Shortly after purchased.


First mod had to be LeMans Stripes. Cut these out of a roll of vinyl on the dining room table.

 

Here it is at auto-x with MT Mach 1 spoiler.


Detailer ruined my vinyl stripes by putting black wax on em.
Back to basic black.


Here I am slingin gravel at a Dixie Region auto-x. We have been cleaning course better lately.

 

My other ride!

 

wow. you take that sim racing more seriously than I do LOL. I like your set up duuude!!!

 

Is the detailer still alive?? That would have pissed me off big time about the stripes. They looked nice bro. Nice Stang.

 

lmao, how many sets of rims do you have?? Nice car

 

Haha, I love that car! I didn't like the gold rims that much, but the stripes looked great! I also have a Mach 1 Chin and I'm picking up my 9th set of rims tomorrow. I couldn't tell if you moved your wing back, but if you haven't, it looks great with it back. I go to autox's all the time too. Here are some pics of mine...
Check out my pic #3 and your "throwing up gravel pic". Not as much drama, but still pretty cool!

 

some other rims

 

I am putting stripes on my black stang to match the top. Places want $150 - $200 for them pre-cut and ready to go. Where can I get the ones you used, how much, and how did you get them to stick?

Thanks!

 

Tow ?

=D


Nice car BTW.

 

I bought a bulk roll of vinyl and cut them out to do mine. The sticky isn't the problem. Pull the paper backing off and wet the sticky side and the car surface down good with windex or application fluid to keep em from sticking while you get them in position. Tape them in postion here and there with masking tape then squeegee the fluid out from under them. They will be stuck.

I ran 2" masking tape all the way down the center of the car to push the stripes up against to get the proper alignment.

 

Do they stick to a waxed surface? Where did you buy the stripes and at what approximate cost? Just wondering if it is worth it to do it your way or get them from Bob White Decals.

 

You should remove the wax with prep-sol or something like it before installing the stripes. Putting on vinyl stripes ain't no walk in the park. You'll need a heat gun and know how to use it to get em on where you have compound curves. The problem areas on my car were at the phoney hood scoop, the underside of the spoiler, and the tag area on the front bumper. I removed the spoiler and installed stripes on top and bottom of it since it is visable. Had to shrink the vinyl where the underside met the top at the rear to get them to line up. On the front bumper I had to tape off both edges and heat the vinyl up and stretch it into place with the squeegee. Also if you squeegee part of the stripe down and it is not floated into postion correctly you will not get it up without stretching the vinyl and ruining the stripe. That and the cost saving feature was why I decided to go bulk. I used some stuff that was 35-40 bucks for a 24" x 10yd roll. If I were going to do vinyl stripes again I would go ahead and buy the 3M automotive stuff. Only place I found to order it was through NAPA and the smallest roll of 24" wide material was around 90 bucks. Hope this helps with your decision.

I hope to repaint my car in 05 and paint the stripes on before clear coating.

 

****. You are scaring me. Perhaps I will paint them on. I have a good friend with a paint booth. Only thing is, I better like them once they are painted. I could even do the prep work myself for him.

 

pony looked bad *** with the stripes, sorry to hear about that. rims looked cool too painted gold.