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Should I do stripes on my SOM?

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Old Apr 12, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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the black manta stripe would badass or black 35th stripes would be nice also!
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Old Apr 12, 2008 | 11:37 PM
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silver manta stripe might be kinda cool, or a charcoal or titanium look bad ***.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by nssane
silver manta stripe might be kinda cool, or a charcoal or titanium look bad ***.
I agree, if you don't want to change the grill check out a charcoal manta. Personally, I don't think the black looks bad at all with your current grill, but I know what you mean about not staying with your theme.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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Silver Anniversary or silver manta. I'm with the majority on the side checkers, not a fan (looks more 3rd gen to me).
SOM is a unique and special color, it is fairly rare and truely outstanding on a clean car. I thought about suggesting a wheel change to raise your excitement with your car, but the TTII is both simple and bold, and a perfect fit for SOM. Personally, I understand where are are on wanting more flash, so go ahead and try some options, and peel off what you don't like or get bored of.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:08 PM
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do a black manta stripe all the way back
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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yeah there is nothing better than a clean SOM car..the color is enough to set it off
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:34 PM
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The manta looks the best IMO. Car is already very nice, don't want to take it too far in a sense. The manta looks subtle and simple.
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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def the manta...i did it to mine and love it!
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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I say leave it the way it is
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Old Apr 13, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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i have decided to do this on my car. along with a berger panel.i'll be doing a 5.7 litre decal in the hood. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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that will look good
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 03:27 PM
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No berger panel. Follow the manta stripe all the way back. The berger wont match the manta, its been BEATEN to death, and only looks good on white, silver, and red.
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 05:20 PM
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NO on the "350" "346" instead, or just "ls1" and it will look great, I actually want a manta on my car
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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what do you think?
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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 09:40 PM
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what do you think?
nice I like it. thanks.
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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Black manta, or black 30th anniversary SS stripes. The berger SS cars have these stripes.
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Old Apr 15, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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346c.i.
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Old Apr 16, 2008 | 09:00 AM
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SOM is the best color of all time, so there's not much i would do to cover it up... but i think some BLACK anniversary stripes would look good.
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