Yep. Mark does excellent work, and it was CHEAP compared to paint! He charged $100 each for the hood and trunk, and $25 for the side pin stripes.

 

for me it's probably tradition (past Chevy practice on Muscle Cars). From the first Shelby GT-350 Mustang Ford's ran their stripes to the bottom of the front and back valance, while Chevy kept them on the hood and trunk. So maybe it's a brand thing for me. But I really like HackAbuse's stripes and they go all the way down in front. I liked my wide stripes when I did them, and still do (especially from inside the car) but now I almost wish I had done more narrow ones. The grass is always greener somewhere else!

 

Splink your car comes up as being one of my favorites as well. looks great.

 

^^thanks! they have definately grown on me since i bought it...i think they really set the car off. plus they are fairly unique.

 

hey splink, i think ive finally got it where ur dealer got those stripes. it was probably through cobaltaddiction.com they have a stripe set exactly like urs for our cars. just thought of it now lol. funny i didnt recognize it before.

 

Yeah i like my stripes. Cause there are very few who actually have them so it sticks out even in a crowd of Cobalts

 

it might be their set but i think mine is a little different. without seeing a CA set first hand i couldnt tell you. see in the pictures how there is an offset pinstripe? there is a red pinstripe you cant really see in the picture. so from outside to inside it is white pinstripe/red pinstripe/large white stripe.

i do not know if CA's has the second color in theirs.

either way it looks great, it is clear-coated over, tons of compliments, and i love them

 

It's so nice to see people complimenting others stripes on this site. I used to have a Sunfire with an offset stripe on it and all I would get was crap from everyone on jbody.org. I liked my stripe, it set my car out from the crowd, which is what I want with my cars.

 

to be honest ive been looking at an offset stripe myself. i think it looks nice but im waiting to the summer to decide what i want. thats why i made the thread to see what people have done and what they like.

you should post some pics of ur sunfire on here zero. id like to see how it looks.

 

Legend has it that in the '50's the offset stripe (that runs in front of the driver on the hood) was originally a sighting device for racers to be able to align their cars better in turns. That was the first "racing stripe" design, and it still looks right to me.

Ken Miles and then-house-artist for Shelby George Bartell designed the wide dual stripes around 1963 for the Shelby cobra (and later the Shelby GT-350 Mustang) based strictly on visual balance. The stripes on the GT-350 are subtly complex, actually being slightly tapered so that they appear parallel (the Greeks did this to the columns on the Parthanon).

Sorry for the art lesson! The commercial artist in me couldn't resist!

 

 

kool look zero. definetly looks good.

 

Zero, that's really traditional and looks GREAT!

 

Thats definitely unique man

 

 

not regular stripes..but they are stripes haha

 

i like the looks of that!

 

well thanks...some people think they are ugly or look like a band aid

 

THAT LOOKS BAD ASS

 

here's mine

 

^ I think that **** looks awesome, which I already posted when you put them on. Ever figure out about your hood? Going carbon fiber?
Splink's dealer installed stripes look great, too.

Opinion Question - what color stripes on a silver? Black I guess - I saw somebody with red and that look pretty good..
Lol - I posted this ? right as you posted your silver cavi

 

Hot!!!!

 

the stripes came on the car from the factory, it was part of a limited edition package they did in 04. i am goin with the CF invader hood if i can make sure that it will clear the blower. the whole hood will be painted, so you wont see any CF

 

everyone's stripes look great, i've always been a fan. I was looking at puting some stripes on the balt and came across this site: http://www.edecals.com/index.html
anyone bought from them? Looks like good stuff with a lot of options.

 

here is mine