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> Vinyl or no vinyl, not another poll!
nomore9one4
post Apr 20 2006, 12:22 PM
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I say replace the vinyl with fur! Just my .02 cents (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool_shades.gif)
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post Apr 20 2006, 12:25 PM
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I like the Vinyl on mine..


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post Apr 20 2006, 01:21 PM
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I like the vinyl, especially on a red, yellow or orange car, mine is Phoenix Red(orange) so I will put it back on whenever I get it painted.
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post Apr 20 2006, 01:33 PM
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QUOTE(914-8 @ Apr 20 2006, 09:17 AM) *

I was always a fan of the vinyl, never thought I liked the look without it.

Until I bought one without it. Got used to it, like it, and left the vinyl off during the restoration. Looks better to me, at least on a black car.

On the lighter colored cars . . . closer call. The black vinyl, along with the black rockers and valences on the lighter colored cars, does tend to make the car look lower, longer and sleeker.



I quit. I am sick and tire of seeing these sweet rides while mine sits on jackstands waiting for bodywork and rust repair. Nice ride!!!!!
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post Apr 20 2006, 02:27 PM
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No vinyl on my Zambezi green car.......I even have 2 new vinyl sails that I'll sell to anyone that wants them
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post Apr 20 2006, 02:30 PM
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No vinyl, thank you---body color on the rockers and valences, please
I'll have a drink now, also (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif)
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post Apr 20 2006, 02:45 PM
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I like it either way. You do have to keep an eye on possible rust, but as long as you're aware of the issue, that's enough.

I've seen some classy with-vinyl car.
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post Apr 20 2006, 03:16 PM
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QUOTE(trekkor @ Apr 20 2006, 11:02 AM) *

I did mine in white vinyl a while back.

You don't really notice it until you are right on it.


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Hey that's pretty cool. Can you get orange vinyl?
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post Apr 20 2006, 03:18 PM
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Interesting topic as I just finished installing the vinyl on my car. It came from the factory with it and it's a '74 2.0 bahia red.... But I definately agree with others, it depends on the individual and the color changes/enhancements on the car, ie, painted bumpers, rocker panels, etc...

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post Apr 20 2006, 03:39 PM
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Whatdya want?

Depends..... Period correct concourse?

Otherwise (my humble opinion) remove the vinyl, shave steel lips, (no al-le-men-u-im), weld up the gaps, bondo smoothing if necessary (controversy-aside - plug in your correct fusion here) and........


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Totally depends on your welding and body-work skills.

IMHO: Eliminate as much vinyl and aluminum trim as possible. Weld, shave, trim, smooth, ..............
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post Apr 20 2006, 03:41 PM
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QUOTE((*)(*) @ Apr 20 2006, 01:10 PM) *

no vinyl and no chrome trim.....no badges.

BUTT, I like the vinyl side graphics....


how do you do the edges of the sail panels when you don't use the trim? Anyone have pics?
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post Apr 20 2006, 08:42 PM
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I like the VINYL.... It's what separates us from.....THIS (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)



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post Apr 20 2006, 08:58 PM
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For the goth look, vinyl and a fake chrome soft top spring; for the speed, no vinyl and lots of stickers.


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post Apr 20 2006, 09:09 PM
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In my opinion, the lines of the car are not as good when the sail panel is the same color as the body. The long gently curving line that runs the length of the body is a big part of the low, wide purposeful stance the car has. The roof then reads separately as something other than the body and it has a more upright expression. The jont between sail panel and body looks odd, to me, without a color or material change. The early '73 vinyl 'A' pillar probably came from someone's idea to take the concept one step further.

So I dig it in theory, but the fact that it is vinyl is questionable. Anyone paint the sail panel black on a non-black car? I wonder what that looks like?
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post Apr 20 2006, 09:09 PM
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My 72 is saturn yellow, it came from the factory with out it and I think it looks

great. For a long time I didn't see another with out it, but I was never tempted

to add it on.

Badges yes, vinyl no. Sorry had to get that in... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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post Apr 20 2006, 09:13 PM
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No vinyl

Smooth, shiney, no trim, no holes, no rust (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


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post Apr 20 2006, 09:37 PM
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QUOTE(tdsmoonchild @ Apr 20 2006, 02:41 PM) *

QUOTE((*)(*) @ Apr 20 2006, 01:10 PM) *

no vinyl and no chrome trim.....no badges.

BUTT, I like the vinyl side graphics....


how do you do the edges of the sail panels when you don't use the trim? Anyone have pics?


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post Apr 20 2006, 09:40 PM
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Better close up.


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post Apr 20 2006, 10:23 PM
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Yep, chrome hood badge, chrome fuel door, chrome bumpers, mirrors, trim, side script, chrome engine grille letters, polished spoke Fuchs, ghost rear reflector, big sound system with subs, 400hp turbocharged 3.1 twinplug engine and VINYL......


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post Apr 20 2006, 10:28 PM
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I left the vinyl on mine. I just got the roof back from the body shop and it looks great. More pics later.
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