Guess What Happened To Me.
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From: Southwestern OH
RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
Yeah the stripes go over the roof.
I bought the kit from Auto Trim Designs. Their ebay auction. With shipping I paid $136.
They say it takes them at least 1 week to do the kit once they get the order. But my stripe kit came in the mail within 1 week after winning the auction for them. So that's one in their favor.
One thing I am not happy with.
The spacing of the stripes.
Both the lady that works at the graphix company and I read the instructions from the Auto Trim Designs web site that says a 4 inch spacing from the center of the car. So that's how the stripes were laid on. But closer inspection of the instructions they read a 4 inch spaces between the stripes meaning 2 inches from the center of the car.
Nothing I can do now but live with it. And it makes my car different from other Monte with the rally stripes I guess.
The graphix place charged me $50 to install the stripes. A call around my area most places wanted $100 - $150 to install the kit. A little too high for me. A couple places said they wouldn't touch the kit. So it was easy who to choose. GMT Graphix assured me if they screwed up any of the stripes installing them, they would supply a replacement at no cost. They did a great job.
I bought the kit from Auto Trim Designs. Their ebay auction. With shipping I paid $136.
They say it takes them at least 1 week to do the kit once they get the order. But my stripe kit came in the mail within 1 week after winning the auction for them. So that's one in their favor.
One thing I am not happy with.
The spacing of the stripes.
Both the lady that works at the graphix company and I read the instructions from the Auto Trim Designs web site that says a 4 inch spacing from the center of the car. So that's how the stripes were laid on. But closer inspection of the instructions they read a 4 inch spaces between the stripes meaning 2 inches from the center of the car.
Nothing I can do now but live with it. And it makes my car different from other Monte with the rally stripes I guess.
The graphix place charged me $50 to install the stripes. A call around my area most places wanted $100 - $150 to install the kit. A little too high for me. A couple places said they wouldn't touch the kit. So it was easy who to choose. GMT Graphix assured me if they screwed up any of the stripes installing them, they would supply a replacement at no cost. They did a great job.
RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
i like that rj.....
and space ,you're now up to 5000 posts.. your the top poster on the forum with no danger of losing that position any time soon... you can stop spamming now
(just kidding space and rj, don't hurt me
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and space ,you're now up to 5000 posts.. your the top poster on the forum with no danger of losing that position any time soon... you can stop spamming now
(just kidding space and rj, don't hurt me
)
RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
I agree with all the others. I really like the stripes also.
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Monte Of The Month -- December 2007
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RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
OK RJ... You Changed... So did I...
But it still incorporates your girls... Just look at the license plate and you have your girls...
Oh paying homage to your older cars...
But it still incorporates your girls... Just look at the license plate and you have your girls...
Oh paying homage to your older cars...
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Posts: 1,113
From: Iowa
RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
mad717... Oh yes, most definitely. It won't be the easiest job, especially the longer they're on the car, and you do run a slight risk of fade lines, (allthough today's paint is fairly stable, and it's unlikely to fade) but yes, 99/100 times you can remove the vinyl with little problems aside from those mentioned earlier, and a "bead" so to speak of wax buildup on the sides of the vinyl (depending on the wax, wash, and detailer of course)
I plan on doing a custom kit for my car. I have a friend with a vinyl cutter, and am working on some designs. Specially since the best 9-year stable vinyl is only 50$ for 30 feet at 24" wide (more than enough)
Mine will likely be similar to the GM kit, only sharper points and I'm considering two colors. The main larger portion will un doubtedly be Flat (read: unreflective, not glossy) black and possibly some metallic/laser blue pin striping.
I plan on doing a custom kit for my car. I have a friend with a vinyl cutter, and am working on some designs. Specially since the best 9-year stable vinyl is only 50$ for 30 feet at 24" wide (more than enough)
Mine will likely be similar to the GM kit, only sharper points and I'm considering two colors. The main larger portion will un doubtedly be Flat (read: unreflective, not glossy) black and possibly some metallic/laser blue pin striping.
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From: Southwestern OH
RE: Guess What Happened To Me.
Craig,
We all owe you one.
Mad717,
Like Mike described, yes you can peel the stripes off. The graphox company said to heat them and they "should" pull off in a single piece. And Mike was 100% on about the longer you leave them the harder to remove them. I'm sure there's a point to where the "Harder to get them off" won't go beyond that point.
Auto Trim Designs offers the stripes in more then one color. I choose black cause I thought well if I ever do get to the position where I need to sell the car any potential buyer will tell me, "Well if the stripes were black I'd buy the car. But since they aren't black..........no deal."
I personally wanted a lighter silver stripe then the Silverstone paint on the car. But trying to match up a color that I thought might work from a color posted on the net well, I figured going with black was a better choice.
The stripes are not a real gloss black either. The graphix company showed me the gloss black vinyl they have. It was a lot shinnier then the stripes which are kind of a matte. Maybe it has something to do with glare? But howcan that be any different then glare you get off a detailed car in the sun?
We all owe you one.
Mad717,
Like Mike described, yes you can peel the stripes off. The graphox company said to heat them and they "should" pull off in a single piece. And Mike was 100% on about the longer you leave them the harder to remove them. I'm sure there's a point to where the "Harder to get them off" won't go beyond that point.
Auto Trim Designs offers the stripes in more then one color. I choose black cause I thought well if I ever do get to the position where I need to sell the car any potential buyer will tell me, "Well if the stripes were black I'd buy the car. But since they aren't black..........no deal."
I personally wanted a lighter silver stripe then the Silverstone paint on the car. But trying to match up a color that I thought might work from a color posted on the net well, I figured going with black was a better choice.
The stripes are not a real gloss black either. The graphix company showed me the gloss black vinyl they have. It was a lot shinnier then the stripes which are kind of a matte. Maybe it has something to do with glare? But howcan that be any different then glare you get off a detailed car in the sun?
