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Originally Posted by caverman
Personally I'm considering having stripes painted on. Mostly because I'm afraid of how hard it will be to change the viynl stripes 5 or 6 years down the road. They say that within the first year the stripes can come off easily with a hair dryer but after that who knows. So then 5 yrs later you start seeing fading and/or cracking. Try taking them off them. My guess is you would have to have the hood sanded down and re painted. I don't know that, I'm just guessing.
I live in Texas and the sun around here puts a serious hurt on things. So, for me the best thing will probably be to paint them on. The viynl stripes will cost you about $260 and then you'll have to put them on yourself or pay about another $200 - $250 to have someone else put them on. I've been quoted by my paint shop guy $800-$1,200 to paint and clear them on. Knowing my painter it will be at least the $1,200 (maybe more) but it will be done right the first time.
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just an FYI. The paint shop will scuff sand your car to pint the stripes on. So you can try out the vinyl and if they start coming off you can paint them. Just a thought.