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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 07:41 PM
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what color stripe

im getting my car painted teal and i want to put a stripe on the side. dont know what color to paint the stripe any ideals
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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 08:55 PM
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Re: what color stripe

Black looks good on most colors especially when you have other black parts like black grill and black buckets,etc. I did see a teal car once with white stripes.Looked OK. White will show more .
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 10:32 AM
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Re: what color stripe

I'm gonna go ahead and say black.... I think its a pretty sexy combo
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 02:32 PM
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Re: what color stripe

You say "side stripe". Do you mean a hockey stripe?

If so, I say black or white. You should Photoshop or have someone Photoshop black and/or white stripes on a teal car to see how they look first.
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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Re: what color stripe

My first 89 was painted that color. I added "hot pink" pin-stipes that looked (IMO) very good.
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Re: what color stripe

You could always go with an off white cream color, kind of 50's retro.
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Old Oct 31, 2012 | 04:32 PM
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Re: what color stripe

silver!

there's some pics in this thread...

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/auto...l-camaros.html
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 09:33 AM
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Re: what color stripe

Silver or Black. Simplicity is genius.
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 03:46 PM
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Re: what color stripe

ok im going with the stripe on the side of the car and one on the hood. should i go with one on the deck lid or will that be to much
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Re: what color stripe

Silver sounds good now that it's been mentioned.

If you're gonna put stripes on the hood, put them on the rear decklid and skip the side stripes. It'd be too much on the hood AND side.

Last edited by DethVenture; Nov 6, 2012 at 04:00 PM.
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Old Nov 2, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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Re: what color stripe

agreed. not both..

if you want something on the side, make it subtle, and low, like above the ground effects
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Old Nov 4, 2012 | 06:07 PM
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Re: what color stripe

I think graphite gray would look good
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Old Nov 4, 2012 | 06:32 PM
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Re: what color stripe

Im also going to say silver or black. Id lean toward silver personally though
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