Pros and cons on going stripe delete and possibly doing painted stripes? Not sure how I feel on the color combo options for 13.. Nothing seems to have a stronghold on me..
I hope this isn't too much off-topic, it is a question about painting stripes:
I've read that there is such a thing as see-through paint for glass. With the white stripes that come stock on the black car I ordered, and a glass roof, the stripes are not continuos. Also the stock stripes are vinyl, true? So could you get white "see-through" paint over the glass roof to make the stripes continuous from the front bumper to the rear (excluding windshield, rear window, and the black space between the tail lights of course)? I know the stripes are quite wide, and the so-called see-through may actually be able to seen through but not as if it's totally invisible when looking up from the inside of the car. It's kind of It may be see-through but very noticeably present, sort of a greyish and that would obscure the panoramic view in the first place and be a bad idea. I don't know how well such paint holds up to repeated washings either.
I would not paint stripes on a brand new factory paint job!!! Yes it can be done extremely easily, but it won't be level like a custom paint job. It will be higher, and thus look like stick on stripes. Simply because the whole car is not clear coated at once like a custom job.
Factory paint is extremely flawed, and the problem custom painters have is they actually have to make their paint look crappy, to match the factory orange peel.
You might want to consider asking for the color paint you pick to be mixed in a diluted ratio with clear only. My only question is, how will this hold up on the plexi glass thats on the roof. I know they use that method on tail lights etc etc, but tail lights dont have pressure to twist and bend like a roof might under tq.
I wouldnt do it though, but thats just me...
So there's no way around this short of a complete repaint?
It doesn't have to raised if you get a couple coats of clear. With a new car already having orange peel from the factory. Yes it is there look closer. Have a good shop wet sand the whole car down, add the stripes and wet sand the stripes, then add about 3 coats of clear. The factory paint will look like you could walk into to it.
It doesn't have to raised if you get a couple coats of clear. With a new car already having orange peel from the factory. Yes it is there look closer. Have a good shop wet sand the whole car down, add the stripes and wet sand the stripes, then add about 3 coats of clear. The factory paint will look like you could walk into to it.