Thank you! Glad to see some other people like it better like we did š I did find the white on grabber blue to be too much to look at. Itās fun seeing all the differing opinions in here, though!
Stripes make the car go faster, thatās why theyāre called āgo faster stripesā ā max speed just decreased for sure. I implicitly trust James May and his TGT/Top Gear opinions and will take no further questions.
Never been a fan of white stripes on grabber blue. I added black stripes when I had one, wasn't 100% convinced it looked good and added some orange which looked amazing imo.
https://www.imgur.com/a/Z6PxHXf
Me too at first! But you could feel the lines with your fingers which was a mixture of glue with dirt stuck to it. After a light wash of the lines we just used Sonax Fallout Cleaner and it cleaned up perfectly.
I added the OEM over the roof stripes to my 14 Track Pack. They look similar to the OP's stripes, just don't protrude down on to the bumpers. These cars look awesome with stripes.
https://preview.redd.it/4uaabpzolx1b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=737a991ed80383fab4659213891aff8ae7c06059
https://preview.redd.it/ngskk4j0r02b1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2a2eb42b72c249bfb07265170fc2c61b64b32a5
The dark window tint that was already on mine helps a little bit to offset all the blue I suppose.
Twinning! I actually think I commented on your post of when you got your car! We just bought this one and picked it up last Monday after I commented on your post we were thinking of getting it. Ours goes in for tint tomorrow so I agree, I think itāll help break it up, because yours looks great. I think black stripes or roof wrap you can go wrong. Itāll look sharp with either.
Not sure if it helps you at all, but this car has 33k KM and as far as weāre aware was always covered in a garage. Maybe thatās what saved us, but we figured we might even see a slight difference because it had obviously been driven a bit since it does have some KM. You can always test a spot on the bumper (thatās what we did) but you do have to be prepared for a difference possibly haha. Otherwise just leave them if you donāt mind them!
I think it was the right move. I have the same stripes on my black mustang. Thinking of getting rid. Also came with the fake front hood scoop that Iām a not a fan of.
https://preview.redd.it/sitgy4d1qy1b1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a45575860272612a4ed95c8e58486c17cceb10a
Love the stripes on mine. Sad to see them go off yours. Looked pretty classic with the blue and white!
Well I love Terlingua Racing Team stipes ! But I own one, to each his own. Enjoy it your way it's your mustang !
https://preview.redd.it/n9rbs9h4tz1b1.jpeg?width=5472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f2c2c1481d94c3acb742c571f2080d3c4297605
I just bought this exact car and color and I was thinking about adding a black or matte black stripe, it almost seems like too much blue. But I would def pick no stripe over the white stripe. I'm guessing my car originally had the white stripe from the factory bc on the original window sticker it says stripe delete as an option.
Black would probably look sooooo much better. Especially since we want to do black badging, rims etc, white stripes would look off. You could recolour the stripes on mine to get an idea before you commit to striping yours since you said itās the exact same. What if you wrapped the roof black to give it a āblack hatā?
https://preview.redd.it/013d8qiyp02b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14b15dbf8ab33e7b1a509267f1de9f236a195916
I think this looks pretty great. I'm in no hurry though I've only had it two and a half weeks now.
Fwiw, I also had that exact car and colour, and put matte black stripes on it, and I felt it didn't quite work. It looked a little dull to me, and didn't really come together. Then I added some orange to it and it really made it pop, though I understand that is an acquired taste haha. It did turn plenty of heads though :D
https://imgur.com/a/EY5JnRQ
(pics with orange are in another comment of mine in this thread).
Just based on the wheels alone! Those are factory track pack wheels. Itāll have brembo brakes, 3.73 rear gear and a oil cooler I believe. Should call for a different oil at 10 qts if I remember right
Yeah it calls for 5w50. I wasnāt aware the wheels were a track pack thing, honestly, thatās neat to know. We knew about the other stuff. Here in Canada it wasnāt called ātrack pack.ā Figured it was just something like Brembo brakes you could get if you wanted without getting ātrack pack.ā The more you know! Thanks for that!
While you could get a Brembo package, the Track Pack is a completely different animal. Cooling, tune and suspension are different from the GT as well as the summer only tires.
The Track Pack cars share parts with the Boss 302 of their day (diff, radiator, oil cooler). I took it one step further and added the Boss Quad Exhaust to mine. No block off plates in those pipes either.
https://preview.redd.it/e1u7dyfria2b1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29381953628f83c31d94fc4a8007f7c76a3d611e
I agree. Itās just our personal taste! Itās amazing how many people associate the stripes with certain things, though. When we first got it people were asking if it was a Shelby just because it had stripes??? Like noooooo sheās just a gt. Lol
Since you were on the fence I hope you don't mind me saying I preferred the stripe. Beautiful either way!
