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Old 10/22/05, 06:32 AM
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I tried a search and came up empty handed.

I have a 2006 vista blue gt convertible. What color shelby stripes do i get?????? the interior is dark charcoal and the top is black. Do I have to get black to match the top? would silver or white look good???

Any pics would be greatly appreciated.

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Old 10/22/05, 07:51 AM
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I like white stripes on sonic blue, so I think they'd look good on vista.
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I'm facing the same question. Same car, but light graphite interior. I was thinking of going black stripes with a grey secondary. Then again I may only do rocker stripes.

While I think white on blue is a great combo, with the black top, no so certain it wouldn't feel out of place.
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I think I'm leaning towards a a color between gray and silver....definately metallic. I think that would match the top and interior better than white.
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Match the top.
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Have you thought of two colors? A large white out lined in thin black or silver. Or maybe wide black with thin white or silver. I have seen this on other cars and it works well.
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I'm thinking of maybe ghost stripes on my black vert. The rocker stripes for sure....

Since there is no 05' Shelby, the ghost stripes are kind of a 'what if' look without trying to say the car is actually a shelby.

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I had the same question and went with black
Old 10/24/05, 06:35 AM
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The black is cool, but a little too suttle for me. I think I'm going with some sort of metallic sliver/gray. I think it will be fine. I might go to a sign shop and buy a few feet of each, just to give me an idea of what it will look like
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i might scrap the whole thing and do silver ghost flames.....any thoughts?
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I'm going with white. I've seen silver, and that is very sharp also.
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I have to say I am struggling with this. On the one hand, the side view could really use some stripes. On the other hand, without a roof, the hood and trunk stripes look kinda odd. Further, with a Sonic Blue car, Grey interior and a Black top, I am concerned that it's going to look too "colorful." I'm gonna wait until an inspiration moves me one way or another.
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i went with the silver vinyl stripes.......i'll post pics when i'm done this weekend.
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I know what you are going through. I have a Windveil GT vert, gray premium interior and black top. I went with black rocker panel stripes to tie it all together with the top color. Of course, the Windveil is lighter than the Vista blue and shows up better. I wanted the classic 3-stripe GT stripes without any lettering so I measured the stripes on a friend's 68 Shelby GT-500KR and duplicated them on my car. They look sharp.

In case anyone else is interested, the 68 stripes have a 1 1/2 inch center stripe and two 1/2 inch stripes with 3/8 inch spacing between them. I had the local TrimLine shop do them up and install them for me.
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Originally posted by md_mustang@October 24, 2005, 9:15 AM
I'm going with white. I've seen silver, and that is very sharp also.
Wow, now that's an old picture.
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Here is a color selector that might help with ideas. I like the orange stripe on the dark blue.

http://www.spectrummarcom.com/mustang/cobraPainter.html

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Originally posted by HiRoller@October 28, 2005, 8:33 PM
i went with the silver vinyl stripes.......i'll post pics when i'm done this weekend.
Patiently waiting for the pics. Though it's wearing thin. :bang:
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Highroller,
Any luck with the pics yet? I'm hoping to order a Vista Blue with the same top and interior as you. I like the satin silver stripes on the coupe and also was wondering how the would look on a 'vert. I figured stripes would look great with the top down, but I wasn't sure how any stripes would look with the black top up.
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I posted somewhere else. Sorry. I had the kit done on the front end and didn't like the color. Vista blue has a lot of metallic to it (hence the name) The silver stripes just looked too flat. I think I'm going with metallic silver painted flames instead. If I were to try this kit again, I would get the metallic silver stripes....NOT satin silver
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Originally posted by Gibson@November 8, 2005, 10:20 AM
Patiently waiting for the pics. Though it's wearing thin. :bang:

sorry Gibson I forgot. I didn't like them so I pulled'em off. see previous post


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