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    05-07-2012 08:14 PM #1
    My uncle bought this about a month ago


    He owns a body shop and loves striping his cars. He only had the thing a month before he did
    some paint work (you should see his HD Silverado...he striped that too )

    well, here it is:



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    05-07-2012 08:15 PM #2
    Not that it looked great before, but it was certainly better.

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    05-07-2012 08:16 PM #3
    Needs more stripes
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    05-07-2012 08:16 PM #4
    Imo he should have left the sides and rear taillight section alone. I do like the hood. Works with the car.

  5. 05-07-2012 08:18 PM #5
    Stripes down the middle are O.K. The side ones? meh.

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    05-07-2012 08:19 PM #6
    MORE STRIPES


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    05-07-2012 08:19 PM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
    Stripes down the middle are O.K. The side ones? meh.
    yeah i agree, I wouldve just done the stripes on the hood/roof/trunk. His work is pretty nice though

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    05-07-2012 08:20 PM #8
    Quote Originally Posted by djsheijkdfj View Post
    Not that it looked great before, but it was certainly better.
    In terms of domestic cars (Mustang, Challenger) its the best of the bunch in terms of styling. Stripes on it are nice!

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    05-07-2012 08:21 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by pknopp View Post
    Stripes down the middle are O.K. The side ones? meh.
    Agreed, the rear end stripe is a nice touch though.

  10. 05-07-2012 08:21 PM #10
    Sweet mullet mobile.

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    05-07-2012 08:23 PM #11
    The rear tail light stripe just works. The rest... well the hoods cool.
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    05-07-2012 08:30 PM #12
    Hot Wheels car made MORE Hot Wheelsy by your uncle. Blech.
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  13. 05-07-2012 08:33 PM #13
    Quote Originally Posted by bubbagti View Post
    MORE STRIPES

    HAHAHAAHAAA....

    I'd lose the ones on the rear quarters.
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    05-07-2012 08:47 PM #14
    I definitely like the color contrast but I might have left the sides a little plainer. Maybe one set of lines or the other but probably not both.
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    05-07-2012 09:02 PM #15
    Yikes. The racing stripes look pretty good, but the side strips and taillight thing are awful.

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    05-07-2012 09:06 PM #16
    I am a huge new Camaro fan, especially the transformers edition. But in my opinion, that looks terrible.
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    05-07-2012 09:10 PM #17
    Just out of curiosity, do you have any pictures of the Silverado you mentioned?

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    05-07-2012 09:15 PM #18
    Too much. Way too much. Like a woman wearing jewelry: Put on two or three pieces only, then take one off. Anything else is loud/gaudy and takes away from the woman's beauty (in this case, the relative beauty of the car)...

    But nicely done, he is an artist applying the paint, I'll give him that...

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    05-07-2012 09:17 PM #19
    chrome accents in the tail lights are the most dumb thing on that car.

    paint them black then put some yellow stripes and then some more black stripes.

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    05-07-2012 09:25 PM #20
    that thing looks really fast.
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  21. 05-07-2012 09:28 PM #21
    he should have left it solid yellow. all of those stripes are ugly.

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    05-07-2012 09:54 PM #22
    i'd ditch the side striping, including the hockey sticks and rear quarter stripes. the top double stripe is nice.
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  23. 05-07-2012 10:21 PM #23
    For ME, I would have avoided the stripes on the sides of the car. I like the hood/roof/trunk and actually, like the tail light section more than I though I would...seems to lessen the "heft" of the rear end.

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    05-07-2012 10:24 PM #24
    I'd race your uncle, but I don't have enough stripes to match that powerful beast
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    05-07-2012 10:24 PM #25
    I like the look of these cars without stripes. Mainly because it's less common than having them.

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    05-07-2012 11:28 PM #26
    side stripes are hideous. Tail light panel blackout wasn't done right. Other then that, they are pretty cool cars, and a lot of go fast for not a lot of money.

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    05-07-2012 11:57 PM #27
    I love the Camaro styling, but this is over the top...

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    05-08-2012 12:05 AM #28
    Even this guy thinks there's too many stripes for his liking...


    Though for some reason I kinda dig the rear panel treatment.
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    05-08-2012 12:46 AM #29
    Needs more stripes.
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    05-08-2012 12:52 AM #31
    Your uncle is a Stryper fan?

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    05-08-2012 01:26 AM #32
    The Camaro looks much better without any stripes. Or just down the middle if you're going to go for any kind.

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    05-08-2012 02:52 AM #33
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    05-08-2012 02:56 AM #34
    Quote Originally Posted by BRealistic View Post
    Your uncle is a Stryper fan?

    None of those guys look the least bit happy in those ghastly costumes, and neither does that Camaro.

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    05-08-2012 06:55 AM #35
    I like the top stripes. But the sides are over the top, imo.
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