Poll: Side stripes- where to trim them. |
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Poll: Side stripes- where to trim them. |
Cuda911 |
Dec 23 2014, 02:10 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Poll time. I love the side stripes and added them to my silver car. I ordered a set for my blue one, and they just arrived.
Here is the pickiest poll you may ever see: What do you think? Trim them before the wheel well, or wrap around into the wheel well? I trimmed the stripes on my silver one just before the wheel well, but it seems that that LE's, etc. had the stripes go all the way across. Before I put the stripes on my blue one, I thought I'd do a quick poll. Trim before the wheel well? (like on my silver one), or run all the way to the edge of the wheel well? (like in the blue pic below, not my car but mine will look like this if I install the stripes this way). (Also, I think they look better 1.25 inches above the top of the rocker, like on my silver one, rather than 1/2 inch above like on that blue one. Opinions?) Attached image(s) |
ripper911 |
Dec 23 2014, 06:35 AM
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corde pulsum tangite Group: Members Posts: 2,920 Joined: 25-April 10 From: Powder Springs, GA Member No.: 11,654 Region Association: South East States |
I've been told that they are supposed to wrap into the wheel wells by a knowledgeable (if not well liked) 914 expert.
I cut mine just before the lip of the wheel wells when I installed mine, but I'm not going to add to them to make it look "right". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bootyshake.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i921.photobucket.com-11654-1419338348.1.jpg) |
EdwardBlume |
Dec 23 2014, 07:09 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Trim short looks better IMHO
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Big Len |
Dec 23 2014, 07:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I had to laugh at your thread Cuda. With all the threads in the garage dealing with ignition problems, tranny issues, rust remedies, cars on jack stands for years, you start a poll asking about moving a stripe an inch in either direction LMAO.
Having said that, glad to see another person just as anal as me, as I changed the "E" on the engine grill cover because it had a tiny amount of discoloration for which I had my balls busted, so let me give you an opinion. Stripes like yours should be low to the rocker as to soften the contrast between the black and the body color, sorta like a pinstripe does to a two tone paint job. I would go to the wheel well, but it hardly matters visually. But really, either way is OK IMO. Really like both your cars. You've come a long way in a short time. |
AvalonFal |
Dec 23 2014, 07:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 3-July 05 From: Southern New Jersey Coast Member No.: 4,367 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I looked at some old 914 mag ads of striped cars & the stripes on those cars wrap around the wheel well lips. I will add that my '74 has trimmed stripes & I do like that look better.
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7TPorsh |
Dec 23 2014, 11:40 AM
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7T Porsh Group: Members Posts: 2,691 Joined: 27-March 06 From: Glendale Ca Member No.: 5,782 Region Association: Southern California |
I trimmed mine because they don't wrap straight. Line changes at the corners. 3/4 view looks weird wrapped.
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VegasRacer |
Dec 23 2014, 08:57 PM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None |
Not wrapped on the new 914 R coupe. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge6.gif)
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Johny Blackstain |
Dec 23 2014, 09:10 PM
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Walnut Elite Stratocaster player Group: Members Posts: 3,434 Joined: 5-December 06 From: The Shenandoah River Member No.: 7,318 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Wrapped, like it was when the old man bought it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Mike Fitton |
Dec 23 2014, 10:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-May 11 From: Chicago Area Member No.: 13,069 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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Cuda911 |
Dec 24 2014, 12:46 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks for the feedback, guys, much appreciated.
Yeah, what Mike Fitton says is pretty much what my thoughts were: It's way easier to wrap around and cut off, than to do the careful cutting along the lip. I think the "negative" version like Johnny B posted looks good wrapped, but the "positive" version like I have looks better trimmed. As stated by 7TPorsche, it can look funny from angles other than straight on from the side. Trimmed it will be. I'll post pix in my '73 914 thread once I get around to putting the stripes on. Glad my thread gave you a good chuckle there, Big Len! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) [I changed out ALL of the deck lid letters, since they were slightly pitted] Attached image(s) |
Justinp71 |
Dec 24 2014, 01:52 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,583 Joined: 11-October 04 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 2,922 Region Association: None |
I did the wrap at about 1" above the bottom. Edit- I guess on a flared car you have to wrap. On a narrow body car I'd vote for the trimmed version.
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tumamilhem |
Dec 24 2014, 11:25 AM
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LUFTBRIGADE Group: Members Posts: 1,228 Joined: 29-October 12 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 15,092 Region Association: South East States |
They are supposed to be wrapped around and just inside each wheel weel.
I prefer the script to be centered between the wheel wells instead of far forward only over the door. This is correct for the LE negative stripes. I have seen the positive stripes both ways in ads. I think they look better centered than forward. And yes, they should sit higher than just over the rocker. About 2x the height of the bottom narrow positive stripe. |
7TPorsh |
Dec 24 2014, 11:39 AM
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7T Porsh Group: Members Posts: 2,691 Joined: 27-March 06 From: Glendale Ca Member No.: 5,782 Region Association: Southern California |
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RickS |
Dec 24 2014, 11:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 17-April 06 From: 'False City', WA Member No.: 5,880 Region Association: None |
What you did on the silver car - height and not wrapped is perfect - and I don't use that word casually.
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Cuda911 |
Dec 25 2014, 01:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Thanks, Rick. I plan to do the same with the blue one.
Before putting on the stripes, I played with it a lot on the computer, and looked at hundreds of photos. I think the wider space beneath the strip (like on the silver one) looks better than the "standard" install which leaves just a narrow strip of the paint showing beneath the stripe. Otherwise, the stripe and the rocker panel don't have enough visual separation, in my opinion. Again, it may have been an "ease of install" thing by the dealers. Way easier to run the stripe just above the rockers, than it is to measure multiple points to ensure an even spacing when installed higher up. Also, I like a the center block portion of the middle stripe to evenly frame the letters on the door. If you look at the Porsche ad in Post #5 above, it looks pretty random of they installed the letter spacing, with the "P" right up to the door gap. |
Starlack |
Dec 25 2014, 02:00 PM
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Cuda911 |
Dec 30 2014, 12:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,489 Joined: 20-May 14 From: Oceanside (N. San Diego County), CA Member No.: 17,376 Region Association: Southern California |
Interesting, Starlack, never saw them on the rockers before. Excellent looking car.
OK, the stripes are on! I did them similar as on my silver car. Oddly, although I bought them from the same vendor, the letters were a bit wider font and several inches longer than the set I purchased for the silver one. Before and after pix: Attached image(s) |
EdwardBlume |
Dec 30 2014, 06:19 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Now that's a good looking 914!
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