Vinyl Stripes do NOT fit the car correctly. - Page 3 - Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums

Rodrunner · 01-17-2009, 06:45 PM

Needs to be wrapped, even if it must be epoxied on the under side to keep it attached.

fixxer56 · 01-17-2009, 07:57 PM

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11893

Check out the IOM Camaro from Montreal..has the same effect of not going to the edge on the trunk and hood

RPO_Z28 · 01-17-2009, 11:21 PM

Duplicate from another thread.

Supermans · 01-17-2009, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by highflyinbean

Thanks zebra.

Any one else notice this?

The stripe does not reach all the way back right?

Yes I noticed this and is a major reason (along with the stripes not being long enough) why I will not be spending money on these.. GM, you need to get the quality control people in and re-do these stripes..

Supermans · 01-17-2009, 11:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamaroScotty

ARE YOU KIDDING??? I NEVER SLEEP!

I don't either

Not until I have a Camaro in my driveway...

ArcAngel · 01-17-2009, 11:35 PM

thats the way they will be always have been as well even on older camaros

Nexus6 · 01-17-2009, 11:47 PM

im getting mine painted then cleared as well. and a few other minor details.

Nexus6 · 01-17-2009, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Supermans

I don't either

Not until I have a Camaro in my driveway...

The only way i'll be able to sleep is if it's in my garage.If it's in my driveway i'll have one eye open on it all night.

drivingincamaro · 01-18-2009, 12:16 AM

all these doom and gloom vinyl stripe threads are making me uneasy of getting vinyl stripes on my camaro

78/Z28 · 01-18-2009, 12:24 AM

As I wrote in another thread somewhere a few days ago, in my experience the main problem with vinyl stripes on the hood is not the installation but what the combination of engine bay temperatures and the sun can do in a few years. They can fade, change colors, and dry out. Once they dry out and start to crack, they can't be satisfactorily removed with 3M's stripe remover...time to grind them off and repaint the hood. However, everywhere else on the car, vinyl can last longer than your paint job.

Xanthos · 01-18-2009, 12:35 AM

Yeah, the vinyl IROC lettering on my 86 was still looking good even after the black paint was horribly faded and peeling in places. I can understand the engine bay heat issues thing though.
- Xanthos

*Mr. Wyndham* · 01-18-2009, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 78/Z28

As I wrote in another thread somewhere a few days ago, in my experience the main problem with vinyl stripes on the hood is not the installation but what the combination of engine bay temperatures and the sun can do in a few years. They can fade, change colors, and dry out. Once they dry out and start to crack, they can't be satisfactorily removed with 3M's stripe remover...time to grind them off and repaint the hood. However, everywhere else on the car, vinyl can last longer than your paint job.

Will this be a problem on this new Camaro since it has a hood liner?

Most new cars come with one, and just living with one through the winter; it became very obvious to me that it lets very little heat through to the hood. Substantially less than cars without a liner.

Xanthos · 01-18-2009, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Will this be a problem on this new Camaro since it has a hood liner?

Most new cars come with one, and just by living with one through the winter; it became very obvious to me that it lets very little heat through to the hood. Substantially less than cars without a liner.

Probably will still be a problem, but less of one than without a liner.

I don't know for sure though.

- Xanthos

78/Z28 · 01-18-2009, 01:06 AM

Good point. My '78 Z28 doesn't have a liner, but half the problem is no doubt that the hood (and trunk lid) will get more direct sunlight than the side areas.

01-17-2009, 06:45 PM	#29
Rodrunner Senior Member Drives: 2010 SS/RS, '06 350Z Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: So. Maryland Posts: 2,333	Needs to be wrapped, even if it must be epoxied on the under side to keep it attached. __________________ 2SS/RS - Black/Black - CGM Rally Stripes - Auto - VIN 10171

01-17-2009, 07:57 PM	#30
fixxer56 Thin Blue Line Drives: ABM 2LT/RS #10094 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: SE Pa Posts: 1,386 View My Garage	http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11893 Check out the IOM Camaro from Montreal..has the same effect of not going to the edge on the trunk and hood __________________ One of the "Few Blue"

01-17-2009, 11:21 PM	#31
RPO_Z28 Drives: 2007 C6Z Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: RVC, New York Posts: 1,748	Duplicate from another thread. __________________ Last edited by RPO_Z28; 01-18-2009 at 12:20 AM.

01-17-2009, 11:35 PM	#34
ArcAngel Drives: 07 Black Cobalt SS/SC Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Manalapan-NJ Posts: 2,872	thats the way they will be always have been as well even on older camaros __________________ Through HIM you believe in GOD, who raised HIM from the dead and Glorified him..

01-18-2009, 12:16 AM	#37
drivingincamaro Drives: 95 civic Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Illinois Posts: 5,796	all these doom and gloom vinyl stripe threads are making me uneasy of getting vinyl stripes on my camaro __________________

01-17-2009, 11:47 PM	#35
Nexus6 More human than human Drives: 2010 IOM 2SS/RS Join Date: May 2008 Location: The mouth of hell Posts: 1,887 View My Garage	im getting mine painted then cleared as well. and a few other minor details.

01-18-2009, 12:24 AM	#38
78/Z28 "I git around" Drives: 1978 Z28 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Charles, MO Posts: 12	As I wrote in another thread somewhere a few days ago, in my experience the main problem with vinyl stripes on the hood is not the installation but what the combination of engine bay temperatures and the sun can do in a few years. They can fade, change colors, and dry out. Once they dry out and start to crack, they can't be satisfactorily removed with 3M's stripe remover...time to grind them off and repaint the hood. However, everywhere else on the car, vinyl can last longer than your paint job.

01-18-2009, 12:35 AM	#39
Xanthos PWA Relapse Drives: Formerly-Stick Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 12,588 View My Garage	Yeah, the vinyl IROC lettering on my 86 was still looking good even after the black paint was horribly faded and peeling in places. I can understand the engine bay heat issues thing though. - Xanthos __________________ 2017 1LT/RS A8 Hyper Blue Metallic

01-18-2009, 01:06 AM	#42
78/Z28 "I git around" Drives: 1978 Z28 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: St. Charles, MO Posts: 12	Good point. My '78 Z28 doesn't have a liner, but half the problem is no doubt that the hood (and trunk lid) will get more direct sunlight than the side areas.

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