or get tired of it or just peel and have them done in vinyl.

I'm assuming you were going to do black to match the roof...other colors will look bad IMO.
yeah i would want black, it'll match my roof and mirrors.

I'm looking at ls1vince's FOTO-CHOP and idk if it jives with my painted zr-1's, maybe i need some chrome wheels or something

hey BoricuaHec01 lets trade wheels guy!
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Originally Posted by LeanPocket
yeah i would want black, it'll match my roof and mirrors.

I'm looking at ls1vince's FOTO-CHOP and idk if it jives with my painted zr-1's, maybe i need some chrome wheels or something

hey BoricuaHec01 lets trade wheels guy!
plasti-dip the wheels black too!
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hmm ok talk you out of it. I always wanted GS stripes on my car. One day i bought them , put them on, took a step back, looked at them, then pulled them off. sometimes you need to do things to realize its wrong
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I woudl just do a manta stripe..
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Originally Posted by Cobra2WS6
I woudl just do a manta stripe..
If thats where u paint the "whiskers" on the hood scoop different color.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! looks tacky on this year of car IMO. that is meant for late 2nd gen Z28s


and if thats not what it is i mightve made myself look like an ***, mightve anyways lol
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I prefer hockey stripes on Camaros, but a lot color/wheel combos look AMAZING with GS stripes. In the end do what YOU think looks good. Some will like, some will hate. If YOU like it everytime you take a peep into the garage or walk away/to it a parking lot, that's what matters.
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Some love it some hate it... here's pics of a friends old car to help with your desision...


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^^^ That car was a V6 right?
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Didn't the C4 grand sport have the stripes on the driver side only? I could be wrong and I'm too lazy to look it up.
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Originally Posted by 2000SSMAN
If thats where u paint the "whiskers" on the hood scoop different color.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! looks tacky on this year of car IMO. that is meant for late 2nd gen Z28s


and if thats not what it is i mightve made myself look like an ***, mightve anyways lol
I have no idea what whiskers are but this is a manta stripe

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Originally Posted by Cobra2WS6
I have no idea what whiskers are but this is a manta stripe

If it were my car, and I was putting some sort of a stripe on it, this is what I would go with. Always liked the manta stripe.


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