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Old 01-24-2010, 09:50 AM
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I was over on the National Corvette Museum's web site and was looking at the new C6's waiting for pickup. The last one (#8) is a red GS with the fender stripes. I have been thinking of adding stripes on mine 01 Torch Red coupe, and these look great.
I captured the picture and the contacted Vettesttripes. I know they work and they are highly regarded as a class vendor. He wrote back and said he could do about any color. He suggests one and is going to send me a sample. If anyone would look at the museum web site and the web cams and tell me if you also think that it is a good combo, I would greatly appreciate it.
I don't know why I asked for you to go to the NCM web, when I have a picture of the car. Here it is.


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Just pick what you think would look good. If you don't like what you get, take it off and try something different. I thought red would look good on MSG so that's what I got.
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What color is your interior? On a red car, maybe go with blue stripes with a white edge?

I went with black.

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Heres mine.... old and new








I made them myself from material I bought at autozone. They looked great for about a month and would start to rise. I eventually took them off and went with gloss black vinyl. Works great!
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I think that color combo would look good on your TR car. My only advice is to maybe have narrower stripes than that shown in the pic - it just looks better on the C5 IMO.
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Here is just white but are narrower.

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I ordered a set of red stripes for my black convertible, but before I put them on... if I don't like them and decide to take them off, is it going to leave any residue or lines on my finish, my paint is darn near perfect right now and I don't want to risk hurting it.
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Originally Posted by tumbler05
I ordered a set of red stripes for my black convertible, but before I put them on... if I don't like them and decide to take them off, is it going to leave any residue or lines on my finish, my paint is darn near perfect right now and I don't want to risk hurting it.
I have my new stripes, just have not put them on yet. I ordered mine from VetteStripes. Where did you get yours from? I believe that they can be removed with the use of a heat gun or hair dryer. As for leaving any lines, I would think that if your paint starts to fade from not taking care of it, there would be a difference in the color that was under the stripe. I would check with your stripe supplier.
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I think that combination would look very good.
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Originally Posted by TR6speed
I have my new stripes, just have not put them on yet. I ordered mine from VetteStripes. Where did you get yours from? I believe that they can be removed with the use of a heat gun or hair dryer. As for leaving any lines, I would think that if your paint starts to fade from not taking care of it, there would be a difference in the color that was under the stripe. I would check with your stripe supplier.
got mine from West Coast Corvette... Guess I'll call their service department and see if they can educate me
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These would look nice on red.
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I didn't realize the new factory GS stripes had a different thickness between the two stripes. I don't think I like that. Was it like that on the 96 GS or original racecars with the same style stripes?
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Do you just do one side? Or both?
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You just do the left side not both and no the 96 GS had stripes that were equal width.

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