"JCAlan" (jcalan)
04/14/2018 at 14:24 • Filed to: None
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"JCAlan" (jcalan)
04/14/2018 at 14:24 • Filed to: None | 2
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I say always no. Never does a 4 dollar piece of tape make your previous rental car look like something created by Pininfarina. Nor does a really attractive car need such tackiness to look its best. And furthermore, if you’re having your tattoo artist hand paint some kind of tramp stamp on your prized possession, you have issues. Fight me.
facw
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:26 |
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No. They are pretty much always ugly.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:28 |
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pinstripes done right are cool (and i apreciate the artistry that goes into making them)
some serious skill required to pull that shit off
LongbowMkII
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:32 |
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Depends on the car
Spanfeller is a twat
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:43 |
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but why?
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:44 |
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The shitty tape dealers put on; nope.
The artistic awesomeness on a good low rider; yep.
ranwhenparked
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 14:56 |
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hand painted pinstripes on a custom car? Sure. The cheap tape stripes dealers stick on cars so they can tack some more onto their asking price? Absolutely not - that’s up there with door edge guards, carriage roofs, VIN etching, and fabric protector.
DipodomysDeserti
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 15:04 |
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Yes.
f86sabre
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 15:20 |
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They are ok depending on the application
Tapas
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 17:12 |
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No.
boxrocket
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 17:13 |
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I’m not against tasteful and restrained ones that have something to do with the rest of the car, e.g. Interior color match, or matching a two-tone vehicle’s second tone (which is sometimes the interior color anyway). However they should be limited to match the body line, should run unbroken on the same body line (see pinstripe jobs on the current impala, malibu, ans charger for reference, ugh!), and start and end in a way that matches the car (e.g. No big swoops or curves or curlicues on an angular car). Also, no “tramp stamps”, that is, embellishments on the trunk/tailgate/hatch, only the same line on the same ending plane as where it was on the sides of the vehicle. I saw one the other day on an odyssey that looked like a kid had drawn an exploding star shape with a curvy tail in chalk, but was just a ln extra flourish from the awful stripe job on the side. Finally, actual painted pinstriping is fine, but a poor application of a tape stripe from an auto parts store/section rarely looks flattering. Especially if it’s chrome.
Textured Soy Protein
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 17:48 |
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Always no.
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 18:28 |
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I have hand-painted ones on my Outback and I like them. The tape that was on my Hyundai before that... I never cared much for it but I also never bothered to peel it off.
Die-Trying
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 18:45 |
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a lot depends on how and where you place them in relation to body lines......
they can add to the flow of the body lines if placed right.......
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JCAlan
> boxrocket
04/14/2018 at 19:19 |
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It’s especially bad when the car has pronounced swoopy body lines, and the strip follows it.
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JCAlan
> Die-Trying
04/14/2018 at 19:21 |
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I mean, that’s fantastic artwork, but I still think the car would look cleaner without it. Obviously it’s subjective, and I’m being a bit trollish with this post. My main complaint is with the cheap tape versions on boring cars, though.
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Die-Trying
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 19:38 |
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heh, fair enough.......
pinstripes were cool when cars actually had fun body lines to follow. the modern shapeless jellybeans dont have very much of that.......
but how many colors are too many colors
how much personalization is too much?........
it makes a big difference when car companies are building cars that you want to keep forever, or cars that you want to at least “make yours” through personalization, instead of cars that you are trying to JUST not hurt the resale value of it, so that you use the equity to get something that you might not loathe as much.......
TheRealBicycleBuck
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 20:30 |
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I like them, even the tape striped. My first truck had a three-layer stripe which matched the interior. My green truck had a fantastic mid’90s swoop. Even if you don’t like them, they add some character. When my wife bought her Explorer, there were at least four others in the same color with the same wheels in our area. The only way we could tell hers apart was the pinstripe we added when we bought it.
SpeedSix
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 21:27 |
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Painted stripes? Yes .
Dealer tape stripes? No.
phenotyp
> JCAlan
04/14/2018 at 23:03 |
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Coincidentally, I took this picture on Thursday of the worst dealer-applied tape line bullshit ever:
I mean.
What.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> JCAlan
04/15/2018 at 05:14 |
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no from me.
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JCAlan
> phenotyp
04/15/2018 at 17:04 |
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Wow. I mean, the thing is...if they hadn’t broken it in the center and lowered it for no reason, the natural body line would have taken it above the fuel door. It still would have looked like shit, but not as bad. A stripe should, at the very least, inconspicuously accentuate the beautiful body lines of a car. This stripe becomes the focus of the entire side view. Horrible.