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Old 02-28-2005, 08:52 PM
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Pinstripes

ive noticed some TL's with pinstripes and some without. Are pinstripes Factory Additions or are they done by the individual dealerships?
Old 02-28-2005, 09:04 PM
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good question.. mine didnt come with one but i do see others with it though
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pinstripes = :ghey:
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when i was car shopping at the dealer ive seen a few with it already on there. ive seen some of them that looked the same and ive seen a few custom ones with initials at the door.
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When I first bought my car, I had the dealer installed it for me. But I took it off like 2 years ago cause it does look gay. Don't know what the fock I was thinking about adding it on before. Here is a really old pic of my car when I had the pinstripe on:



It does look a lot cleaner and 100% better without the pinstripe.
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yeah ive seen a few with but most without!

Come on Binh, what WERE you thinking!
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How do you remove them?
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razor blade and blow dryer, and finish it off with some goo-gone
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Originally Posted by 55M2G7L
razor blade and blow dryer, and finish it off with some goo-gone

my neighbor took his off w/just his fingernail
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Pinstripes are dealer installed. Ususally they are tacked on to the price as an "appearance package". When I bought my old 2000 Accord V6 all the cars already came with the pinstripes on the cars. Before agreeing to purchase the car I told the salesman that I wanted the pinstripes removed......needless to say, off they came
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Originally Posted by JPTL-S
Pinstripes are dealer installed. Ususally they are tacked on to the price as an "appearance package". When I bought my old 2000 Accord V6 all the cars already came with the pinstripes on the cars. Before agreeing to purchase the car I told the salesman that I wanted the pinstripes removed......needless to say, off they came

ahhh cool cool! they can't be that expensive to put on can they? not that i want one
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I've got red pinstripes on my NBP TL-S, when I bought the car (used) I asked the dealer what was the deal with the stripes. He said that the first 2002 Type-S's were shipped with them (most likely dealer BS). Also the service department said they could not take them off because it was painted under the clear coat. I said "whatever" and took the car anyway. I did take it to a paint place to get scuff on my bumper fixed and while I was there they also told me that it was painted on and would be hard to take off. At first I thought the stripes kinda sucked but in the last year and a half they've kind of grown on me. Sorry I have no pics. Actually there are some pics of my car on the SF meet thread (like page 5 or 6) but you can't see the stripes.
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Originally Posted by slice
I've got red pinstripes on my NBP TL-S, when I bought the car (used) I asked the dealer what was the deal with the stripes. He said that the first 2002 Type-S's were shipped with them (most likely dealer BS). Also the service department said they could not take them off because it was painted under the clear coat. I said "whatever" and took the car anyway. I did take it to a paint place to get scuff on my bumper fixed and while I was there they also told me that it was painted on and would be hard to take off. At first I thought the stripes kinda sucked but in the last year and a half they've kind of grown on me. Sorry I have no pics. Actually there are some pics of my car on the SF meet thread (like page 5 or 6) but you can't see the stripes.

thats cool! maybe there are different types of pinstripes, cuz i know the one my neighbor took off was some sort of vinyl. So, maybe u can get them painted on and also glued.
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yeah ive seen a few with but most without!

Come on Binh, what WERE you thinking!
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Originally Posted by Dark DJ
thats cool! maybe there are different types of pinstripes, cuz i know the one my neighbor took off was some sort of vinyl. So, maybe u can get them painted on and also glued.
Mine was painted on. I took mine to a shop to get it off.
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Originally Posted by BlackShadow

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Mine was painted on. I took mine to a shop to get it off.

its been awhile since ive seen that smiley used!

any new mods planned? i remember u were talkin about gettin new rims...
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Originally Posted by Dark DJ
its been awhile since ive seen that smiley used!

any new mods planned? i remember u were talkin about gettin new rims...
I've got a little surprise coming...
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Originally Posted by BlackShadow
I've got a little surprise coming...

ooo i cant wait!
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Originally Posted by 55M2G7L
razor blade and blow dryer, and finish it off with some goo-gone
you cant do that to all of them. many are painted on that i have seen.
if they are paited on they are on top of teh clear and arent that hard to take off.
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some come with it painted and clear coated. but most of the time people ask for them at the dealer, thats when they are just stuck on with vinyl. whatever, i think they shouldnt have those on any cars. it looks like a long key scratch from far away
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Originally Posted by aaronnn
some come with it painted and clear coated. but most of the time people ask for them at the dealer, thats when they are just stuck on with vinyl. whatever, i think they shouldnt have those on any cars. it looks like a long key scratch from far away

im not sure, ive got a pinstripe on my mercedes and i think it accents the lines of the car well. but i definately think it wouldnt look as good on the TL

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