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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:09 AM
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Thinking about stripes... opinions??

Here's my car as of now, most recent pics w/ most recent mods.
thinking about 8" stripes, probably in black, or perhaps red. mmm... probably black.
ALSO, im thinking about painting the spokes of my rims black nd leaving the inner lips/sides gunmetal, thoughts on that too would be great thanks







thoughts?

basically imagine this but the opposite lol




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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:11 AM
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Your car looks good the way it is now. Why would you want to turn it into a Sanfransico treat by putting strips on it
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:13 AM
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idk man lol i was following a silver one like mine, completely stock but with red stripes and i was digging it
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:21 AM
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I think it looks good the way it is.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:26 AM
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looks mad clean as is man. I have a silver balt as well (with full SS kit) and I say leave it without stripes. Plus, they'll probably get old fast.

Love the tails BTW!
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:31 AM
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so kind of a no-go on stripes? i forgot to add an option for the evo mod cuz i was actually thinking about doing that before this
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:32 AM
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Keep it clean, Stripes dont look good on a balt, I had some and removed it not soon after.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:33 AM
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Wouldn't the stripe conflict with the CF wing?

Keep clean. "evo mod" at the most.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by riceburner
so kind of a no-go on stripes? i forgot to add an option for the evo mod cuz i was actually thinking about doing that before this
yeah when I got my front bumper and lip painted at the body shop, I was thinking about the evo mod too, but I just left it all silver because I don't want to get stuck with it and not like it/get tired of it. Also I find silver SS' to be clean as-is.

Which site did you buy your tails from? need a set of those.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bboytaktix
yeah when I got my front bumper and lip painted at the body shop, I was thinking about the evo mod too, but I just left it all silver because I don't want to get stuck with it and not like it/get tired of it. Also I find silver SS' to be clean as-is.

Which site did you buy your tails from? need a set of those.
k2motor.com

i looked up the year and model for my car just to see if they still have those ones but they didn't show... but i think thats what happened when i bought them so if ur looking for this set u might have to browse the site harder than just putting in ur car.

anywho i think they were only $155 so not a bank breaker!
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by bboytaktix
yeah when I got my front bumper and lip painted at the body shop, I was thinking about the evo mod too, but I just left it all silver because I don't want to get stuck with it and not like it/get tired of it. Also I find silver SS' to be clean as-is.

Which site did you buy your tails from? need a set of those.
you can get them from k2motor.com for 135ish or ebay has the same kind to..

my vote was keep it clean looks good now
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:38 AM
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you can get them from k2motor.com for 135ish or ebay has the same kind to..

my vote was keep it clean looks good now
sweet, that's cheap Last time I checked they were $179
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:41 AM
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I think the red striped would throw it off completely even if it matches your interior. Black wouldn't be too bad but ehh I'm not a big fan, if you do go black consider CF vinyl to flow with your wing lol
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by CobaltSST/C
I think the red striped would throw it off completely even if it matches your interior. Black wouldn't be too bad but ehh I'm not a big fan, if you do go black consider CF vinyl to flow with your wing lol
ya i thought about that with the wing, cf vynil is gay IMO but even just black vynil, the wing would obstruct the flow of it.. so now im just leaning towards evo mod
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 10:51 AM
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ya i thought about that with the wing, cf vynil is gay IMO but even just black vynil, the wing would obstruct the flow of it.. so now im just leaning towards evo mod
well I figured it would have some flow with the car. What you could do is lower the car, go wingless, and then get black stripes and change up the interior.
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by CobaltSST/C
well I figured it would have some flow with the car. What you could do is lower the car, go wingless, and then get black stripes and change up the interior.
i like the ideas. i'm kind of debating wingless or lowrise, its such a hard decision because they all look so ******* sexy, and i love the highrise as is, but i always love switching **** around because i'm dumb

unfrtunately, i dont think i can lower her, because i always bottom out around here like once a day *facepalms*

as for the interior, i REALLY want the black and silver turbocharged seats, it would definately fix the red problem because right not the black and red just doesn't flow.

thanks for the inputs!
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by riceburner
i like the ideas. i'm kind of debating wingless or lowrise, its such a hard decision because they all look so ******* sexy, and i love the highrise as is, but i always love switching **** around because i'm dumb

unfrtunately, i dont think i can lower her, because i always bottom out around here like once a day *facepalms*

as for the interior, i REALLY want the black and silver turbocharged seats, it would definately fix the red problem because right not the black and red just doesn't flow.

thanks for the inputs!
Well save up and buy all three styles of trunk lids lol. If I ever get rich that's what I'm going to do lol. The black and silver would definitely go a lot better than then Black and Red, I doubt you are going to find any though lol, I'm trying to find all black TC seats. but that will be a fun search. Go sideways to avoid bottoming out lol
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by CobaltSST/C
Well save up and buy all three styles of trunk lids lol. If I ever get rich that's what I'm going to do lol. The black and silver would definitely go a lot better than then Black and Red, I doubt you are going to find any though lol, I'm trying to find all black TC seats. but that will be a fun search. Go sideways to avoid bottoming out lol
yea i try my best to go sideways, just doesnt always work. here in IL, they love to make driveways out of curbs or 30 degree slopes and theres never a break in traffic where u can take ur time

I did see a post a while back about silver tc seats, i think they were asking a lot for the though, so yea it'll be a fun search, im in no rush though i really wanna just go faster, gotta get on that
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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yea i try my best to go sideways, just doesnt always work. here in IL, they love to make driveways out of curbs or 30 degree slopes and theres never a break in traffic where u can take ur time

I did see a post a while back about silver tc seats, i think they were asking a lot for the though, so yea it'll be a fun search, im in no rush though i really wanna just go faster, gotta get on that
The easiest and cheapest way would be to try and trade someone. That sucks about going side ways. I kind of scrape going into work,
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:33 AM
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same as you i have a silver ss/tc and once spring time hit im looking in either stripes or evo mod or maybe both. but its hard decision. i know for a fact im getting the evo mod. i think the solid stripes look bad im thinking about doing 8 in and then doing a small pin stripe thats offest from the main once about 1/2 inch.

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Originally Posted by Jhezzy
same as you i have a silver ss/tc and once spring time hit im looking in either stripes or evo mod or maybe both. but its hard decision. i know for a fact im getting the evo mod. i think the solid stripes look bad im thinking about doing 8 in and then doing a small pin stripe thats offest from the main once about 1/2 inch.
nice, in my opinion i'd say either stripes or evo mod, both might look too conflicting. u got the highrise or lowrise?
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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Don't do the evo mod and stripes that's just WAY to much
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:37 AM
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low rise and ya thats y i said im not sure yet. i think it will look nuts i posted my pic just click on it in my last post. youll see what my silver one looks like
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:41 AM
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low rise and ya thats y i said im not sure yet. i think it will look nuts i posted my pic just click on it in my last post. youll see what my silver one looks like
damn that car looks mad nice! props over here, what kind of headlights are those i'm diggin! take off ur front plate, its so worth it

evo mod id say
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Old Aug 12, 2011 | 11:43 AM
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i would live it the way it is. it looks very clean like that. you'll just be calling attenction getting stripes lol.
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