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Topic: To stripe or not to stripe . . . ?
Posted By: AndyS
Subject: To stripe or not to stripe . . . ?
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 07:19
.  .  .  that's the question.

Took the old ones off for a bit of a touch up & I don't know whether to put the new ones back on.

What do you think?



The Six without stripes.



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Posted By: G0ph3r
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 07:25
IMHO I think it looks better without, Stripes will probably distract the viewer from the real elegance of the car.

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Posted By: Rhys
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 12:20
Looks good, but do you have a before shot to put against it for comparrison?

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Posted By: scarface
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 13:56
She's a beauty mate.. I'd leave it without.  


Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 15:09
She will look good no matter what, What sort of strip would you be putting on single or double

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Posted By: Leroyhighline
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 15:36

 Very Nice,

I Think it looks more modern, Depends if that is what you want.

 



Posted By: Nostrils
Date Posted: 27-August-2005 at 15:45
Dont know what its looked like with stripes, but certainly looks the dons without....keep it that way IMO

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Posted By: Brucey
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 04:38

Normally I'd say 'with' but yours looks good without.

Unless you were going to clear coat over them, you can always decide later anyway.

cheers

 



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Posted By: AndyS
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 05:04
The old stripes were so faded you could barely see them.

This was the day I picked it up - complete with polished TRX's!


You can hardly see the stripes here. . .


A closer view . . .


The originals had a broad dark (purple?) stripe on top & a narrow orangey one below.  I've managed to get replicas but I wouldn't attempt to put them on myself.

I'm veering towards leaving them off.



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Posted By: b8alk
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 05:14

Fella that car of yours is gorgous, BMW certainly don`t make cars of that caliber anymore, i personaly think it looks great without the stripes, infact i think it looks great period... but i would not be putting them back on if i owned it.

You must be well proud to own such a beautiful car.(i know i would be)



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Posted By: Coasting
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 05:53

Andy, leave them off mate.

To those that comment on how gorgeous the car is - you're spot on and it looks even nicer in the flesh.

It needs absolutely nothing more on it, be they original or not.



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Posted By: AndyS
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 07:18
That's sorted then.

Cheers lads.

For sale: one set of stripes - suit Ford Escort or similar.


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Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 28-August-2005 at 11:45

Originally posted by AndyS AndyS wrote:

For sale: one set of stripes - suit Ford Escort or similar.

They might fit the VW Polo next door to you......



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Posted By: johnny318is
Date Posted: 04-September-2005 at 05:32
Andy,

Out of curiosity, how did you get your stripes off?

The bodyshop made a right dogs dinner of mine last year so I've been toying with removing them for a while.

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Posted By: AndyS
Date Posted: 04-September-2005 at 07:43
Use a hairdrier to soften the glue. Be sparing with the heat!

I left mine sitting in hot sun. Then use bug & tar remover to get the residue off.




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Posted By: Robmw
Date Posted: 04-September-2005 at 08:58
I think it looks stunning ...........He drools

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Posted By: billgates e30
Date Posted: 04-September-2005 at 14:36
as i have said before.

leave them off mate, looks much cleaner and sleeker without them in my opinion.

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Posted By: Grahame_Vincent
Date Posted: 05-September-2005 at 05:06

"Off...off...off...off....off"

Looks great (as usual) Andy, you're a lucky man!

All the best

 



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Posted By: Howard
Date Posted: 05-September-2005 at 16:53
Stripes were optional equipment. Somewhere in my documentation files I have the full set of available stripe colours that were available for 635s. Both mine have stripes.

I would leave them off.


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Posted By: M3AG
Date Posted: 07-September-2005 at 09:17
Aren't they the motorsport stripe? Same colours as the tri colours used by M div? I have them on my B9!

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Posted By: AndyS
Date Posted: 07-September-2005 at 13:27
Originally posted by M3AG M3AG wrote:

Aren't they the motorsport stripe? Same colours as the tri colours used by M div? I have them on my B9!


Come to think of it, you may be right.  They were so faded it never occured to me.

I've decided to leave the stripes off but I have added //M badges courtesy of Gaydon. 

Also fitted alloy Motorsport pedals. Discovered I need to get my drill bits sharpened !




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