OTT Stripes - Tapering widths?

Hi guys,

I'm planning to get Dual OTT Stripes done on my GT and was reading somewhere that the dual stripes taper down in width by approximately 0.5" from the windscreen to the tip of the nose/bumper.

Can anyone verify this for me?

E.g. if the stripes are 7.0" wide at the windscreen end, they should taper down to 6.5" at the tip of the nose, and then run down the bumpers at 6.5" width?

Advice greatly appreciated!

The stripes on my 2008 Shelby tapered on the hood I don't think any of the others did. I don't know how much but they definitely tapered.
Lee

I have constant width 10" stripes from the air splitter in the front to diffuser in the back.

Madtel4 said:

The stripes on my 2008 Shelby tapered on the hood I don't think any of the others did. I don't know how much but they definitely tapered.
Lee

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Yeah, I think there's a slight 0.5" taper on the thicker stripes from top of hood near windshield down to the nose of the fascia

dgc333 said:

I have constant width 10" stripes from the air splitter in the front to diffuser in the back.

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WOW, that looks really nice!

Thanks for posting I have been looking for the answer to this too. I know big worm graphics does tapers on their stripes, maybe you can give them a call and ask?

Best case if someone with them measured for us.

I remember reading an article about the original Shelby stripes. They had a tapper so that when looking at the car from head on the strips will look even front to back.

jimmybuffit said:

Thanks for posting I have been looking for the answer to this too. I know big worm graphics does tapers on their stripes, maybe you can give them a call and ask?

Best case if someone with them measured for us.

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Yep, but I think it only tapers down by ~0.5" for each thick stripe. You won't wanna taper down too much as it'll look weird IMHO. It's more of a subtle taper from the top of the hood to the nose

I'm hoping to get mine done later this week.

I'm planning to go with dual 7.0" - 6.5" black carbon fiber (or Satin Black) stripes with gloss red pinstripes on either side and ~1.0" gap down the middle (i.e. GT350R stripes). I'll post pics when it's done

jimmybuffit said:

Thanks for posting I have been looking for the answer to this too. I know big worm graphics does tapers on their stripes, maybe you can give them a call and ask?

Best case if someone with them measured for us.

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The stripes only taper on the hood, helps the stripes flow better with the hood shape. Shelby started that in the 60s and has always made stripes with a slight taper.