| Vew | 01-23-2007 01:59 AM |
Vinyl Stripe, yay or neigh?
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What are people's opinions of this? I've had this photo for a while, but was never brave enough to post it on here (atleast I don't think I have). And no, it's not photoshopped, and it was a temporary setup to see how it would look. It would run from the front to rear bumper.
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| 007WRX | 01-23-2007 02:02 AM |
Instead of doing something like that, I would paint the raised section of the middle of your hood black, instead of a vinyl stripe.
| quezanart | 01-23-2007 02:14 AM |
I think it looks goods. With the wheels being black it keeps a nice simple two colors on the car. If the wheels were any other color i wouldn't like it nearly as much as, personally, i think 3 major colorings vying for attention on a car is to much.
| sperry7 | 01-23-2007 02:16 AM |
I kinda like it!
| Counterfit | 01-23-2007 02:53 AM |
It's certainly not ugly, and it does match your bike pretty well. I think having just straight black or straight silver mirrors would look better. I've always thought that body colored mirrors should have the mount in the body color too, or just don't bother.
| MeanEditor | 01-23-2007 03:52 AM |
neigh is what horses do, NAY! is how we say NO!!!
| Bishop | 01-23-2007 03:53 AM |
neigh from me.
| Stevothehero | 01-23-2007 04:30 AM |
i say yay, but silver and black are a little dull in my opinion, slap some blue on there somewhere are it would look sickkkkkkk
but hey, if you like it like that then go for it mate
but hey, if you like it like that then go for it mate
| Black07Impreza | 01-23-2007 05:16 AM |
i like it... it looks pretty sweet... but in the end, if you like it do it, if you dont, dont do it.
| drain bramage | 01-23-2007 05:18 AM |
[QUOTE=Stevothehero;16773281]i say yay, but silver and black are a little dull in my opinion, slap some blue on there somewhere are it would look sickkkkkkk
but hey, if you like it like that then go for it mate[/QUOTE]
wtfRUr3tared?........blue:confused:
but hey, if you like it like that then go for it mate[/QUOTE]
wtfRUr3tared?........blue:confused:
| MikeyMike | 01-23-2007 05:21 AM |
like the rims, but not the stripe IMO
| SQ3.0dotJP | 01-23-2007 05:52 AM |
:lol: you should put big raiders stickers on the sides, and a rally lightbar in the front so your car can look like the helmet you will be by adding racing stripes.. IMO
| Vew | 01-23-2007 11:11 AM |
Added more photos. Bike isn't mine, it belongs to the owner the blue WRX. And before anyone jumps in, stickers are no longer on the blue WRX.
My car has been lowered and added oem strake kit since that photo, but in the next month, sti splitters, v-limited replica (even though I think they sent me an s203 replica), jdm rear aprons are going on, and a Perrin FMIC with the logo painted on.
To be perfectly honest, I like my car either way. I'm not favored toward any direction, stripe or no stripe. If I had to have a reason, I would do it to be different.
My car has been lowered and added oem strake kit since that photo, but in the next month, sti splitters, v-limited replica (even though I think they sent me an s203 replica), jdm rear aprons are going on, and a Perrin FMIC with the logo painted on.
To be perfectly honest, I like my car either way. I'm not favored toward any direction, stripe or no stripe. If I had to have a reason, I would do it to be different.
| rkramer | 01-23-2007 11:40 AM |
no car less then 30 years old deserves a center stripe...
| tac04wrx | 01-23-2007 12:08 PM |
did u paint ur headlights? look darker... u got any close up pics?
| Vew | 01-23-2007 12:18 PM |
[QUOTE=tac04wrx;16776458]did u paint ur headlights? look darker... u got any close up pics?[/QUOTE]
Headlights were indeed cleared (turn signal and side marker only) and painted flat black with Krylon BBQ and Stove. Turn signal bulbs were replaced with an orange ones. Blazer Xtreme Lites. Yellow package from AutoZone. Part number is 7443A
[IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/Vew82/headlightcloseup.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for all the feedback guys, keep em coming. I don't mind criticism, just be honest.
