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View Poll Results: What do u think of stickers on non GT's
Don't like the stripes 34 5.84%
Don't like the bulge sticker 14 2.41%
Don't like either 202 34.71%
Bulge stickers look good 62 10.65%
Stripes look good 30 5.15%
Both look good 108 18.56%
Depends on specific car 121 20.79%
other (please post) 11 1.89%
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Old 30-07-2006, 08:12 PM   #271
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Stripes or bulges on a non GT/GTP = as bad as a 5" cannon on a rice bucket. End of story
What about Devil R and Enforcer Xr8's..... Did they not come with Bonnet decals...... What worse in my opinion are the XT's and XR's mocked up with fibre glass to look like a GT or F6.... IMO that one quick way of destroying a fine looking car.......
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Old 30-07-2006, 09:37 PM   #272
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What about Devil R and Enforcer Xr8's..... Did they not come with Bonnet decals...... What worse in my opinion are the XT's and XR's mocked up with fibre glass to look like a GT or F6.... IMO that one quick way of destroying a fine looking car.......
Yes the DevilR and Enforcer did come out with bonet decals, no big drama realy,
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Stripes or bulges on a non GT/GTP
but how do you shove a 5.4 Boss under a bonet without the bulge ? :voldar02:

Cant believe this thread is still kicking.
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Old 30-07-2006, 09:42 PM   #273
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Old 31-07-2006, 05:59 AM   #274
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You would never choose to put stripes on your car Bucky. It was Jim's fault was in it.
He lead me astray
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Old 31-07-2006, 04:45 PM   #275
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Old 31-07-2006, 11:06 PM   #276
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I would only put those stripes on my BA if it could perform as good as or better than a GT or GTP, otherwise it's like mutton dressed up as lamb, I see to many holdens driving with hsv bodykits and a bog standard 6 under the hood, we dont want to look like that.
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Old 31-07-2006, 11:37 PM   #277
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Old 07-08-2006, 03:17 PM   #278
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I would only put those stripes on my BA if it could perform as good as or better than a GT or GTP, otherwise it's like mutton dressed up as lamb, I see to many holdens driving with hsv bodykits and a bog standard 6 under the hood, we dont want to look like that.

Will have my F6 soon, and we know they are as good as, or better than a GT, but it won't be getting the stripe treatment
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Old 07-08-2006, 03:19 PM   #279
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I have seen some dodgy stripes of late. One xr, they were not even on straight, let alone the right length...
Why bother doing it, if you can't even put them on correctly in the first place!
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Old 07-08-2006, 05:40 PM   #280
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I don't think it will be too long until we see Holden tranny drivers painting the dash of their VN Commonwhores orange to copy the new SSV.
Talking about the new SSV, I think holden are going to be offering stripes as part of there new accessory range for the VE. Not like the GT ones though, these look as though they will go strait down the centre of the car.
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Old 07-08-2006, 05:57 PM   #281
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And another rip off from Cobra...
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Old 08-08-2006, 12:03 AM   #282
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I reckon that no Aussie car deserves stripes except on Fords, as do bulges.
Abomination when Suzukis, Hondas and such use stripes (custom) to make the car look better. Fact: it makes it look **** and non-authentic.
Anybody else who uses them it simply somebody making their car something that it is not.
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Old 08-05-2007, 08:10 PM   #283
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who gives a rats a=s=, FPV owners tend to get to high and mighty...bulge stripes look goood on XR's...
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Old 08-05-2007, 08:38 PM   #284
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Stripes and the bonnet bulges seem to go well together...worked for the 70's muscle cars and they look great on modern muscle aswell.

