Pinstripe level: what

"CB" (jrcb) 05/14/2020 at 18:39 • Filed to: Taste is subjective but some things are a hard truth

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Saw this at the store today. I have never seen a pinstripe like this and I hope I don’t see it again.

ranwhenparked > CB 05/14/2020 at 18:44

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And they probably paid extra for it whether they wanted it or not, because the dealer told them they pinstripe all their cars, and can’t take it off once its done. 

phenotyp > CB 05/14/2020 at 18:47

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Pinstripes have long been a terrible thing outside of like Rolls-Royce, but this...

What the hell.

bob and john > ranwhenparked 05/14/2020 at 18:49

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correct me if I am wrong, but isnt pin stripping painted on? so to take it off, youd have to sand it back and then reapply the other paint? 

Urambo Tauro > CB 05/14/2020 at 18:51

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Looks like the striper slipped on a banana peel as he was finishing that line.

CB > Urambo Tauro 05/14/2020 at 18:52

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Damn, I should have checked the other side to see if that one was at least done right.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > CB 05/14/2020 at 18:58

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The twist is it is only like that on one side

facw > CB 05/14/2020 at 19:06

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Fun fact: one of the many, many things wrong with my family’s ‘95 Taurus was that it had blue pin striping on one side and grey on the other.

Boxer_4 > bob and john 05/14/2020 at 19:06

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These days they are often vinyl .

Just Jeepin' > CB 05/14/2020 at 19:07

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Nibby > CB 05/14/2020 at 19:08

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InFierority Complex > bob and john 05/14/2020 at 19:09

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If a dealer did it it is probably just a sticker.

ranwhenparked > bob and john 05/14/2020 at 19:19

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Proper pinstriping is painted on, but a lot of times its just a decal that you can peel off . Depends on  how much money was spent on it in the first place.

Monkey B > CB 05/14/2020 at 21:11

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sometimes dealers allow detail employees (notice I didn’t say detailers) to stripe cars...this particuar on was artistic I guess.

TrickJos > Nibby 05/14/2020 at 21:16

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Thank you.

I don’t think I would have been able to sleep without that stripe removed. 

Nibby > TrickJos 05/14/2020 at 21:30

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also cleaned up some scratches

functionoverfashion > bob and john 05/14/2020 at 22:07

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It certainly can be, but it can also be a long thin sticker. On boats, they often pinstripe between different gelcoat colors on the hull because it’s really, really hard to get that joint perfect at the factory, so they pinstripe it with basically a long thin sticker. 

This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja: > CB 05/14/2020 at 23:42

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One of the most fascinating things I saw while selling cars was watching the guy come in and paint perfectly parallel pinstripes , freehand. Not my taste but damn impressive to see done nonetheless. Sometimes he’d do fancier line work like it was nothing and it would match side to side like it had been computer controlled.

I'd screw up tracing lined notebook paper.