Headlights were indeed cleared (turn signal and side marker only) and painted flat black with Krylon BBQ and Stove. Turn signal bulbs were replaced with an orange ones. Blazer Xtreme Lites. Yellow package from AutoZone. Part number is 7443A
[IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/Vew82/headlightcloseup.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for all the feedback guys, keep em coming. I don't mind criticism, just be honest.
| WRB_in_my_veins | 01-23-2007 12:27 PM |
[QUOTE=rkramer;16776028]no car less then 30 years old deserves a center stripe...[/QUOTE]
You are correct sir!
You are correct sir!
| bl_easy | 01-23-2007 12:33 PM |
[QUOTE=Vew;16776614]Thanks for all the feedback guys, keep em coming. I don't mind criticism, just be honest.[/QUOTE]
I think it looks hideous.
I think it looks hideous.
| shemoves | 01-23-2007 12:41 PM |
It looks like one of those goaties that is too skinny. If it were offset, maybe over the driver or passenger, it'd look better...but those kind of stripes are screaming american muscle.
If you want a stripe, do it down the side.
If you want a stripe, do it down the side.
| mla163 | 01-23-2007 12:48 PM |
Maybe.
What if you shift it off to the side? What about a wide one (10") and a thinner one (2") offset?
Just a thought.
What if you shift it off to the side? What about a wide one (10") and a thinner one (2") offset?
Just a thought.
| SharkWagon | 01-23-2007 04:46 PM |
If you are going to do it, do it like this:
<pardon the mspaint - at work>
[IMG]http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/982897_6xiis/wrxstripe.JPG[/IMG]
<pardon the mspaint - at work>
[IMG]http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/files/982897_6xiis/wrxstripe.JPG[/IMG]
| problemcat13 | 01-23-2007 04:56 PM |
Where's the pics? I got nuttin.
| only1agam | 01-23-2007 05:22 PM |
yay or nay? how about HELL no :D
| sube do | 01-23-2007 05:25 PM |
nay Like the other combo better
| tac04wrx | 01-23-2007 10:37 PM |
[QUOTE=Vew;16776614]Headlights were indeed cleared (turn signal and side marker only) and painted flat black with Krylon BBQ and Stove. Turn signal bulbs were replaced with an orange ones. Blazer Xtreme Lites. Yellow package from AutoZone. Part number is 7443A
[IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/Vew82/headlightcloseup.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for all the feedback guys, keep em coming. I don't mind criticism, just be honest.[/QUOTE]
o ok thanks for the info, the headlights looks nice!!
[IMG]http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g299/Vew82/headlightcloseup.jpg[/IMG]
Thanks for all the feedback guys, keep em coming. I don't mind criticism, just be honest.[/QUOTE]
o ok thanks for the info, the headlights looks nice!!
| Winner | 01-23-2007 11:02 PM |
it looks funky....you should also run the strip up your windshield and down the back of the rearwindow:devil:
| JohnnyWas | 01-24-2007 12:12 AM |
that stripe ftl
| arco | 01-24-2007 01:55 AM |
ive seen other vinyl stripes on rex's which all have been rather unappealing but this is not bad.
| Counterfit | 01-24-2007 02:07 AM |
[QUOTE=squirrel2.0;16773432]:lol: you should put big raiders stickers on the sides, and a rally lightbar in the front so your car can look like the helmet you will be by adding racing stripes.. IMO[/QUOTE]
Make sure the stickers look like this:
[img]http://www.victorystore.com/NFL_Products/images/Raiders-logo.jpg[/img]
Make sure the stickers look like this:
[img]http://www.victorystore.com/NFL_Products/images/Raiders-logo.jpg[/img]
| wobbletop | 01-24-2007 04:24 PM |
I like it.
| lilsix | 01-24-2007 04:59 PM |
I think it looks a little too like it just came from south of the border.
| silverwrx666 | 01-24-2007 06:02 PM |
If you like it do it. It's your car
| WRXSTi0487 | 01-24-2007 06:27 PM |
here is a pic of one of my friend's in orlando STi...he decided upon 2 stripes instead of 1
[IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/WRXSTi0487/ChrissSTi.jpg[/IMG]
It very very closely matches the STi pink decal on the foglight covers
[IMG]http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/WRXSTi0487/ChrissSTi.jpg[/IMG]
It very very closely matches the STi pink decal on the foglight covers
| wrxsubaruwrx | 01-24-2007 06:36 PM |
[QUOTE=only1agam;16781338]yay or nay? how about HELL no :D[/QUOTE]
Ditto .
