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Old 10-02-2009, 10:36 AM
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Yes or no to stripes?

I bought the car this way, apparently it didn't have any stripes from the factory, the dealer put them on. Stripes go from the front all the way to the back.

What say you?

 

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Old 10-02-2009, 10:40 AM
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You mean there is more than one of him???

 
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Haha. My bad on the misspelling!
 
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YES!!! I like 'em!!
 
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I vote no on the red stripes. Maybe in white.
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:03 AM
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Better picture.

 
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Be different! Stick with the red!
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:33 AM
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keep em
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:43 AM
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Keep em. Maybe extend them to the bumpers?
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 11:48 AM
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I love stripes! Looks good.
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 12:26 PM
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They look good!!
Leave them!!
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 12:45 PM
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Agreed. Your stripes look awesome. I would definitely keep them.
 
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The more I look at them the more I like. Keep 'em!
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 01:05 PM
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I would keep them. I think the red is different and looks good.
 
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Much better than w/o, in my opinion.
 
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I always HATED stripes on cars. Like seriously DESPISED them.

Then I drove the Mini I ended up buying. Once I saw it next to a Midnight Black without stripes, I was convinced. Minis rock with stripes.

Keep em. Add to em. But for god sakes, don't take em off!
 
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Keep the red stripes and paint the barrels of those R105's.
 
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Originally Posted by OXYBLUECOOP
Keep the red stripes and paint the barrels of those R105's.
 
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I like the the RED!
 
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Originally Posted by OXYBLUECOOP
Keep the red stripes and paint the barrels of those R105's.
That's pretty sick
 
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they look good
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 07:53 PM
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Reminds me of this...


(More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/garage4...7608417516086/ )

And I like it. The stripes look unique.

Also, those R105's are sexy. I'd definitely do that if I had 'em.
 
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Old 10-02-2009, 08:09 PM
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I vote ditch them. Red is a terrible accent color (IMO of course). I think the same stripe in a dark silver would look money on black though, but you'd need to carry the stripe through the sunroof, hood scoop and both bumpers.

Maybe if the car was dark silver I'd like the red, but on black it's just too much contrast.
 
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Looks good to me, I'd extend them down the bumpers.
 


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