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Another Change... Red Stripe
« on: 16 April 2008, 00:45:00 »
Well this morning I was driving in front of a VW GTI MK5 and I noticed the Red stripe that they had for years on the the GTIs... so I figured why not do one on my car... so here is the result...

Any Opinions are welcome...

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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #1 on: 16 April 2008, 08:13:36 »
Subtle , would,nt do it personally but each to their own !! 8-)
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #2 on: 16 April 2008, 08:20:48 »
Very subtle - in fact being colour blind I can hardly see it!  ;)
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #3 on: 16 April 2008, 08:46:07 »
More than subtle - took a while to spot it!
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #4 on: 16 April 2008, 08:51:16 »
i like it, that might look nice on an irmscher grill :y
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #5 on: 16 April 2008, 09:19:08 »
Lokks good.
I still want that Opel grill of yours :D 8-)
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #6 on: 16 April 2008, 09:47:33 »
Looks good when i found it ;D
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #7 on: 16 April 2008, 18:03:22 »
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Lokks good.
I still want that Opel grill of yours :D 8-)


Well is that a rare opel grill, cuz I got it from germany and I assumed that they are everywhere... but now when I look at other cars... I guess its not that common...

anyway thanks for the comments so far I like it... you cant even see it unless you are looking for it... but if you are a person who pays attention to the details... you will know its there...
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #8 on: 16 April 2008, 19:36:32 »
weird... a gti passed me today, in black with the red grill stripe, and i thought 'i wonder what an omega would look like with one of those'. i should have guessed the answer would be on oof somewhere!! hehe!!

what did you use to do the stripe? or did you paint it on?
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #9 on: 16 April 2008, 23:03:00 »
Very subtle indeed
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #10 on: 16 April 2008, 23:07:56 »
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weird... a gti passed me today, in black with the red grill stripe, and i thought 'i wonder what an omega would look like with one of those'. i should have guessed the answer would be on oof somewhere!! hehe!!

what did you use to do the stripe? or did you paint it on?


I went to the local auto parts store and got a professional paint stripe kit... its a Vinyl and its in two sizes one is 1/8" and also 1/4" and then you clean the surface and apply it just like tape...
If you ever want it gone just peel it off... i think they use this type of tape for the sides when they do paint matching to cover up the overlap lines...
But it cost me about 2$ to do... and I love it... the more I stare at it the more I think its cool...
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #11 on: 17 April 2008, 05:05:58 »
May i be so bold as to say, as  much as i respetc the next chap for signifying his car to his own taste. The simple visual dynamics of contrast apply somewhat to a more distinct hit than the silver/chrome/red scheme you have as oppesed to (my suggestion purely) a satin black grille/silver bodywork/red stripe combo.

I had a mk2 (87) vw golf in white with the narrow bumpers and  a cobalt stripe on the bumpers (fenders), it looked the business so much the police confiscated my pictures.
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #12 on: 17 April 2008, 07:21:46 »
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May i be so bold as to say, as  much as i respetc the next chap for signifying his car to his own taste. The simple visual dynamics of contrast apply somewhat to a more distinct hit than the silver/chrome/red scheme you have as oppesed to (my suggestion purely) a satin black grille/silver bodywork/red stripe combo.

I had a mk2 (87) vw golf in white with the narrow bumpers and  a cobalt stripe on the bumpers (fenders), it looked the business so much the police confiscated my pictures.

I like the red strip, but do agree with the above statement; I think the red strip's effect is somewhat lost in the mix with the many different layers of colour.

A blacked grille would set it off so much better.
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #13 on: 17 April 2008, 17:51:46 »
sorry mate but very cheap photoshop

and red dont come with silver
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Re: Another Change... Red Stripe
« Reply #14 on: 18 April 2008, 05:34:25 »
Huh... well 1st off its not a photoshopp... and I cant quite figure out what people like... half say its great the other half dont like it so.... I guess I will stick with what I like...

I will try to get some more pics of it.  Thanks all for the comments.
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