Black Fender Strips/Badges

[02gaowner]

9-28-07 Added black reflective badges/black fender stripes.

[02gaowner]

Side view

[02gaowner]

Pass. Side Badges

[02gaowner]

Driver Side Badges

[02gaowner]

Rear Badges

[TA^Guy]

Looks good with black on red.

[PontiacGT201]

Looks good but I dont get the whole thing with the strips. Where did the start at or how. and why just GAs? sorry for stupid questions.

[02gaowner]

Reflective Badges @ Night

[02gaowner]

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[02gaowner]

Pass. Side

[02gaowner]

Driver Side

[02gaowner]

Rear Side

[1badga]

peyman had somthing like that on his red car back in the day looked good :)

[02gaowner]

lol the badges or fender stripes?

[1badga]

http://www.aedcentral.com/photopost/index.pl?photo=3773

[TA^Guy]

Originally posted by PontiacGT201
Looks good but I dont get the whole thing with the strips. Where did the start at or how. and why just GAs? sorry for stupid questions. Its not ust GAs, they just look dam good on them.

Actually started back in the early 60s with SCCA racing. In fact it was Zora Arkus-Duntov's #003 Corvette GS (SCCA car #2) that wore a white racing stripe on blue paint with red hashmarks. In 1996 GM released a special edition Corvette GS with the same paint sceme of their legendary C2.

I have issues with search engines, they never direct me to the right site (spyware or virus or something) so I can't look up any historic information for you. IIRC they stripes resembled historic racing from back in the day when they would use leathe belts over the fenders to hold lightweight hoods closed.

[PontiacGT201]

ok cool I like the look but never knew how it started. thanks.

[02gaowner]

lol john's our history teacher here at GAOC =)

[TA^Guy]

Originally posted by 02gaowner
lol john's our history teacher here at GAOC =)
Sad but automotive history (mostly GM) is something I've always been intrigued by.

[02gaowner]

haha cool

[DomestikDemon]

Originally posted by TA^Guy
Its not ust GAs, they just look dam good on them.

Actually started back in the early 60s with SCCA racing. In fact it was Zora Arkus-Duntov's #003 Corvette GS (SCCA car #2) that wore a white racing stripe on blue paint with red hashmarks. In 1996 GM released a special edition Corvette GS with the same paint sceme of their legendary C2.

I have issues with search engines, they never direct me to the right site (spyware or virus or something) so I can't look up any historic information for you. IIRC they stripes resembled historic racing from back in the day when they would use leathe belts over the fenders to hold lightweight hoods closed.

yea IMO its kinda wierd to put on a GA. whenever I see em any car I think Corvette wannabe

[Blackhawk]

I wouldn't do it but I tihnk it looks great on Tom's GA and the OP's. I wouldn't know which car is Tom's if he didn't have the stripes.

[Tommy00GT1]

Looks like I'll be the lone black sheep.... I don't like the stripes. Reminds me of a U.S. Coast Guard vessel; they have similar slanted stripes on the bow.

[Gagt518]

Looking Good. I have fender stripes too http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f81/tom12306/DSC00660.jpg

[brougham]

they look really good ive been thinking about getting them

[02gaowner]

Tom, I love those side skirts/back body kit, where'd you get those? They look awesome =) Those wheels are hot too lol good tastes...ours are almost alike..

[photogirl12]

Looks great...Love the black and red color combination...

[Elderas]

i like the stripes but badges are t3h non secks.

[GMFWDFAN]

Looks awesome! I attempted to install similar overlays on my car tonight, only in red. The only one successful was the trunk. :(

[02gaowner]

the wha? lol (Raz)

[02gaowner]

Tyson - aww, im sorry man. just remember to clean the car very good beforehand and to take your time, both applying the vinyl with either a squeegee or credit card, air bubbles = ENEMY! BAH! =) then also be careful pulling back the clear see through covering. If you have trouble positioning the vinyl or afraid of messing up the 1st time, get a squirt bottle with bout 2 drops of dish soap in it and apply before lyin down the vinyl. this gives you time to move it around and center it how you want it. then get your squeegee & get rid of all the water. i personally like to install it dry, but i trust myself layin it the first time

[lowrider2962]

excelent DIY lesson man. im the same way

[Elderas]

Originally posted by 02gaowner
the wha? lol (Raz)

lol

read: the non sex

ie: "they dont look good"

[GMFWDFAN]

Originally posted by 02gaowner
Tyson - aww, im sorry man. just remember to clean the car very good beforehand and to take your time, both applying the vinyl with either a squeegee or credit card, air bubbles = ENEMY! BAH! =) then also be careful pulling back the clear see through covering. If you have trouble positioning the vinyl or afraid of messing up the 1st time, get a squirt bottle with bout 2 drops of dish soap in it and apply before lyin down the vinyl. this gives you time to move it around and center it how you want it. then get your squeegee & get rid of all the water. i personally like to install it dry, but i trust myself layin it the first time
I think I can do it right next time, just with a little more preparation and patience. :lol: They aren't too expensive anyway. At least I got the trunk one on.:D

[02gaowner]

yea they can be very tricky. i installed a rear eyebrow before, and it went on perfectly. however, i was impatient takin off the see-thru covering and happened to get a lot of air bubbles. instead of takin out a pin and just pokin the air bubbles flat (there were over 100) i just said f@*k it..and ripped it off. so now im goin to reorder it. they aren't too expensive, bout 20$

[02gaowner]

lowrider, thanks man :-) I absolutely LOVE ya car dude - the wheels are lookin great and the color is very unique yet subtle - lookin' hot boy. Did you say that's a converted SE?

[Atlas98]

kinda been wondering this for while, has anyone tried to do the fender stripes the other way so their slanted backwards. Just thought it might look good.

[Atlas98]

please delete this post, sry for the double post

[Dave C]

sweet, lookin' good man.

[02gaowner]

Thanks Dave, love ya ride too man! lookin' sharp

[02gaowner]

Atlas, I don't know man, I know most people place them them the way I have it, but I did it that way because I think it flows with the lines and design of the car better...why don't you try it out backwards and let us know what you think? ;)

[_SHLEE_]

WOW o_O

[Gagt518]

Dont reverse the stripes the other way. It'll look very stupid

[speedemon77]

yeah that corvette grand sport is baaad asssss ive been looking 4 1 for awhile now hard to find i might just buy the 66 pontiac tempest but its got a 326 cid engine in it and i've never heard of it