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Old 02-23-2006, 02:42 AM
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Old 02-23-2006, 02:43 AM
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should i keep or change the stripes??
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If it were me, I would let the stripes go.

Just doesnt look right to me

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Id keep em pretty plain without them

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I say off with them! The stripes just don't seem to make the car look any better.
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I think those stripes look extremely cheesy.
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Off with the stripes!!
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Maybe if the stripes went down the front, instead of stopping at the top of the bumper.
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Maybe if the stripes went down the front, instead of stopping at the top of the bumper.
and maybe if they were wider, like a normal SS stripe instead of that "I bought stripe tape at wal mart" width.
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def look out of place
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get rid of them , ive never seen a good lookin stripe on ANY 3rd gen bird and those looks terrible too , their are no nice lines to follow like on the maros, ditch em .
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Thanks for your input guys, I bought the car like that so I just wanted some opinions.

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Ditch the stripes those stripes for sure.
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Re: keep or change??

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makem thicker, and takem all the way to the bottom of the front and rear ends
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Originally posted by Jim85IROC
and maybe if they were wider, like a normal SS stripe instead of that "I bought stripe tape at wal mart" width.

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I was thinkin the opposite if he was to keep them
I would want to stop them on the hood and decklid and keep them off the front and rear bumper covers. I haven't seen a car that I liked where they continued down.
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I was thinkin the opposite if he was to keep them
I would want to stop them on the hood and decklid and keep them off the front and rear bumper covers. I haven't seen a car that I liked where they continued down.
I think the fbird has a good front end for stripes all the way down. Kind of like the way the stripes on the Viper GT-S look good (In my opinion).
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make 'em wider or leave 'em. these cars in white look TOO basic IMO.
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It the blue that makes it look out of place when all the other highlights are black. Try black maybe? Otherwise I'd say just remove them.
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make em wider and more detailed...let them follow the outer bulges that are going through the the crease on the hood, i'd get two racing stripes, and surround those with small, 1/4 inch stripes on both sides to close it in. Let em come down the front if you'd like, don't see much problem with that, just keep the taper going...only unfortunate is they might get to small in the front to keep looking good....if you had a T/A with the gfx bumper, you might get away with letting them stay a tad wider....
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yeah definitely make them wider .. but dont take em off
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Originally posted by Magsls1
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I was thinkin the opposite if he was to keep them
I would want to stop them on the hood and decklid and keep them off the front and rear bumper covers. I haven't seen a car that I liked where they continued down.
then obviously you haven't seen this car.

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yeah, so what if it's not a fire chicken.

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Yeah I've seen it. I mean its nice but I would like it better with them off the bumpers, something like the factory stripes, I'm pretty sure others would agree.
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I love stripes, BUT they look lile ****e on a fire chicen, the lines of the hood are slanted, so they make the stripes look wierd, on the marow, the body lines are straight, and it looks good... so i say loos them, Or make them tite and wide.
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do what 85 fbird said but end them on top of the front bumper that way they wont get to narrow at the end. Other than that do every thing 85f-bird said.
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I'm not a big fan of stripes. I think you should get rid of the stripes, and put a full sized black phoenix on the hood.
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Ditch the stripes and those Camaro wheels.
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ditch the stripes, paint the side moldings white to match the car and get rid of those mud flaps, your not driving a truck
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