On a Golden Ticket car with painted stripes, are the stripes painted over the clear coat, or buried in clear? Thanks
Painted Stripe Question
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Body paint with clear, then painted stripes at Penske then reclear. At least thats my understanding.
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Just tossing this in for additional info to those with the same question. This is from a Car And Driver article.
"Want to inflate the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's $73,995 base price by 14 percent with only one option? Buy the optional painted-on racing stripes, of course! They cost $10,000, which seems, um, decadent for a non-performance-enhancing feature on a pony car's option sheet.
But wait, you might be asking: What's the going rate for factory-applied stripes these days? The GT500's option sheet provides insight by way of its available stick-on vinyl stripes, which run $1000. On the less powerful GT350, those same vinyl stripes cost $495. Curious what the 1000 percent markup for the GT500's painted-on versions was all about, we reached out to Ford for clarification.
Apparently, the stripes are hand painted onto GT500s so ordered. Per a company spokesperson, the stripe job is "hand-prepped, painted, and then clear-coated." He adds that "Due to the specialized nature of the process, [Ford has] a very limited production capacity." Indeed.
Even though we've yet to experience these hand-painted stripes firsthand, we can say that stripe aficionados shouldn't dismiss their $10,000 price out of hand. Being integral with the car's paint job, the stripes shouldn't peel or start to come off, as those cheaper vinyl ones did on our 2017 Mustang Shelby GT350 test car. (The decals began forming bubbles beneath their surfaces and peeling up at their edges after less than a year.) Granted, that car lived in salty, harsh Michigan—but so does the Ford Motor Company. Our point, besides still feeling salty over our GT350's failed stripes? Get the painted-on stripes if you seek racing-stripe object permanence. They're available in the same colors as the vinyl pieces: black, blue, or white."
"Want to inflate the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500's $73,995 base price by 14 percent with only one option? Buy the optional painted-on racing stripes, of course! They cost $10,000, which seems, um, decadent for a non-performance-enhancing feature on a pony car's option sheet.
But wait, you might be asking: What's the going rate for factory-applied stripes these days? The GT500's option sheet provides insight by way of its available stick-on vinyl stripes, which run $1000. On the less powerful GT350, those same vinyl stripes cost $495. Curious what the 1000 percent markup for the GT500's painted-on versions was all about, we reached out to Ford for clarification.
Apparently, the stripes are hand painted onto GT500s so ordered. Per a company spokesperson, the stripe job is "hand-prepped, painted, and then clear-coated." He adds that "Due to the specialized nature of the process, [Ford has] a very limited production capacity." Indeed.
Even though we've yet to experience these hand-painted stripes firsthand, we can say that stripe aficionados shouldn't dismiss their $10,000 price out of hand. Being integral with the car's paint job, the stripes shouldn't peel or start to come off, as those cheaper vinyl ones did on our 2017 Mustang Shelby GT350 test car. (The decals began forming bubbles beneath their surfaces and peeling up at their edges after less than a year.) Granted, that car lived in salty, harsh Michigan—but so does the Ford Motor Company. Our point, besides still feeling salty over our GT350's failed stripes? Get the painted-on stripes if you seek racing-stripe object permanence. They're available in the same colors as the vinyl pieces: black, blue, or white."
For $10k you SHOULD be able to custom order any stripe color you want.
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The 350 stripes didn't last a year? Lord, they were abused, must have been rubbed with rock salt directly.
I agree! 100%!
When Dodge did the 1 of 1 program with the Vipers, the heavily sought after "Strkyer" colors were $15,000.
Actually the Stryker color options were a $9K option except for the early Stryker Red color cars which were a $15K option as part of a special series of Stryker cars. All Gen V Vipers were hand painted by Prefix and the paint quality is astounding. If you wanted painted stripes the cost was $2,500, which now looks like a screaming bargain compared to Ford’s $10K price tag for painted stripes.
Dodge nailed it with their One of One program and color / stripe options available to customers. I doubt there will ever be another program quite like that one. They produced some very unique cars. If you want a Prefix paint job on your Viper now cost is likely going to be between $20K - $30K. What Dodge offered from the factory was apparently extremely reasonable. I would never pay $10K for stripes.
Dodge nailed it with their One of One program and color / stripe options available to customers. I doubt there will ever be another program quite like that one. They produced some very unique cars. If you want a Prefix paint job on your Viper now cost is likely going to be between $20K - $30K. What Dodge offered from the factory was apparently extremely reasonable. I would never pay $10K for stripes.
Useless tidbit, the Penske facility that does the paint work, is the former Saleen SSV plant. They have a "state of the art" paint capabilities. They did the majority of the 05-06 FGT assembly before the rollers were sent to Wixom for final assembly.
Ive seen the painted stripes, and they look fantastic, much better than tape. Is it "worth it"? Well I might not be a great judge, as we have a couple cars that a high percentage of the versions produced have stripes, but ours do not.
Ive seen the painted stripes, and they look fantastic, much better than tape. Is it "worth it"? Well I might not be a great judge, as we have a couple cars that a high percentage of the versions produced have stripes, but ours do not.
Yeah, but most stripes on the Viper were a $5k option and applied (painted) first.
I didn't say anything about the stripes lol
Ford priced them at $10k for a few reasons. The main reason is to keep production low enough to be able to fulfill the orders. If 2500 people wanted painted stripes, they wouldn't be able to fill all of those orders. Another is to make it exclusive (eyeroll).
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Where are you getting that info? Don’t think it’s entirely accurate. At least not with Gen V vipers.
Requesting a custom color on a FordGT and it will set you back $30K
I read that one costumer ordered a GT with the Mystic paint, with a guarantee not to paint another that color and it was close to $100K.
Was Mistichrome, not mystic. Another FGT connection, Allen Eggly, was the "father" of Mystichrome, was the lead painter at SSV for the FGT, now at Multimatic overseeing the NGT paint work.
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