can anyone explain the reason that the ralley stripes have a taper. I was just in the faq looking to paint stripes and they are not uniform widths. I was always under the assumpion that they were a uniform thickness through out the cars length.

 

it createss an optical illusion if you dont do it

 

I have seen many stripes but never noticed that they were tapered. I think I would have noticed an inch taper. What illusion are you talking about?

 

The offset measurements in the stripes are there to give the illusion of them being the same size the further back they go. Googling shows what the currect measurements should be.. Here is a page

 

Shelby figured that out for the first shelby mustangs. If you paint them the same uniform width the entire length of the car they appear to get narrower the farther away you look down the car. With the tapering it appears uniform.