Looks great.
Post up some photos when complete. I'd love to see them when they are on.
I installed mine but my father in law helped put tape dead center in each area (center space where no vinyl will be put on). All you do is measure each area and find the center point for each side and mark it. Once you have that, the process is easy. Soapy water and a flat plastic squeegee there on. Stripes come into the tape lines set up previously and then you start taking out all the excess water using the squeegee and applying low heat. For pin stripes, if you are not leaving any gap, they come in easily as you slide it into the installed stripe (soapy water, squeegee, and low heat process). It took me about 5-6 hours to do. If you have the patience, attention to detail, and time, then do it on your own. Otherwise, have a shop do it which can be costly ($130-150/hr + material + taxes + any extra fees). There is a lot of install videos that facilitate this for you on YouTube. May want to do a quick search to see if this is something you want to do on your own. After having the stripes installed for over a year, I actually want to take them off to do a new look. Not that I got bored of the stripes because it looks amazing and makes the car stand out a lot, but I want to do new things to mine so changing up the look. I want a more cleaner look. So that said, stripes coming off and just vinyling the top roof in gloss black or gloss carbon fiber. I have an install video for the pin stripes just find me on YouTube or I can share the link if you want. Just let me know.
Thank you for all of that valuable info, and yes I'll look your video up.
Do the stripes! I had mine installed, but could have done it myself, I'm a bit OCD and figured if I did it, it might take me 2 weeks measuring
Shop took about 5 hours.
Wheels/Tires upgrade is a MUST. I did that last due to cost, but if you have the money, do that first. Cost for stripe materials can range anywhere from $100-500 (depends on quality/design/brand). I paid $80-100 buying a whole stripes kit in eBay (quality was decent, but not the best). I used a hair blow dryer, my own bottle with soap and water, and I already had a plastic squeegee. So, for me, that was my total cost ($80-100) lol. So, I think if you go with a shop you could be paying a good $750 all the way to the $1,000+ range for everything.
Definitely do the stripes, but have a reputable shop do it. I paid $500 for mine labor and material. Lastly all of our wives will say it’s good enough, but we all know it isn’t true :cheers:
I am open to do it lol... Just won't be $100 though, lol. $500 is the lowest I'd do... You'd be surprise, but local people here have asked me to do jobs for them... I just send the business to my father in law for big things like stripes. I have done other work on people's car here like the tinted lights and plasti-dip. My father in law has a body shop and is specialized in Ferraris so other cars are a piece a cake for him lol.
Yeah I got a quote of about $500 from one of the Swap Shop guys up here and just noped out. I've got the California Special style stripes and that's all I'm putting on whenever I get around to it because I can't justify paying anything like that for stripes I spent less than $80 on!
Yeah that's why I did it myself. A shop standard cost is $110-150/hr so $500 is within that range. This job can take anywhere from 3-6 hours to do. It's not easy, but if you have a long weekend you can do it in parts. It's just time consuming and must have patience.
Great color combo...got me jelly over here in this magnetic POS