I asked this a while back and can't seem to find it anywhere.

But I just got my stripes for my 69 from ground up and the instructions are somewhat confusing :confused:

Anyhow if anyone has done this I'd LOVE to hear how you accomplished it and the results, easy,hard,happy with the product.

My wife looked at me reading the instructions laughed and said you just spent all that money on the paint and YOUR gonna put them on?? :eek:

BEOOCH !!! LOL

It doesn't seem THAT difficult .......But, maybe she has a point, I'd HATE to screw it up now.

Not sure how far forward to start the stripe. Do they wrap inside the fenders,and door jambs?
DAMN IT!! I hate to love this stuff......

I am also curious on this one..I am looking to purchase a stripe kit, and I am thinking that I want the stripe painted on..is that what you are doing??

I want the stripe under the clear coat. I have seen kits from Year One, but I am not really sure what they consist of for the paint version. I really dont want to go with decals.

Any help out there?

For me, the method I use to apply decals/stripes, depends on how wide the stripes are. If they are just a "normal" double stripe type thing, I just apply them dry. For wider factory stripes, 4X4 decals, that type of thing, I use a mild soapy water, and a rubber squeege. The nice thing about using water, and squeege, is that you can move the decals around until you squeege the water out.
Some stripes will wrap around the edges, and / or into the jamb, and others don't. Usually, if they are suposed to wrap into the jamb, they'll have a little notch on the top, and bottom edge where they wrap. These notches also help for alignment.
Pull the backing from the stripe, and wet it down well with the soapy water. Also wet down the panel you are applying it to. Place the stripe where you want it, and squeege the water out starting in the middle, and working out towards the ends. Look carefully to make sure there are no air bubbles...if you get a bubble you can't seem to squeege out, use a pin, or razor blade to pop the bubble, then follow up with the squeege.
If you choose to put them on dry, just tack the stripe in place. Don't rub, or press it down until you are sure you have it where you want it.
If it's just tacked down, you can pull it back up if necessary to re-locate it. Once you're happy with it, rub it down, being careful not to trap any air bubbles under it.
Good luck! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

The instructions go with the wet method.

I'm off today so maybe I'll give it a try.


Mine is the decals, not paint.

Well, I worked all night and got the rest of the day off.
I couldn't stand it anymore and went ahead and put on the stripes, just got finished and now it's time for much needed sleep graemlins/boring.gif

Overall it was pretty easy, but the proof will be when I take off the backing paper to reveal the stripes.

It says to give it 3 hours drying time before I remove the paper so I'll let you know how it looks later.

Thanks for the advice....... graemlins/boring.gif graemlins/boring.gif graemlins/boring.gif

:D No wrinkles or bobbles. :D
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