Here's a pic of my baby, IMO she looks a million time's better with those LeMans style stripes...go FORD!!! :
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Old 08-05-2007, 09:18 PM   #285
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Each to their own, I say depends on each individual car (colour, style etc)
Nothing to say they are just "GT" stripes but I dont believe that people who stripe their current XR's now should put on stripes that say FPV if the arent. Dress it up a bit and make it your own.
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Old 08-05-2007, 11:07 PM   #286
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my folks have a orange ba xr6 with two fat black gt stripes. it looks good and soots the car.
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Old 08-05-2007, 11:09 PM   #287
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I like the stripes...I have them on my XR8...but then mine are also custom made...not that it makes too much of a difference,as they are still GT style I spose....any way I like them...JMO...
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Old 08-05-2007, 11:10 PM   #288
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All strips and stickers are good, but leave them on what they came out on.
ie: gt strips for gt's only, if one day ford put a strip kit on the xr6/8 then thats wear those stripes belong, no mixing and matching between models.
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Old 08-05-2007, 11:28 PM   #289
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my opinion, leave the stipes for the gt's but if u must have them HAVE THEM, as for the buldge. i see the buldge as the most sexiest thing ford have brought out, as well as the force6 bobtail spolier. being part of the ford family, xr6, xr8, f6, gt gt-p we should all share that beautiful curve that style of bonnet beholds.

when ur at the pub looking at which girl to go talk to, the skinny drowned rat(flat bonnet) or the nicely shaped girl with a nice **** and decent sized rack(buldge bonnet), which one are u going to take home? i think u would say the one with the good curves.

understandable if i saw a holden driving around with the buldge bonnet by ford. BUT WERE FAMILY let us share our older brothers fortunes.
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Old 09-05-2007, 12:58 AM   #290
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XR6-8`s with GT stripes look shabby.
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Old 09-05-2007, 08:35 AM   #291
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who gives a rats a=s=, FPV owners tend to get to high and mighty...bulge stripes look goood on XR's...
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Old 09-05-2007, 10:43 AM   #292
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I would only put GT stipes on a V8 model (with bonnet bulge of course!)
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Old 09-05-2007, 01:19 PM   #293
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Downright sacrilidge they should only be put on gts thats what they were made for.
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Old 09-05-2007, 04:58 PM   #294
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We had stripes and bulge stickers (obviously we put a bulge hood on first haha) on our G220, looked pretty bloody good if you ask me.

They can look good on non-Gts sometimes, but they can also look crap.
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Old 09-05-2007, 06:36 PM   #295
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If people think that adhesive stickers look good plastered on their car let them go for it.
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Old 09-05-2007, 07:02 PM   #296
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So far I've been called a try-hard, ****er and gimp amongst other things in this thread for having a XR8 with stripes and bulge decal. I guess I have more rotten fruit to be thrown in my direction when I say I have small discrete super roo decals too!

Personally, my red Falcon looks good with white stripes. I guess thats what you would call as my opinion and for those who dont like that, bad luck because I wont lose any sleep worrying about it.
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Old 10-05-2007, 07:24 AM   #297
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So far I've been called a try-hard, ****er and gimp amongst other things in this thread for having a XR8 with stripes and bulge decal. I guess I have more rotten fruit to be thrown in my direction when I say I have small discrete super roo decals too!

Personally, my red Falcon looks good with white stripes. I guess thats what you would call as my opinion and for those who dont like that, bad luck because I wont lose any sleep worrying about it.
Well put me in the same boat as banarcus,coz i think my XR8 looks **** hot too,stripes and all.....lol
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Old 10-05-2007, 05:05 PM   #298
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There's a white AU Forte wagon getting around in Cairns, not only with stripes and bonnet vents, but GT P decals as well. :
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:19 PM   #299
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Haha........Ive recently gotten blue BF tri style stripes down the side on my BF XR6T.

Given it was a winter white car it really needed something to liven it up and break the lines. (And stop everyone hitting the brakes when they see me coming up behind them thinking its a highway car!)

The stripes must make it go faster....cause no FPVs have kept up yet
(Disclaimer - I want a FPV myself!)
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Old 11-05-2007, 09:18 PM   #300
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Given it was a winter white car it really needed something to liven it up and break the lines. (And stop everyone hitting the brakes when they see me coming up behind them thinking its a highway car!)
I've seen a unmarked XR8 copcar with stripes...
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