I have had this car for about 4 years now and I have never seen another 3rd gen with a similar stripe. It goes the length of the whole side of the car, is very thin, and right above the rear wheels it says "heartbeat USA" with a little jagged doo-hickey thing. I have seen other cars with the same words but they were much much bigger. I almost like it because it is so small and unique. I have to think this is stock because I am only the second owner and the previous owner was a 70 year old dude that did nothing to the car but store it and take it out for an oil change every two years. This pic kinda shows it up close but the front has a little jazz to it as well.

 

You can see the front of the stripe here. It stays thin on the whole side exept here and the little jagged thing in the other pic.

 

Yeah that was factory... I dont know any details tho... Man those Storms look sweet... I want some now...

 

Well I would love to see another car with them. I am always on the hunt. When I fix the side that got wrecked I am not sure if I want to keep them or not. New body panels are going on my min summer and paint won't be to far off from that. I am using this time to really visualize what I want. Oh by the way, their snypers but I knew what you meant.

 

I have to say, ShiftyCapone, your car has always been my favorite thirdgen on these boards - besides mine

I'm not sure if that stripe is factory, but it definitely suits the car quite well! I hadn't seen the old "heartbeat" slogan in a very long time also.

 

I love his thirdgen too because we can drink beer together and talk about how cool our cars used to be.

 

I have pin stripes on my 91, doesn't have what yours has, mine are just 2 silver lines across the sides. No wording.

 

Isn't that the truth. Talking about them in their prime and all of our ***** talk about how great they will be one day once we stop working at Burger King. Jk we don't really work at burger king.

 

Show me the RPO code...

It was a dealer installed feature. Usually charge about $100 for it and it cost them $4 to put on. Instant profit. That's why you haven't seen another.

 

def looks like somthing a dealer would do before they sell the car.

 

Yup, seems like that was one of those things hanging on cards out in dealer parts depts back then that you could buy, like the trailer hitch inserts and all that sort of stuff..... the dealer probably put it on there himself, just to dress the car up a bit and get it some extra attention on the lot or in the showroom

 

Wow I geuss I never thought of that. It makes complete sence though. I wonder if I could get another one through the dealer. I mean, I wonder if they have a whole slew of them to choose from to put on any car in their lot. Now a days dealers really don't seem to care and just let cars sit as is.

 

their is a teal RS running around here with that same stripe "heartbeat" too

 

Pin stripes like that were not available as an option from the factory.

However, I am certain that your local Chevy dealer would have been happy to install them for you at time of purchase.

A dealer installed option.

 

Looks like the ones that I saw at Pepboys

 

Or a Pepboys installed option.