Vinyl Vs Painted Racing Stripes

Once professionally applied by brand it wrap it the racing stripes look the same as painted stripes.

Vinyl vs painted racing stripes.

If you choose to use vinyl make sure to use cast vinyl and not callendered vinyl. Maybe in a couple years i ll wanna do something else. Vinyl vehicle lettering and racing stripes are much more cost effective and allow you a lot of flexibility. Paint will conform over scoops and other uneven odd surfaces better than vinyl so for difficult coutours it is great.

I want to talk to someone with vinyl stripes and get their opinion on the quality of them. I bought the original ford racing stripe kit. 10k is more or less a collector s checkbox on the order sheet. Like stl said you can always change your look later on.

Ok so i just got a 07 mustang v6. Vinyl should be less than painting it. With painting you are looking at prep and clear coating a lot of panels especially if you dont want to be able to feel the stripe after it is painted. I don t believe many will opt for it and it will make the car rare from a numbers perspective.

Painted stripes longevity appearance. I d go with the vinyl and use the money you save vs. Vinyl while cheaper also just looks cheaper as well. 10k is the painted stripe option.

Vinyl is semi permanent but if removed the paint under neath will not be as faded as the restof the car. If done correctly with quality paint they should last as long as your paint does. Painted on stripes will normally last longer than vinyl stripes. I m doing my bumble bee stripes this week as i ve had the plain jane look for a couple years already.

Come join the discussion about performance horsepower modifications troubleshooting racing and more. She s compietely white and there are a few things i m going to do to dress her up a bit the first thing i want to do is put silver racing stripes from bumper to bumper. Id decide if you want the stripes on the car for a long time. I have done several vehicles with vinyl stripes.

Jump to latest follow 1 17 of 17 posts. Paint is permanent and takes some skills to layout and prep and pain the area. Paint on some other mod. The best look i feel is painted stripes esp if its something you plan on having on the car for several years anyway.

The only time it s ok to put racing stripes on your car. The vinyl stripes are 1k. I am researching both vinyl and paint and have almost decided to go with vinyl. Published on 1 21 2016 at 12 07 pm.

Thanks for your. Stripes on cars are actually a somewhat controversial topic.