Ditto .
| WRXDriftR | 01-24-2007 07:59 PM |
stripes dont go with Imprezas!
| brain juice | 01-24-2007 08:07 PM |
[quote=silverwrx666;16796574]If you like it do it. It's your car[/quote]
+1
Too much conforming here sometimes.
+1
Too much conforming here sometimes.
| sti xtc | 01-24-2007 08:45 PM |
stripes are for vipers
| Burncycle | 01-24-2007 09:52 PM |
[QUOTE=Vew;16772625]What are people's opinions of this? I've had this photo for a while, but was never brave enough to post it on here (atleast I don't think I have). And no, it's not photoshopped, and it was a temporary setup to see how it would look. It would run from the front to rear bumper.
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Try throwing a thin white line on the border between the black and the grey. That would really make the stripe pop more.
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Try throwing a thin white line on the border between the black and the grey. That would really make the stripe pop more.
| Realnez | 01-24-2007 10:02 PM |
i think it looks alot better without the stripe
| kpluiten | 01-24-2007 10:13 PM |
I like it. What about two stripes? (but not as wide of course.)
| LathanM | 01-24-2007 10:34 PM |
I like it. I have seen a couple with a gloss stripe and it looks a little out of place. The flat color just seems right. Did you carry it over the spoiler and roof? It is hard to tell in the picture.
| ThinkGlobal | 01-24-2007 11:04 PM |
the first thing i think of now when i see stripes is the esx turds...
sorry, they were so bad i just cant get over it... i say no, but it is your car, so do what YOU WANT and damn the rest of us LOL
sorry, they were so bad i just cant get over it... i say no, but it is your car, so do what YOU WANT and damn the rest of us LOL
| skate enjoi | 01-24-2007 11:43 PM |
i remember a long time ago when you posted this on wrxtuners.com.... didnt you do that with electrical tape? anyways, i liked it then and i still think it looks great
| BlackSTI2006 | 01-24-2007 11:55 PM |
rally stripes would be a lot better...i know i might catch hell for posting and SRT-4 but this is one of my good friends and he got 1st place Dodge Street at Nopi this year....was also featured in a magazine recently....everyone loves the stripes...we bust his balls and call his car the "viper in a diaper"...here is a picture from a few months ago when he did a a photoshoot
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| saabpilot | 01-25-2007 12:16 AM |
IMO it makes the car look cheaper and less classy.
| BlackSTI2006 | 01-25-2007 12:31 AM |
[QUOTE=saabpilot;16801063]IMO it makes the car look cheaper and less classy.[/QUOTE]
so you dont like the ESX cars?
[IMG]http://www.carvariety.com/upload/library/modify/subaru/esxsti/0503tur_sti_01_z_400.gif[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3282/2006_ESX_ImprezaWRXSTi2.jpg[/IMG]
so you dont like the ESX cars?
[IMG]http://www.carvariety.com/upload/library/modify/subaru/esxsti/0503tur_sti_01_z_400.gif[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.supercars.net/carpics/3282/2006_ESX_ImprezaWRXSTi2.jpg[/IMG]
| BlackSTI2006 | 01-25-2007 12:34 AM |
[QUOTE=saabpilot;16801063]IMO it makes the car look cheaper and less classy.[/QUOTE]
and i wouldnt call a wrx expensive or classy....
they are what they are, subarus....foreign sedans....the cars arent built like a lexus and they cost under $35k.....
if you want classy and not as cheap at least talk about an LGT....even then thats pushing it....
face it, the wrx and sti were never built to be expensive or classy vehicles....they are performance 4 cylinder sedans not a cadillac!
and i wouldnt call a wrx expensive or classy....
they are what they are, subarus....foreign sedans....the cars arent built like a lexus and they cost under $35k.....
if you want classy and not as cheap at least talk about an LGT....even then thats pushing it....
face it, the wrx and sti were never built to be expensive or classy vehicles....they are performance 4 cylinder sedans not a cadillac!
| NewShockerGuy | 01-25-2007 03:58 AM |
[QUOTE=bl_easy;16776815]I think it looks hideous.[/QUOTE]
+1
srry :-(
-Nigel
+1
srry :-(
-Nigel
| PeteDucati | 01-25-2007 05:27 PM |
I think it looks pretty good - I'm thinking about doing something similar to my beater - but I like the glossy vinyl.
| ThinkGlobal | 01-25-2007 05:31 PM |
[QUOTE=BlackSTI2006;16801200]so you dont like the ESX cars?