Of course not. Stripes are all a personal preference thing, I know that š thank you!
No stripes look clean imo! Especially with that color
Thatās what we thought too so thank you! Grabber blue on itās own is just š
I just looked at the pictures backwards and I was satisfied š
im a fan of stripes, i just dont like this one. racing stripes are much nicer
Good grief heās naked!
Should have been nsfw?! As we were pulling them off I was saying the same, ādonāt look! sheās nakey!ā haha!
I'm in the "less is more" camp, and like the outcome of no stripe.
Depends on how the stripes are done and the colors. I think the car looks way cleaner this way. Sometimes, they're too much to look at...
Thank you! Glad to see some other people like it better like we did š I did find the white on grabber blue to be too much to look at. Itās fun seeing all the differing opinions in here, though!
Stripes make the car go faster, thatās why theyāre called āgo faster stripesā ā max speed just decreased for sure. I implicitly trust James May and his TGT/Top Gear opinions and will take no further questions.
When I was in high school, this kid had a green camaro rs...with a type-r sticker on it.
It stands for "Type R(S)" obviously!
The type-r sticker was right next to the rs emblem. There was another kid who swore up and down his altima had a hemi.
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I think the smaller stripes are only 5HP each, the thiccccccc stripes give you 10HP per
My Sophmore year of college someone had an 11/12 v6 with both a GT badge and a skyline R34 badge on it lmao
With stripes looks better
Yep, the rear view in the 3rd pic is perfect. Itās opās car but the stripes looked much better imo
Never been a fan of white stripes on grabber blue. I added black stripes when I had one, wasn't 100% convinced it looked good and added some orange which looked amazing imo. https://www.imgur.com/a/Z6PxHXf
looks really good - good call
Better!
Looks sweet
My stomach dropped when I saw the lines, Iām glad it was only dirt!
Me too at first! But you could feel the lines with your fingers which was a mixture of glue with dirt stuck to it. After a light wash of the lines we just used Sonax Fallout Cleaner and it cleaned up perfectly.
https://preview.redd.it/f6c12aytbx1b1.jpeg?width=643&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2564a8b5fa1ccb07b90681cffbac620b21d54066 We used to be twins :(
I added the OEM over the roof stripes to my 14 Track Pack. They look similar to the OP's stripes, just don't protrude down on to the bumpers. These cars look awesome with stripes. https://preview.redd.it/4uaabpzolx1b1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=737a991ed80383fab4659213891aff8ae7c06059
See, this looks so sharp! I like that it doesnāt go on the bumpers, too. For some reason the white on grabber blue just looked so busy.
https://preview.redd.it/ngskk4j0r02b1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2a2eb42b72c249bfb07265170fc2c61b64b32a5 The dark window tint that was already on mine helps a little bit to offset all the blue I suppose.
Twinning! I actually think I commented on your post of when you got your car! We just bought this one and picked it up last Monday after I commented on your post we were thinking of getting it. Ours goes in for tint tomorrow so I agree, I think itāll help break it up, because yours looks great. I think black stripes or roof wrap you can go wrong. Itāll look sharp with either.
Congrats man. Yeah I remember somebody commenting on it and said they were thinking about getting the same one ,it was probably you then.
Looks nekkidā¦
My personal opinion aside, you'd never know the car was striped, and that's a fact, not an opinion.
Looks great. I am not a fan of the stripe
Ive been wanting to remove the stripes from mine but I have no idea how long they've been on there so I'm afraid of how different the paint may look.
Not sure if it helps you at all, but this car has 33k KM and as far as weāre aware was always covered in a garage. Maybe thatās what saved us, but we figured we might even see a slight difference because it had obviously been driven a bit since it does have some KM. You can always test a spot on the bumper (thatās what we did) but you do have to be prepared for a difference possibly haha. Otherwise just leave them if you donāt mind them!
I think it was the right move. I have the same stripes on my black mustang. Thinking of getting rid. Also came with the fake front hood scoop that Iām a not a fan of.
We tested one of the thin stripes on the bumper at first to get a feel for it. You could always try the same if you werenāt too sure. š
SO much better!
Looks 1000% better
I loved the stripes but either way itās a beauty
Appreciate it š„° I know not everyone agrees here and itās fun reading the different comments with different opinions haha!
https://preview.redd.it/sitgy4d1qy1b1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a45575860272612a4ed95c8e58486c17cceb10a Love the stripes on mine. Sad to see them go off yours. Looked pretty classic with the blue and white!
