Racing Stripes

**sparkman0034** · 07-12-2010, 03:48 PM

I have a black 02 WS6. I want racing stripes. (probably silver)
I've seen some stripe kits online that are fairly reasonable. Does anyone know if they are any good? I know paint is the best way to go but money is a lil tight and if I can pinch a few pennies and get the same look it would be a great help.

**Y2KPewterSS** · 07-12-2010, 05:51 PM

Stripes are hard to apply sometimes, and also if you ever go to remove them, the paint under them will look different. I am personally not a fan of stripes/vinyls.

**00ls-1** · 07-12-2010, 05:55 PM

if you go vinyl id go to a place that makes stickers n stuff around here its creative graphics not sure if theyre where you are but theyll make em and put em on

**sparkman0034** · 07-14-2010, 02:03 PM

I was more concerned with the vinyls peeling or rolling away on the edges.
There is a professional "wrapping" shop in town, do you think they would be able to color match for the vinyl?

**00ls-1** · 07-14-2010, 03:55 PM

usually they just carry a stock of certain colors if its not too off the wall im sure they can get close or maybe theyve got a roll they can print onto im not sure about that though

**02silverbird** · 07-18-2010, 07:37 PM

If you have the money paint always looks better and won't crack or fade like vinyl. I had a set of vinyls on my 02 bird and after 1 and a half years they really started to break down. They looked faded and started to crack. Another thing bad about vinyl is they usually have like 4 different kinds (meaning the life expectancy of the vinyl) I believe it's like 1 year, 3 year, 5 year something like that. If you don't go with the higher rated stuff it will start to break down after a year (at least mine did) also for the more durable stuff it can be a bit pricey. But you can always look around and see what you like. I liked the way my car looked with the vinyl but after my girl got rear ended in my car I decided to get rid of all the vinyl stripes and go with paint. Couldn't be happier with the results.

**dragonchick** · 07-20-2010, 02:23 PM

Yeah, I agree with what the others on here are saying. I'd hold off on gettin vinyl striping, and just continue to save $$ the best you can to get stripes painted on. It'll actually save you $$ in the long run.