Aggravated with STRIPES!!
04-21-2006, 04:07 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
Thanks everyone for your replies and your condolences about my kitty. He was my baby boy 
There's a pic of him on my myspace link if you click it, it's on the front page. I had him for so long since I was little so it really tore me up.
On a lighter (though not much) note, here are some pics I took. You can see the crappy spacing and the way the pinstripes aren't straight, etc.
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There's a pic of him on my myspace link if you click it, it's on the front page. I had him for so long since I was little so it really tore me up. On a lighter (though not much) note, here are some pics I took. You can see the crappy spacing and the way the pinstripes aren't straight, etc.
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04-21-2006, 04:13 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
hey Maddie, sorry to hear about all of the trouble you're going through with this. Just curious, but do they have your car, or are you bringing it back and forth? If they don't have it, I just would go somewhere else. If they have it, are they going to hold it hostage until you give them some sort of payment? I know they said that they won't charge you, but they'll probably still try to pull some sort of guilt trip on you...
That is truly a shame. based on what you've described, don't even bother taking it back except to have the stripes removed. They will never get it right. One of the other guys on here had a similar experience, unfortunately in his case the striper actually trimmed the vinyl ON HIS CAR. As a result, when the stripes were removed he had cuts/ scratches in his paint! He had to have it all sanded out and have stripes painted on then clearcoated to cover up the damage. Hopefully they didn't do that on your car, but you might want to check.
It is VERY difficult to get the stripes straight if stock rolls of vinyl are being used. It's a lot better to get a stripe kit as the vinyl has already been cut to the proper angles to compensate for the shape of the bumpers.
It is VERY difficult to get the stripes straight if stock rolls of vinyl are being used. It's a lot better to get a stripe kit as the vinyl has already been cut to the proper angles to compensate for the shape of the bumpers.
Hamid - isn't that awful? I'm so sad now because it's so terrible
Ugh, I mean I LOVE the way the stripes look in general on the car but the way THEY did it is just humiliating.
04-21-2006, 04:43 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
I mean it's not so bad just glancing but ****, even when my dad glanced at my hood he was like "how come these aren't all spaced the same?" I was just like hell if i know...
The roof is probaby the best (then again I'm sure if I could see directly on top of it I would think otherwise...
Here's a full view of the hood but you can see the spacing is screwy and the pin stripes are thicker in some areas
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The roof is probaby the best (then again I'm sure if I could see directly on top of it I would think otherwise...
Here's a full view of the hood but you can see the spacing is screwy and the pin stripes are thicker in some areas
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04-21-2006, 04:56 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
ORIGINAL: afixer
sorry to here your probs. but remember the first three letters of you name are mad after all! so here is what i did just to let you know just whats invlolved.
1. ordered stripes from grafics express in florida 200 bucks
2. per there instructions i got some naphta frome the local home depot and washed the area where the stripe were going to go. eight (8) times yes eight using a new wrag each time. this in it self took forever. ( you want to remove all the wax. )
3. got 2 rolls of 3/4" blue masking tape. also from HD
4. now i actually have cool tolls so i used my lazer and shot down the center of the car. and put the tape on either side of the beam. this gave me my 2" gap. Just measure a center mark and use a grease pencil to mark everywhere and put the tape along the car now you have your spacing this took about an hour or so.
5 lay out the stripes and get ready. i did this in the garage.
6. i ordered some solution from them but soap water mix works ok too. wet everything then remove backing as your wetting it and place it on the car up to the tape then start to squeegy and peal off cover use a heat jun or dryer to wrap edges under hood ant trunk. the whole install took my son and i about 8 hours not a real easy car to do.
sorry to here your probs. but remember the first three letters of you name are mad after all! so here is what i did just to let you know just whats invlolved.
1. ordered stripes from grafics express in florida 200 bucks
2. per there instructions i got some naphta frome the local home depot and washed the area where the stripe were going to go. eight (8) times yes eight using a new wrag each time. this in it self took forever. ( you want to remove all the wax. )
3. got 2 rolls of 3/4" blue masking tape. also from HD
4. now i actually have cool tolls so i used my lazer and shot down the center of the car. and put the tape on either side of the beam. this gave me my 2" gap. Just measure a center mark and use a grease pencil to mark everywhere and put the tape along the car now you have your spacing this took about an hour or so.
5 lay out the stripes and get ready. i did this in the garage.
6. i ordered some solution from them but soap water mix works ok too. wet everything then remove backing as your wetting it and place it on the car up to the tape then start to squeegy and peal off cover use a heat jun or dryer to wrap edges under hood ant trunk. the whole install took my son and i about 8 hours not a real easy car to do.
Here's a tip---the washer nozzles pop out from under the hood. I just removed them then layed the vinyl over the hole, made an "x" and folded under, then snapped the nozzles back in. No worries about cutting around them!
Steve
04-21-2006, 04:59 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
ORIGINAL: Traken
Except if you're getting them painted, you'll be looking at more than double that price. Again, you get what you pay for in that department as well.
ORIGINAL: jthorn9
Well for that price, I could see how they Fd it up, remember, you get what you pay for, the $300-500 price range sounds a little more accurate, bucause installing stripes like that isn't an easy job. Personally, if I were spending that much money, I'd get them painted on, that way you don't have to worry about them chipping, pealing, or fading in the future.
Well for that price, I could see how they Fd it up, remember, you get what you pay for, the $300-500 price range sounds a little more accurate, bucause installing stripes like that isn't an easy job. Personally, if I were spending that much money, I'd get them painted on, that way you don't have to worry about them chipping, pealing, or fading in the future.
04-21-2006, 05:02 PM
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RE: Aggravated with STRIPES!!
Maddie,
[sm=wtf.gif] Were they drunk when they did it? A first grader could tell they're crooked as a poliltician...I'd try them myself before I let them touch my car again! They are easy to take off when first applied. Just work slow and pull back not up.
Steve
[sm=wtf.gif] Were they drunk when they did it? A first grader could tell they're crooked as a poliltician...I'd try them myself before I let them touch my car again! They are easy to take off when first applied. Just work slow and pull back not up.
Steve