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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 03:42 PM
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Okay, continue the stripes or not?

Okay, I was dumb over christmas break and had to take the car out. Well on the way up the driveway I got stuck in slush and had to have someone push. that cracked the paint on the back of the bumper real good and it needs to be repainted. But the stripes on the back only go on the decklid and the spoiler now, as Id wonder about how it works with the liscense plate. Do you guys think I should extend them down. In case you cant see, there are pin stripes on both sides of each stripe.

So what should I do, repaint the back bumper black as it was or add stripes to the bumper, how will it look with that CT liscense plate and silver stripes. Also adding a stock trans am sticker and a 5.7 Liter HO to where the 5.0 would go on a stock L69.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 03:47 PM
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IMO, I would leave it like it is. I persoanlly don't like stripes that go all the way down to the bumper.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 04:11 PM
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Leave it as it is.
Putting strips down the back of the car is more of a tailgate stripe truck deal.

I think strips look good on the hood, and then down the rear lid, and on the spoiler.
Personnally I think if the strips are just on the hood they look best.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 05:19 PM
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Just leave the stripes ending on the decklid. I don't think extending the stipes would look any better unless you extended the stripes in the front, but I would just leave them.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 05:32 PM
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i agree with everybody else
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 07:33 PM
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I think Im gonna leave them as they are, as it would be a pain to paint them, but this woulda been the time to do it. I opted not to when I first did them. I also left them off the roof.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 09:21 PM
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Leave them, I don't like when stripes go all the way through the entire car.
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Old Feb 21, 2003 | 05:23 AM
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I say leave them also!
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