89mustangfive0

i want to stripe my 89 gt but i was told i need a stencil to do it or i can buy the vinyl stripes. i found the vinyls for 600$ was wondering whats the best way to go? any helps appreciated thanks

corvetteguy

Paint is sooooo much cheaper

Chopper

Stickers are for little kids to play with!
Get them painted on.It looks so much better and you won't get wax lines along the edges of the stickers.

The other day I was talking to a very proud,happy owner of a brand new GT500.Good God the thing had stickers instead of painted on stripes.Kinda' cheesy for a $50,000 car huh?

89mustangfive0

yea the vinyl costs 600$ i was told i need a stencil to paint the stripes on, but i cnt find anything about it nor can my painted[:@] was hopeing someone on here knows about it casue id rather them jus get painted on

Chopper

The paint shop I use cuts their own stencils,but a good painter can measure and use tape to lay out good lines.

89mustangfive0

ok

natbel08

$600?!

good lord man

my dad puts those stickers on and im telling you you can get a much better price

find the guy that puts it on at the dealerships and when you see him just walk up to him and ask him how much to put some on in your car. he'll have some mags and you just flip through them till you find the one that you want

chances are you wont have to pay nearly as much as you thought

Cryptostorm

lol, if your going to go with the stickers, go to a flea market... there are usually lots of chinese and mexicans that sell them... (not meaning to be offensive) but you wont pay 600...

depending on how you want them, they dont look bad... ive NEVER see wax lines, so i dont really know what hes talking about...

the seller will tell you how to put them on, the easiest way to do it is to clean the car really well, put down a layer of windex, and put the stickers ontop of it, and then brush the windex out from under the sticker... it will keep bubbles from forming...



if your going to get them painted on, just let the body shop worry about how to get them on...




diy paint jobs never really look great, and you would have much better results going with stickers if your going to do it yourself anyway

89mustangfive0

ok i wasnt really down with the stick on ones, i got the 600$ quote from yipes stripes but my dads friend who paints said he'd do my stripes but only with a stencil and i dont know where to even get one from

corvetteguy

I met a guy once who bought a $600 hood eagle for
his trans Am after his new paint job.
He cleaned the hood and took off the decal backing
and streached it out WITHOUT THE WINDEX and
placed it down. WORST job he ever did.
Wrinkles and bubbles all over it.
It completely ruined his car.