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View Poll Results: Stripes or not
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:07 PM
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your car would be even more sex with the stripes...
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:20 PM
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take it from me.. you will make the decision to change the stripes cause your bored with it. I have made that mistake before. You will figure out that change isnt always a good thing! those stripes will take up alot of your car, more then you think. Summer had the berger stripes on her car and there sure was alot of stripe on there!

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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by LANDONZ
take it from me.. you will make the decision to change the stripes cause your bored with it. I have made that mistake before. You will figure out that change isnt always a good thing! those stripes will take up alot of your car, more then you think. Summer had the berger stripes on her car and there sure was alot of stripe on there!

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I may go with white leather also since it don't get driven alot.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 05:13 PM
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i was thinking doing a new interior on my car as well. Katskins makes a sweet kit for our cars. If you get white ill be jealous!
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LANDONZ
take it from me.. you will make the decision to change the stripes cause your bored with it. I have made that mistake before. You will figure out that change isnt always a good thing! those stripes will take up alot of your car, more then you think. Summer had the berger stripes on her car and there sure was alot of stripe on there!

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i have the SLP stripes (similar to Berger stripes) and its no too much, imo it makes the car stand out in a great way. i've gotten phone calls from buddies "hey dude i just saw you driving, yeah dude your stripes make that car stick out" i've had people come up to me in the store and even a bar to tell me how nice my car is and how awesome the stripes are.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:29 PM
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yes, but yours is a red car with black stripes.. Very subtle compared to white with orange stripes or blue with white, you know what I mean
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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now, one last thing.. If he changed to maybe a metallic silver berger..That would be badass
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 97camarozguy
If it were my car, I would go with the berger stripes. You see alot more mantas than you do berger stripes. And if you get them in vinyl and don't like them, you can just take them bitches right off again.
This guy hit the nail on the head.
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Old Aug 5, 2008 | 10:30 PM
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^^ Why thank you sir.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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i had the hugger orange berger stripes on my car b4... I loved the front but the back was a little much. I say go for the berger stripes and dont put the piece on that goes under the spoiler just like the real bergers... but I have to say i would prefer silver metallic stripes on your NBM car over the white.. even tho the white would look good but its too much on a contrast to me.. like black and white.
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 12:41 PM
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Go berger
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 12:45 PM
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I would leave the manta!! berger stripes are just too much. It looks so much cleaner with the manta only
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 01:49 PM
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berger stripes... I think I am gonna do them...
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 06:17 PM
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btw i think those white ones would look bad ***!!!
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Old Aug 7, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by LANDONZ
i was just thinking the other day how much I like the manta on your car! id say keep it!!
yeah...same thing here but as people are saying....cant go wrong either way i guess.
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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I like the manta btw did you ever get pics after the wetsanding and buffing?
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Waiting for LLP headers to ship. Already took off the old stuff so it won't come out of the garage till then. I will say it looks damn good. And I'm hard to please
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Old Aug 12, 2008 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Iron Head
Waiting for LLP headers to ship. Already took off the old stuff so it won't come out of the garage till then. I will say it looks damn good. And I'm hard to please
Bad *** cant wait to see it.
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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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whats the best place to buy the berger stripes? 3rdgendecals?
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Old Sep 7, 2008 | 08:23 AM
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i would say yes, 3rdgendecals.com is a great place to buy stripes. He customer service has improved!
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