Stripes...
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LiquoRT/10
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I saw these pics of a 93 red and white but I don't know if they are painted or vinyl.
dave6666
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I saw these pics of a 93 red and white but I don't know if they are painted or vinyl.
Those are probably paint. Would be too difficult to run vinyl through the NACA duct on the hood and license plate on the rear.
Gonna be 80 here in Texas today.
Great. I'll drive down and install them there.
mike & juli
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No such luck for us, huh, Tony??? Are you also getting what we are?? Snowed this morning, now changing to freezing rain all day? THEN to be in single digits by end of week...winter is just darned too long...yes, yes, yes, we WILL move someday!!! Good Luck on the striping and wing!!! Is it above 40 degrees there?????
~julidave6666
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You missed it. WINDY and 50 today.
mike & juli
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Juli, I think you live so far north of us that there's no temperature up there, it always seems to be zero degrees. Since we're closer to the shoreline the temps seem to hover around freezing but do dip down in the teens on occassion. Our low's here have been 18 degrees or so in the evenings. Looks like 40's the next several days. The Viper has been sitting in the garage since October and the last time I drove it was to Chuck's tech session. I can't believe it's been that long. I just got my headers back from Belanger (that's another story) this morning and I will get the Viper out next week for sure. It's due for an emission's test.
dave6666
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Ahhhhh, that would be so BALMY here~~~~~would feel GREAT!!!~juli
Agreed. But this wind that howls 5 days a week *****!
mike & juli
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It's ALWAYS windy here...wind chills always very low...but nice in summertime. Whassa matter, the SAND blows up in the Viper when you drive????
~juliTony: Well, we're not THAT far north, LOL!!! But, yes, it's been an unusually colder winter for us. We did have the cars out a couple times in November after Chuck's Tech Session (that was great to see you there!!!)...hope you have good weather for the emissions testing
crazy2...julidave6666
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I'd have to go on a shooting rampage. Unload a few clips at a Kia showroom or something!
Let us know how the Belanger parts work out. Still sitting on my stuff for the side exhaust conversion. Waiting on some crappy weather.
Have we hijacked another thread?
mike & juli
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Well, not TECHNICALLY, as we alluded to TONY striping his car...?? ~juli
Just posted updated info about my header leak here: http://forums.viperclub.org/rt-10-gts-discussions/610469-belanger-leak-gaskets.html. It was a self-inflicted wound.
For reference, I'm using Avery A9 cast vinyl for my stripes. I have a 150' roll and only need about 30'. Look for some left-over vinyl soon in the classifieds.
Purdue_Boiler_Viper
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Tony, just curious. How thick is the Avery? The shop that did mine used 2 mil.
Purdue_Boiler_Viper
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A good vinyl installer could do it. My NACA looks great in vinyl, and the license plate area would be easier than the NACA. But, stock stripes do not go through the license plate area.
Same here, it's 2mil. I have a roll of the A4 4mil and while its thicker it looks like crap. The thickness didn't bother me but the texture of the vinyl was awful. It looked like a roll of orange peel. There's definitely a difference in texture/finish/quality between calendered 4mil vs. cast 2mil premium vinyl. I checked with a few installers and they all used 2mil be it 3M, Avery or Oracal. The only downside I got from them is that in order to remove the 2mil will require a heat gun, elbow grease and time.
- Tony
dave6666
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Purdue_Boiler_Viper
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How do you know if those are stock stripes on that car?
Take a look at: http://forums.viperclub.org/srt10-srt10-coupe-discussions/609268-curious-why.html
The car is a 93, so according to JonB, it can't be stock with stripes going through the license plate area.
dave6666
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Agreed. But unless someone knows that car we don't know whether the stripes were paint or vinyl. I was just guessing that paint would be easier in the duct and plate area.
I personally like mine going around those spots.
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