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GhostDakota
05-21-2012, 03:00 PM
So, last Friday, I gave in to my thoughts since Day 1 when I purchased the car (May of last year). I removed the hood stripes on Friday, the spoiler upper stripes on Saturday. I need to remove the spoiler lower stripes, and hatch stripes when I have some free time.

Before:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yNtxGLTwc0s/T7qgVoDUD6I/AAAAAAAAB4o/DM8Tz3SRRNc/s800/Stripes.jpg

After (Cell photo):
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jlNr5xRcWPA/T7qV7hn-XOI/AAAAAAAAB4M/1ZGOw7YD-yQ/s800/IMAG1890.jpg

JL8Jeff
05-21-2012, 03:08 PM
Looks nice and clean.

usp55
05-21-2012, 03:11 PM
SOOOO much better!

WildBillyT
05-21-2012, 03:15 PM
Your car looks great.

The Dodge Dakota with Grand Sport stripes should burn.

MyFirstZ
05-21-2012, 03:17 PM
looks perfect.

maroman88
05-21-2012, 03:29 PM
looks good either way

GhostDakota
05-21-2012, 03:31 PM
Thank ya fella's! The Dakota is an R/T, 5.9L 360 motor. It's not too shabby for a pickup.

Your car looks great.

The Dodge Dakota with Grand Sport stripes should burn.

JW
05-21-2012, 03:54 PM
I kinda liked the stripes.

JW :D

Anti_Rice_Guy
05-21-2012, 03:55 PM
Both look good, but I agree with JW. It set the car apart.

shadowfire
05-21-2012, 04:14 PM
i would have kept just the front ones.. they would look good no??

NjbadSS
05-21-2012, 04:18 PM
Looks much better and cleaner without them

shadowfire
05-21-2012, 04:25 PM
with the way it looks now if you had ghost purple flames it would look sick

MyFirstZ
05-21-2012, 04:36 PM
Only stripes I would do would be flat black

baddest434
05-21-2012, 04:52 PM
no offense i liked the stripes better. it now looks like the 9 billion other black tran ams out there.

GhostDakota
05-21-2012, 05:03 PM
Stripes WILL be back, just not white. I'm going for either darker blue, darker red, or matte black. I'm thinking matte black at the moment would look best. I have the other TA to get up and running now first..

Jersey Mike
05-21-2012, 05:08 PM
Can't wait to see some real photography!

LS1ow
05-21-2012, 05:16 PM
Matte Black on Black always looks sick

GhostDakota
05-21-2012, 05:23 PM
Here are my two purdy cars side by side (dirty though) - cell phone shots:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jNIbHOr7t_U/T7q_h-ejQTI/AAAAAAAAB44/pRZAu-reLeE/s800/IMAG1892.jpg

I took a few shots with my D2x and 70-300 VR just a few seconds ago, but both cars are dirty so I make no promises on how nice it looks :P

The Fixer
05-21-2012, 06:01 PM
Personally, I'm glad those stripes are gone, the stripes on the spoiler and hatch did not match the hood design. Looks much cleaner now IMO. Good job!

MyFirstZ
05-21-2012, 06:09 PM
I'll be doing a matte black manta on my car soon. The guy who did my clear bra is doing it.

So I'm biased to matte black stripes

LS1ow
05-21-2012, 06:18 PM
I'll be doing a matte black manta on my car soon. The guy who did my clear bra is doing it.

So I'm biased to matte black stripes

ant, i think i may have the flat black manta stripe from when i had my black car. never got around to putting the hood on bc the accident, if i still have it ill bring it to mikes for ya

MyFirstZ
05-21-2012, 06:27 PM
That would be sick.

sweetbmxrider
05-21-2012, 06:57 PM
Do the stripes in plastidip :)

greenformula92
05-21-2012, 08:13 PM
matte black on black stripes always look good.

car looks great either way

NJ Torque
05-21-2012, 09:13 PM
I always loved the TTII's on TA's.

RiggsLW81
05-21-2012, 09:29 PM
i liked the white stripes on the ram air hood, perfectly accentuates it.. i woulda kept them but taken off the stripes off the rear portion of the car.

i would go darker blue as the new stripe color..from the current color palate ur debating on.