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Old 03-27-2010, 10:19 AM
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so picked my car up yesterday after getting tint on teh windows, super snake stripes, qtr louvers, and i alos put my 3rd brake light, side market, and new dark front running lights in today. check out the pics.















I think the car looks fantastic right now. there are a few issues though. the stripes look great from a distance, but up close they are a mess. I'm not sure what the stripe guy was thinking. the cutouts around the 3rd brake light are jagged, there are creases in a lot of the stripes as well. They told me when i got there i would need to bring the car back to have the bumpers redone. they are the worst spots on the car.

Still, i can find creases in every stripe section on the car so i think they are going to have to start over and not screw it up this time. The qrtr window louvers also have a couple bad spots in the paint. Going to make them fix that too. No one else noticed the issues when they look at the car, but it drives me crazy.

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Old 03-27-2010, 02:05 PM
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Turned out really nice and don't settle for anything but perfection on those stripes. As for the taillights they look pretty good too but all I can think of is "Ticket Magnet."
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Old 03-27-2010, 03:15 PM
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i just pulled the headlight covers off, they were scratching the bumper after only 3 days because they don;t sit right. I am going to replace with tints.
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Old 03-27-2010, 06:23 PM
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So earlier today i pulled the car out to let it set in the sun and cure the vinyl adhesive like the dealer told me. as soon as it was in the sun i could tell the stripes were trash in more than just the bumpers. the stripes are total junk up close and i found trash in the paint on the qtr louvers. called the dealer and i was pretty peeved about the condition of the stripes. They called me back a bit later and told me that they felt bad about the stripes. Considering missed work costs me a ton of money bc i am self employed they are sending someone down here with a loaner from the lot in Garland and meeting me in my town to take my car back and get things right. they were nice about it and apologetic. i told then not to bring it back unless it was 100% perfect. one wrinkle is too many.
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Old 03-27-2010, 06:58 PM
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Good to hear your getting it taken care of. I like the look of the super stripe, im getting flat black when the weather warms up a little. Hopefully the same guy does not do this round on your stripes, there seemed to be some noticeable issues with them being crooked too. I dig some of the black out on the lights, I'm not sure I would have gone that dark. Nice color combo though.
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:44 PM
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Love the stripes. Tinting not my thing but u did a good job of it. Thanks for sharing
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Old 03-27-2010, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Xcelsius
Good to hear your getting it taken care of. I like the look of the super stripe, im getting flat black when the weather warms up a little. Hopefully the same guy does not do this round on your stripes, there seemed to be some noticeable issues with them being crooked too. I dig some of the black out on the lights, I'm not sure I would have gone that dark. Nice color combo though.
Yeah i stood well back from the car on the rear and they were very crooked. sometimes a straight line doesn't look straight on a curved panel. Gaps were off on teh hood too, overall bad job.
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Old 03-27-2010, 10:05 PM
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Just me but if the car was black then 2 thumbs up
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Old 03-27-2010, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Snakebite64
Just me but if the car was black then 2 thumbs up
lol first new car i ever bought was black and i swore i would never do that again, especially in this part of Texas where everything is covered in pollen 4 months out of the year. My favorite muscle car ever is the 1970 boss 429 in grabber blue, this is the color i wanted since i laid eyes on it. i had an art teacher in high school who's favorite saying was black isn't a color, it's a tint. lol
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Old 03-27-2010, 10:23 PM
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I like what you're doing with the car and hope they get all these problems taken car of. Yeah I would have been really pissed with that poor quality-good luck with her!
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