Side Stripe Advice

[ChaoticFury09]

Hey guys,

Thinking about putting some side stripes on my Mustang. What I can't sort out is what color might look best. A bunch of my friend have told me to do satin black but I am thinking that is going to be very difficult to see. I don't need it to be super loud but noticeable would be nice.

Anyone have any advice on what would look good on Magnetic? I am attaching a reference photo of the stripes I am talking about with a side shot of my car. Just know that the wheels are going to be powder coated soon in more of a lighter gunmetal color.

Hoping for some suggestions so I can get them on this weekend! Thanks in advance.

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[BlueThunder]

All depends on future plans. It's good to never just "do something" if you have other plans because then things won't match. Magnetic is a tough one because it's harder to create good contrast vs. a lighter color w/ dark accents or pure black with light accents. And you obviously already have aftermarket wheels (those look sorta like my 7-spoke 6GRs except 19"?).

If you're gonna go black, I'd go gloss with something that has a light pinstripe. Think about caliper paint too. I mean you could go crazy and add some color, but meh. Maybe a gloss silver without pinstripes.

There's a few ideas in the Magnetic Photo forum. You'll have to backtrack into that thread to find more ideas.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/magnetic-s550-mustang-thread.7909/page-255

 

[Arknsawchuck]

How about a maroon or slightly dark red. I used that color on my Magnetic F150 and it looks great.

 

[ChaoticFury09]

All depends on future plans. It's good to never just "do something" if you have other plans because then things won't match. Magnetic is a tough one because it's harder to create good contrast vs. a lighter color w/ dark accents or pure black with light accents. And you obviously already have aftermarket wheels (those look sorta like my 7-spoke 6GRs except 19"?).

If you're gonna go black, I'd go gloss with something that has a light pinstripe. Think about caliper paint too. I mean you could go crazy and add some color, but meh. Maybe a gloss silver without pinstripes.

There's a few ideas in the Magnetic Photo forum. You'll have to backtrack into that thread to find more ideas.
https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/threads/magnetic-s550-mustang-thread.7909/page-255

Sorry for the delay. You are right about not doing something just to do it. Magnetic sure is a tough color for a lot of reasons. The wheels are SVE R350's btw and yes 19. Caliper paint has been on my list but I really wanted a blue but I can't find a good example of what it looks like. When I look at VHT and others it's either grabber looking or a color that doesn't match the bottle at all so I am kind of torn about it.

I browse the magnetic thread a lot but thanks for that!

 

[ChaoticFury09]

How about a maroon or slightly dark red. I used that color on my Magnetic F150 and it looks great.

Not a color I originally considered but I might now.

 

[BlueThunder]

Sorry for the delay. You are right about not doing something just to do it. Magnetic sure is a tough color for a lot of reasons. The wheels are SVE R350's btw and yes 19. Caliper paint has been on my list but I really wanted a blue but I can't find a good example of what it looks like. When I look at VHT and others it's either grabber looking or a color that doesn't match the bottle at all so I am kind of torn about it.

I browse the magnetic thread a lot but thanks for that!

The G2 has a host of colors and I tend to shop in their "leftovers" section where people placed custom orders and never took them or whatever. https://www.g2usa.com/category/Custom-Colors-On-Hand.html You can get just about anything. Blue is actually a fresh idea here. I'm not a big fan of grabber but you could go with a metallic gloss blue of some sort for stripes and probably find a matching paint for the calipers if you wanted to be really coordinated. Blue and silver is a sweet combo, I did it on my '15 DIB.
https://graphics.averydennison.com/...rochures/color-guide/na-swf-color-card-en.pdf

 

[Bear376]

Light gold looks good on dark grey. I use it on my 2013 Sterling Grey with great effect.

 

[shogun32]

yellow or performance blue. You probably want a satin-y/flat color.
a medium to deep red (but not black cherry) and if you can find a burnt orange that can work as well.

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