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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 08:49 PM
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What do you all think of like dual 2'' racing stripes on a Nautical Blue Tc? Is it too rice?

I think that it would look cool. Thoughts?
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 08:57 PM
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understatement, you do it and i'll come smack you myself
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:13 PM
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Photoshop it
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:19 PM
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do a bubble bee stripe instead lot nicer then racing stripes
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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The H&R car is pretty nice with a stripe setup.
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 09:51 PM
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I didn't like that movie.
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 10:00 PM
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^ Bad Joke. Booo.....
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 10:05 PM
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Im photoshop illeterate, but I think that it would look cool. Seriously. Thoughts?
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 10:09 PM
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i'd say no... leave it for dodge vipers.

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Old Jan 12, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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You hit the nail on the head. Ive always wanted a dodge viper, but try as I may when I take a dump, no 100 bills come out, so Im trying to fulfill my dream on a budget.

If any of you figure out how to make $ like that, spread the word.
Old Jan 12, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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I don't think the H & R car looks bad, here's a semi-link:
http://www.hrsprings.com/site/index.html
Click "Project Cars" under the H & R logo on the right side and you should find it.

It couldn't be my first mod, but I don't think it'd look horrible.
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 12:44 AM
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The SRT-4 guys run racing stripes all the time and it looks really cool. A NBM tC with a silver to darker silver set of stripes i think would look great. Especially dropped and with other exterior mods to augment it.
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by jakedudeta
You hit the nail on the head. Ive always wanted a dodge viper, but try as I may when I take a dump, no 100 bills come out, so Im trying to fulfill my dream on a budget.

If any of you figure out how to make $ like that, spread the word.


Just glad to know I am not the only one not having any luck with that process. My grandfather told me it works, but i am not so sure.....
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 01:32 AM
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i wanted to do a single offset stripe, but then i realized that the whole top of the car is glass! so it would only be on the hood and a little on the very back of the hatch.
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 06:58 PM
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not feelin it, the tC is more luxurious for this type of stuff ;x
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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hmm... not my style, but i think it could look fairly nice if done correctly.
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 07:12 PM
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It's OK....

Old Jan 13, 2006 | 10:19 PM
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When I said I didn't like that movie it was supposed to have the double meaning of I don't like the idea of stripes on the tC.

Sheesh, what does one have to do to get some analysis around here!

Joking, of course. Anyways, stripes are going to have to accompany something else. If the H&R car didn't have any other stickers or anything it'd look quite strange.

Neons look better with stripes because.. let's face it, they're ugly in the first place. tC.. not so.
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 11:04 PM
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I've seen a Nautical Blue Tc with 2 white racing stripes. It actually looked pretty good.... Then again this is coming from the guy with the big a$$ adidas decal on the side of his car
Old Jan 13, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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^ LoL



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