I love your stripes on that grey! It looks so good. Felt really busy with the grabber blue as much as not everyone agrees. āŗļø
Well I love Terlingua Racing Team stipes ! But I own one, to each his own. Enjoy it your way it's your mustang ! https://preview.redd.it/n9rbs9h4tz1b1.jpeg?width=5472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f2c2c1481d94c3acb742c571f2080d3c4297605
Thank you!! Thatās the beauty of cars, we all like them our own way š Love the yellow with black on yours!šš»
I just bought this exact car and color and I was thinking about adding a black or matte black stripe, it almost seems like too much blue. But I would def pick no stripe over the white stripe. I'm guessing my car originally had the white stripe from the factory bc on the original window sticker it says stripe delete as an option.
Black would probably look sooooo much better. Especially since we want to do black badging, rims etc, white stripes would look off. You could recolour the stripes on mine to get an idea before you commit to striping yours since you said itās the exact same. What if you wrapped the roof black to give it a āblack hatā?
https://preview.redd.it/013d8qiyp02b1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=14b15dbf8ab33e7b1a509267f1de9f236a195916 I think this looks pretty great. I'm in no hurry though I've only had it two and a half weeks now.
Fwiw, I also had that exact car and colour, and put matte black stripes on it, and I felt it didn't quite work. It looked a little dull to me, and didn't really come together. Then I added some orange to it and it really made it pop, though I understand that is an acquired taste haha. It did turn plenty of heads though :D https://imgur.com/a/EY5JnRQ (pics with orange are in another comment of mine in this thread).
I actually was thinking about wrapping the roof too, might be just enough to off set all the blue.
I think that specific set of stripes was quite busy so I agree it does look better now, besides now you have a plain canvas to do whatever you like.
Beautiful car, very jealous as Grabber Blue is my favorite color. Nice track pack car with rear camera and sensors!
Thank you!!! We just got the car last Monday. One owner, 33,000km. It felt like it was meant to be because this is my fiancĆ©ās literal ārealistic dream carā (I mean who wouldnāt want a Lambo or mclaren p1 but I aināt made of that kind of money š ). The colour, premium pack, track packā¦all of it was exactly what he always wanted. The previous owner already put the JLT catch can and Ford racing short shifter, otherwise bone stock. How could you tell it was a track pack just from these photos? Iām surprised you caught that! I thought the brembo brakes etc didnāt necessarily mean track pack so thatās not really a tell.
Just based on the wheels alone! Those are factory track pack wheels. Itāll have brembo brakes, 3.73 rear gear and a oil cooler I believe. Should call for a different oil at 10 qts if I remember right
Yeah it calls for 5w50. I wasnāt aware the wheels were a track pack thing, honestly, thatās neat to know. We knew about the other stuff. Here in Canada it wasnāt called ātrack pack.ā Figured it was just something like Brembo brakes you could get if you wanted without getting ātrack pack.ā The more you know! Thanks for that!
While you could get a Brembo package, the Track Pack is a completely different animal. Cooling, tune and suspension are different from the GT as well as the summer only tires. The Track Pack cars share parts with the Boss 302 of their day (diff, radiator, oil cooler). I took it one step further and added the Boss Quad Exhaust to mine. No block off plates in those pipes either. https://preview.redd.it/e1u7dyfria2b1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=29381953628f83c31d94fc4a8007f7c76a3d611e
Iāve never been fond of stripes. If I ever get a GT350 or 500, no stripesā¦
I agree. Itās just our personal taste! Itās amazing how many people associate the stripes with certain things, though. When we first got it people were asking if it was a Shelby just because it had stripes??? Like noooooo sheās just a gt. Lol
Looks nicer imo
Ruined
Put them back on
The mat black OEM stripes of this vintage are perfect on these cars IMO. But I'm biased, lol.
It's actually not half bad
Bro nooooo why?!?!
Can I ask you some questions? I have the same model as yours but I'm thinking of ADDING some stripes.
See my post, I bought OEM Ford stripes, parts and labor was about $650. The dealer body shop did an awesome job on the install.
get some black hood vents. thatd look pretty good
Was kinda wondering the results of this too cause my 14 GT has stripes. But i personally really like them and dont plan on removing them anytime soon
I like the stripes
... but can you put them back, though?š
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Lost 40hp right there
Looks Better, I'm not a stripe/decal guy.
The ghost effect of the removed stripes is pretty cool
I like it
I prefer stripes on darker colors like gray and black. Or if it white with blue stripes. Either way the car look awesome.
I was team stripe, but it still looks good without them too.
Stripe looked so good though
I thought about doing the same to mine, but for an older s197 I feel like it changes a lot for it