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no they are turds
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no they are turds
| Aku Zaan | 01-25-2007 05:43 PM |
I agree....if you like it do what you want.
Personally I would not run it on my car....and it think it would be better if you carried it all the way through the car rather than just on the hood.
Personally I would not run it on my car....and it think it would be better if you carried it all the way through the car rather than just on the hood.
| PeteDucati | 01-25-2007 05:48 PM |
I really like the dual rally stripes.. but everyone will think I'm some ESX poser. I was thinking about getting a sheet and having the roof covered in black.. someone had their roof painted black and it looks pretty good.
| Vew | 01-25-2007 06:17 PM |
[QUOTE=LathanM;16799907]I like it. I have seen a couple with a gloss stripe and it looks a little out of place. The flat color just seems right. Did you carry it over the spoiler and roof? It is hard to tell in the picture.[/QUOTE]
No, I didn't, but only because I was running low on electrical tape... Prototype like I said! :p
No, I didn't, but only because I was running low on electrical tape... Prototype like I said! :p
| IDWRX | 01-25-2007 06:41 PM |
I think it would look a little better if you use the wide stripe with a narrow stripe offset on the hood. It's not quite the rally stripes (which is the way I would go if I was making the decision) and it gives you the sense of width you are looking for. As for the all black roof, I think that would darken your car up too much, so it might be worth at least looking into extended the stripe all the way back. As long as you keep the gray/black theme, it'll look nice.
| djsniggedy | 01-25-2007 08:46 PM |
how about painted carbon fiber
| LathanM | 01-25-2007 09:15 PM |
[QUOTE=djsniggedy;16812746]how about painted carbon fiber[/QUOTE]
I have seen a this done a few times and it is really hard to pull off well. The problem is it looks out of place without other carbon fiber parts. The best one I can remember is a rebuilt '70 mustang. They went with an aggressive CF hood then matched it with Boss style CF stripes. Walking up to the car they looked black but as you go closer you could see the CF pattern. Very sharp!
I have seen a this done a few times and it is really hard to pull off well. The problem is it looks out of place without other carbon fiber parts. The best one I can remember is a rebuilt '70 mustang. They went with an aggressive CF hood then matched it with Boss style CF stripes. Walking up to the car they looked black but as you go closer you could see the CF pattern. Very sharp!
| Brepic06 | 01-25-2007 09:56 PM |
i was actualy thinking about doing something along the lines of that as well.....but i was thinking more of an off centered to the passenger side....kinda nismo style being as im original a nissan guy
| IllNastyImpreza | 01-26-2007 12:55 AM |
would look better with 2 smaller stripes....But its aight. definatly different. Definatly another reason for the cops to pull you over ;)
| Murray | 01-27-2007 12:32 PM |
[IMG]http://www.myrandomtravels.com/brentstuff/frontflaps.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.myrandomtravels.com/48hrs07/images/p1000796.jpg[/IMG]
courtesy of the previous owner, Weasel555.... but still. vinyl isnt for everyone, but some people like it...and thats all that matters.
we may keep the design but change to a gray/pink stripe. (its my g/f's car)
[IMG]http://www.myrandomtravels.com/48hrs07/images/p1000796.jpg[/IMG]
courtesy of the previous owner, Weasel555.... but still. vinyl isnt for everyone, but some people like it...and thats all that matters.
we may keep the design but change to a gray/pink stripe. (its my g/f's car)
| blukestrel | 01-27-2007 03:17 PM |
For some reason vinyl and stripeys aren't generally considered cool on this forum, but I like them, as long as they aren't those Fast and Furious shredded dragons or whatever. I prefer the narrower, offset type, or the side stripes like the one above. But then, I like flames too. I like the classic muscle car look.
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