289FIA Hood Stripe

[Rusty_S85]

Originally Posted by Bartruff1

I assume you mean the one that goes across the hood from fender to fender. I had mine painted on locally. I did not trust the manufacturer (Superformance) to do it right even though they assured me they would. My fear was that since 99% of the stripes they paint go from front to back , that they would screw it up ( Murphy's Law) . As I recall, they reduced the price of the roller by $6oo and the local shop did a perfect job for $300 and I got EXACTLY what I wanted....a Gurney CSX 2323 look( red stripe). I considered a tape but there was always a concern about the tape quality and application.

Honestly tape isnt the best route. Decals will peel if not appllied correctly, not to mention the sun will bleach it out over time and it will become dull. Then theres that raised lip that you will feel when you touch the car.

What I planned on the Coupe I plan to get in the future is do the stripes in paint. Only thing I wont do is the sponsors, I will have an airbrush artist paint those on and then I will clear coat over the whole thing. You will still get the raised lip but nice thing about clear coat is you can sand it down get a nice slick smooth finish then buff it back out and never notice it.

I honestly thought about doing a replica of a car that exsisted but desided that out of 5-6 cars built I would cobble my own design together by taking what I liked best out of all of the cars and combine them into one. Paint will be something of my own design since it doesnt replilcate one specific vehicle. Only thing is I just dont know why on my paint design cards I did why I choosed a double "team stripe" for the coupe when they all had a single solid "victory stripe". Oh well it looks good in my opinion on the cards I did.

But back on topic, I wasnt sure what stripes he was talking about. The Stripe link I provided they sell both the fender to fender horizontal FIA stripe as well as the convential front to back stripe.