yeah, for what you pay for them on a new build you can apply that toward properly applied stripes. I bought mine used at a good price, so don't mind pulling them off after the fact.I went stripeless in my order... as much as I like the black stripes on the iconic silver, I didnāt want the hassle of the factory vinyl.
Big Mac combo with extra... whoops wrong order.So what all did you order?
Painted is the way to go. For mine they just scuffed the factory clear on the entire panel, laid down the stripes and cleared over the whole panel. But with Ruby Red, the clear is tinted. Since human painters can't lay the clear as thin as the factory, it would be interesting to know how they compensate. Do they use less tint in the clear or what? Is there even enough tint to give the stripes a redish look? Guessing not. Or are they laying down new Ruby Red base and then striping over that before the tinted clear?
The way that I understand this, and by no means am I a paint guy, the existing vinyl stripes are being used as a template and they lightly scuffed the factory clear. Then they will tape off and remove the factory vinyl stripes, prep that surface and paint on the stripes.Painted is the way to go. For mine they just scuffed the factory clear on the entire panel, laid down the stripes and cleared over the whole panel. But with Ruby Red, the clear is tinted. Since human painters can't lay the clear as thin as the factory, it would be interesting to know how they compensate. Do they use less tint in the clear or what? Is there even enough tint to give the stripes a redish look? Guessing not. Or are they laying down new Ruby Red base and then striping over that before the tinted clear?
Three weeks? Shame on them. I hope it was worth the wait. From my seat, they look great.Put my newly powder coated wheels back on today, finally after the powder coaters had them for 3 weeks:
That makes sense. Saves a lot of time masking to use the existing vinyl. Since I didn't have any vinyl stripes (plus wanted non standard widths and gaps), it took a LOT more time for them to mask. I mean just keeping the width of a stripe consistent was tedious work without something already on the car to use as a guide.The way that I understand this, and by no means am I a paint guy, the existing vinyl stripes are being used as a template and they lightly scuffed the factory clear. Then they will tape off and remove the factory vinyl stripes, prep that surface and paint on the stripes.
Finally clear the entire, front bumper cover, hood, roof, deck lid and rear bumper cover. I got to see a RR F-150 that they did. It looked great.
I love the second shot in between the trees. Great pics.Today I imagined my car was in the movies
(click on them for full size)
Out of curiosity, could you ask how much it would cost to re clear the whole car?I stopped by the body shop today to check on the progress of my painted stripes for my 2019 RR , GT-350