Thought about getting racing stripes done

[christianchevell]

Eh kind of high. I bought discount stripes before on line and have had good luck with them, though Ebay no...the stripes come in smashed boxes repeatedly until you give up..LOL shippers too stupid for tubes. I am happy with what I have from American car craft through phastek. I would suggest buying good stripes then asking window tinters how much...... My stripes $250, install maybe $75.



OH and these stripes are glossy and waxable.....

[8balldeluxe]

Got mine from eBay, promotorsports $55, put on myself, looks professional.

[Mr. Stacy]

Originally Posted by 8balldeluxe

Got mine from eBay, promotorsports $55, put on myself, looks professional.

Looks great!

[Timbo10835]

The OEM rally stripes are damn near $500. I'm really happy with my aftermarket 3M stripes for $140. $80 professionally installed

[witenite]

Originally Posted by Timbo10835

The OEM rally stripes are damn near $500. I'm really happy with my aftermarket 3M stripes for $140. $80 professionally installed

Iam going to have to look in to this. The small stripe around the main stripe front corner coming up. Matter of time until I have to replace them.

[TheSmokingSuns]

Thinking about getting new rally stripes but I hear that going over the cowls of the hood is tough lol

[Cldgin2]

fender stripes about $150 and about $200 for the center stripe... It's not just black either, if you pay attention he layered a first stripe of red to give it a custom look

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[Indydriver]

Originally Posted by MudderFinger

Those look good but looks like someone installed Mustang stripes

Better tell the factory.

[grahak2]

Originally Posted by MudderFinger

Those look good but looks like someone installed Mustang stripes

I got the same ones on mine. Not sure if there are mustang/Camaro/challenger stripes that are specified for each make but I like his and mine anyway.

To the OP. Mine were $500 on the window sticker.

Also if they are done like the factory ones, to me they are easy to maintain. I wash my car normally. Then when I wax I try not to get any on them but if I do just wipe it off.

I got black ones too so they get a little dusty sometimes so I just spray a little detailer on them that will work on vinyl and wipe off.

Mine are about 6 months old and look new. On the front bumper I have a few small areas where rocks hit and you can see a little paint through. But you would have to really notice to see. Just wanted to let you know that they are nice but rocks hitting them could show some wear after the years.

But if you didn't have the stripes the rocks would be hitting the paint so maybe doesn't matter because it would show wear either way.

I know a lot of people don't like them on this site, but I do.

Good luck with whatever you decide.


Kevin

[Hetfield03]

Had mine painted on for $900. Stickers are for kids.

No I don't care about resell.

[109cam]

Paint them on

[MLL67RSSS]

Originally Posted by grahak2

I got the same ones on mine. Not sure if there are mustang/Camaro/challenger stripes that are specified for each make but I like his and mine anyway.

Kevin

Technically they are "LeMans" or "Cunningham stripes". The original Mustang Shelby GT350's were painted that way (white with twin longitudinal blue stripes) as a tribute to the international racing paint colors/scheme used by the old Cunningham race cars in the early '50's.

History Lesson: the origin of the Racing Stripe:


"At the time, white with blue stripes was considered to be the American road racing colors in international racing so when Peter Brock came on with Shelby it was determined that all the 1965 GT 350's were to be painted white in color. Brock had an idea... One of his first cars was painted white with two wide blue stripes. It was painted this way as a tribute to the Briggs Cunningham road race cars of the 1950's, ..."

So in other words: They did not put "Mustang Stripes" on a Mustang, they Put LeMans and/or Cunningham Stripes on a Mustang (and on Vipers, and...).

Another stripe issue I see sometimes, the single stripe on one side. This was done as a drivers aid. They would commonly tape/mark the top of the steering wheel. If the car started spinning the driver would literally try to align the stripe with the road ahead, and get that steering wheel mark lined up with the stripe/road at just the right time to help recover from the spin. So when you see things like in the picture below....

[High Magnitude]

Originally Posted by Hetfield03

Had mine painted on for $900. Stickers are for kids.

No I don't care about resell.

K

[RJT Impala]

Originally Posted by MLL67RSSS

Technically they are "LeMans" or "Cunningham stripes". The original Mustang Shelby GT350's were painted that way (white with twin longitudinal blue stripes) as a tribute to the international racing paint colors/scheme used by the old Cunningham race cars in the early '50's.

History Lesson: the origin of the Racing Stripe:


"At the time, white with blue stripes was considered to be the American road racing colors in international racing so when Peter Brock came on with Shelby it was determined that all the 1965 GT 350's were to be painted white in color. Brock had an idea... One of his first cars was painted white with two wide blue stripes. It was painted this way as a tribute to the Briggs Cunningham road race cars of the 1950's, ..."

So in other words: They did not put "Mustang Stripes" on a Mustang, they Put LeMans and/or Cunningham Stripes on a Mustang (and on Vipers, and...).

Another stripe issue I see sometimes, the single stripe on one side. This was done as a drivers aid. They would commonly tape/mark the top of the steering wheel. If the car started spinning the driver would literally try to align the stripe with the road ahead, and get that steering wheel mark lined up with the stripe/road at just the right time to help recover from the spin. So when you see things like in the picture below....

Interesting! Thanks for the history lesson. No sarcasm; meant sincerely!