lmunz22

Whoa! $500? That is NOTHING! Is it clearcoated? I'm guessing not. Still though, that is a fantastic bargain!

MustVette

Actually it is 3M vinyl stripes which cost the dealership less then $100 along with thier labor. The dealership makes a killing!

fairlane292

No way that can be CC for $500. ...but it does look really nice; I'm shocked at $500 w/o CC. You're lucky to find someone to mask off the car for $500. I mean do you know how they did this? Sanding? How? when you're not gonna reclear it (sand in 2000 and buff out afterwards?) ...any primer under the stripes?

Tell us more Wally. looks terrific, price rediculously low. You sure you didn't leave a zero off? :-)

MustVette

Bro? I hope you know these are nothing but large vinyl decals glues to the car??? This is all that dealerships do now.

fairlane292

Now I realize it; I was thinking paint cause lmunz22 mentioned clearcoat. Some dealers do paint and will paint stripes for you but sure this is vinyl. I can rest easy now. Thanks!

MustVette

No Biggie! I would have paid triple if they were painted on along with a couple coats of clearcoat! Those must have been the days!!!

Sean3667

No offense, but what happened to the stripe spacing on your rear bumper? The gap between the black stripes looks way off, when compared to the rest of the pics.

W1ldcat

I noticed that too. Wider in front. Not real biggie, and maybe a reason.
Side stripes with GT350 are cool. I like those.

fairlane292

Yeah no problem, I was referring to Wally's car and his statement "I paid 500 bucks for it." ...figuring if it was paint how it was done for $500.

fairlane292

If the stripes come in separate application pieces then a center guide stripe/tape needs to be applied first; couldn't have been done here. This will keep the left and right sections evenly spaced, front to rear. I helped my brother out part time for a couple of years in his graphics shop and we did a number of kit and custom vinyl stripe jobs. Alignment is mostly a little technique and a lot of "just caring" about the end result.

If these were done by a company they will likely redo them for ya; no big deal but I wouldn't live with that. Good thing it's not paint.