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Old 02-13-2009, 08:10 PM
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Decided to head to autozone and get one of those pin stripe kits and hook my car up. I came out nice but i did it in 15min so its not perfect at all. Plan to get a professional to do it for me, this will be my final exterior thing before i turbo the car then its **** to the wall.

let me know what you think...btw yes i know its been done before but not with my rims so ha.










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I'm not sure if I like it or not. Does match the rims nicely though
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Jockin' Elijah, aye? haha. I like it.
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I think it looks good with the wheels, nice job!
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it does look pretty sick...kinda got that 5axis thing goin..looks good bro.
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did you do the pinstripes on the rims too?
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for a min there i thought that was my homie fleas car i didnt know he got te37 haha but looks good man.
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I suck at pinstriping. I tried i and it was all crooked. Great job though. looks real nice. I digg it!
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Doesn't look bad. Nice job. Just end the stripes up front before the headlights.
That would look much cleaner IMHO.
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now while i know two others have done this but i felt my rims hold a special individuality with the pin stripe. and no the rims did come like that.

thanks for the comments, hopefully i find someone with a steady hand to paint it cuz i just did the cheapo pin stripe for the pics (their off now).
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i might do pin striping too in the future,, one of my ideas is also pin strip the bottom of the upper grill, you should try that .. lemme get an idea how itll look like lol
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looks good. where did you get the eyelids i like them a lot.
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love it
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Originally Posted by Silverstreak-tC
for a min there i thought that was my homie fleas car i didnt know he got te37 haha but looks good man.

TE37's?
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Elijah was the first ever to put a pinstripe on his car.. baha

the stripe does make your car stand out!
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Originally Posted by rosedaleny806
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for a min there i thought that was my homie fleas car i didnt know he got te37 haha but looks good man.

TE37's?
VOLK TE37s

the expensive style to my rims hehe...
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i know. i jus thought it was funny that silverstreak actually confused them with the real deal's lol
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ohhh ohh mister copy cat... copy my car and buy "real deal" wheels!!!
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*yawn*

seen it...try something else
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