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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:10 AM
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Pintstriping Opinions please

Ok my painted on pintstriping faded off the car long ago and a previous owner put on vinyl sticky on stripes. I'm sure they looked fine when they were installed but now they are peeling in some spots and I've never really been happy with the vinylness of them. I've been toying with having them painted on for a while but I need an opinion. I did some quick photoshopping of my car with and without, what do you think?

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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:11 AM
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:12 AM
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i don't see a big difference... they're not too bad...

if you want to spend the money and take them off, do that,

but otherwise they aren't a really big eyesore...
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:21 AM
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i think that the striping kinda matched the rims a lil.....either way you cart is sweet!

on a sidenote what kind of fog lights are those frik?
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 11:35 AM
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the width and size of your rims look nice what size r they
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 12:27 PM
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The striping doesn't look bad at all. Usually I don't like it, but on that car it doesn't bother me. I think you have a few too many hood pins though
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 03:33 PM
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Originally posted by MetalliCamaroRS
The striping doesn't look bad at all. Usually I don't like it, but on that car it doesn't bother me. I think you have a few too many hood pins though
agreed.
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 03:24 AM
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I like it better without the pin-stripes...

Also curious why your hood has 4 pins in the front?
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 08:06 AM
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I am not a fan of the pin stripe. It is your car. Keep it if you want it. If it were me it would have been the first thing to get changed.
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 09:16 AM
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Another vote for no pin stripes. Solid colors look much better. I never really liked Pin stripes on Camaros.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:34 PM
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I have always really liked the pinstriping on your car and thought of it as the one feature which made it truly unique.
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