stripes?
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11-01-2011, 11:39 AM
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11-02-2011, 03:06 PM
Pin Stripes
My Black 2000 XK8 came with 1/16" Silver and Tomato Red stripes along the shoulder. After some recent body work I took them off and replaced them with an identical professional body shop product from 3M.
The new stripes are fresh and bright and I receive a lot of compliments. I think thin stripes look appropriate on a triple black car and accentuates the swell of the fender haunches nicely. I also ran a stripe down each side of the hood to highlight the form there. A lot of detail gets lost on a black body...
The 3M products are different than the tape you buy at the auto parts store. It is very, very thin and delicate to work with. After you lay the stripe you remove the top layer of protective tape. The stripes become soft and sort of gel-like when they hit the air. You can quickly reposition one line to make a point or arrow at the end but you have to move fast.
They "dry" to a paint-like finish without the hard thick edge like cheaper stripes.
The new stripes are fresh and bright and I receive a lot of compliments. I think thin stripes look appropriate on a triple black car and accentuates the swell of the fender haunches nicely. I also ran a stripe down each side of the hood to highlight the form there. A lot of detail gets lost on a black body...
The 3M products are different than the tape you buy at the auto parts store. It is very, very thin and delicate to work with. After you lay the stripe you remove the top layer of protective tape. The stripes become soft and sort of gel-like when they hit the air. You can quickly reposition one line to make a point or arrow at the end but you have to move fast.
They "dry" to a paint-like finish without the hard thick edge like cheaper stripes.
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11-03-2011, 11:41 AM
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11-03-2011, 05:42 PM
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11-03-2011, 05:53 PM
Oh. It's the UK flag in an almost ghost treatment. Very interesting, indeed. Just like you said (I should have read the text first).
Frog;
The stripes are interesting, but the black wheels are attracting my eyes too much.
Remember the old narrow two stripe treatment that was more in front of the driver? I think Triumph and some others used it quite a bit.
Frog;
The stripes are interesting, but the black wheels are attracting my eyes too much.
Remember the old narrow two stripe treatment that was more in front of the driver? I think Triumph and some others used it quite a bit.
Last edited by oldjaglover; 11-03-2011 at 05:56 PM.