I am thinking about putting a stripe on my car i am really a fan of this stripe
http://www.zzpdecals.com/product_images/lg_side_streak.jpg

but i dont want it to be a sticker im going to paint it on, i want some peoples ideas on this some sugestions i was thinking about was painting the stripe a sunburst metalic orange its more of a burnt orange color, but that might look to flashy/bright so another idea i had was to get a quart of clear coat and then some pearl or some metalic and adding that into the clear, so i would just mask it off skuff it good and then paint it in clear so it would be a ghost look

i would use an orange pearl if i used pearl or some sort of metalic or aluminum i just want some peoples ideas

Photoshop FTW!

i have the program i just dont know how to use it well enough lol

What color is your car?
And what color or two colors are you deciding to go with most, and I'll see if I can try something in PS for you.

That is the exact same stripe I wanted to do, and almost did..for the past 2 years....just can't seem to get myself to do it

I guess it is red from the one pick I saw on your website.
I actually need a pic of your car though.

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my car is white and its a 4dr here is a pic the orange i want to use is darker

thats the orange

Ah now I see the orange you want, what the heck, didn't show up when I saw the car. I will redo it anyways since the car I shrunk down too much.

My custom version.

seems ALMOST blasphemous to put a MOPAR stripe on a Poncho, but hot damn it looks SOOOO good.

EDIT: but Rook, I REALLY like yours. I like yours so much more than the rough/primitive version. I just might do this to my own car.

hmmm, black on red or silver on red?

Now Rook, how do you get it too look so damn similar to the decal?

Sadly, I like mine to the point I started contemplating it for my car.

BTW, this ain't Mopar striping. It's much more elaborate ala the fender 4drgt posted.

20gtp02: freehanding.

CS2, or paint?

CS3

wow ... you guys are AMAZING idk what do you think should i do that orange paint? or should i use a pearl or a metalic in clear coat so its ghosted in? richard for you question i would do silver if i was you

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Ghosting would look good as well.

wow. a burgundy stripe under a couple red coats and a few clears. wow. Jon, that is AMAZING work. Take pride in that.

EDIT: the only thing I would change on the above concept, though, is the placement of the hash marks there in the center of the door handles. also, what provisions for the gas door have you made? that has quite the potential to look unclean and very seamed. or is it seamy? seamful? aw, hell, not clean.

Actually, I removed the gas door to see what it would look like on the other side of the vehicle. The decal does clear the door on this side, if it was there. The hash marks were placed evenly, they just happened to land above the door handles, but if you removed them, I think it would unbalance it.

I also tinted the windows and I have another version where the car is dropped about two inches with clear corners. The way I set up the layers, I can make the stripe ANY color.

Honestly, the work wouldn't be that good if the side shot wasn't so nice. I'm also not happy with some spots in the stripe, the outline isn't as clean as I would like. Guess that's just how it goes, eh?

pretty much. are you able to PM me a concept of silver on red and burgundy under red? I might even have a couple decent side shots of Colleen somewhere ifn you need em.

Personally I'm not a fan of graphics on GP's but if I had to pick one I'd go with that one. I like the white on white look on your car, only problem is it isn't really a GTP.

i wanna see the one with tint and lowered that would look sweet!!!

gosh i wish i had those photoshop skills...

i'd have to say rooks first concept was the best looking one

it isnt a gtp yet... it will soon be an ssm90 but im going to throw gt badges or the old 70s gtx badges on sometime. im just waiten for the weather to get nicer so i can debadge my car

The last few are quite busy with the sections. I would go with the pearl one if you go with that many sections. Plus you have the idea, you can put those sections anywere you want when you paint. So they don't have to be cut over the handles or what not. And being a painterartist, Andrew, I would highly recommend getting into Photoshop just to save you money and wasted time on painting physical things and deciding if you like it or not. I really want to learn more about PS also.

Didn't someone here paint those stripes on their car?

I liked that ghost effect, or maybe even an orange pearl...I've seen some cars that have crushed glass mixed into the clear coat, and liked that look as well..

austin ... someone will be painting the stripes as soon as the weather gets warmer haha, i am going to prolly do the ghosting stripes im a huge fan of the orange though

i think a ghost effect on a black GT would look really good in my opinion

come up to iowa when i do myn and we can do yours as well lol

Lowered, tinted, clear corners.

Looks good. rook has some photoshop skills. as for me. no i cant even cut and paste good. haha A+ on this

sweet idk i think orange would look good with these rims http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w297/4drgt/sidestripe.jpg those are the rims i want to get, but i have to sell my headunit subs and amp and all that crap first, my buddy said that he thinks the ghosted would look the best but gosh i love that orange plus orange would clash with all my red

Um, that link shows the same rims on your car now. Unless, you talking about the different stripes.

Yah same rims. His photoshop looks good, but it definitely is missing the rims. Just looks good but needs some rims.

woops my bad here is a new link http://www.streetdreams.org/wheels/rims/Helo/HE328%25205%2520Spoke/Chrome/18/8

Those aren't bad as long as your calipers are painted and you have decent looking rotors. That's just my opinion, because of how far the spokes on the rim are spread out.

Those would look sweet with some sweet paint job on the calipers and rotors!

yeah i would be upgrading to fbody brakes, i put new rotors on last yr they are rusty, and allready warped