Minnesota Focus Owners Club

I am normally NOT an advocate of vinyls. But I feel like doing something a little bit different. I don't know how to post pictures on here, but basically what I am thinking about doing is some "GT500" style stripes on my 5door SVT. My car is red, stock 6 spoke SVT wheels, and rebadged with black and chrome ovals and my build number on top of my front bumper. I would probably just have the vinyls say "SVT" or something like that.

Opinions? Anybody on here have stripes of any sort?

If it helps, my "back up" ride is a 69' AMX, it is still original paint so it is like a dark maroon color. I just want my focus to be a little bit sportier looking. The AMX is my "sleeper"

I think you should do ZX500....











- I hope the OG's get this...

OHHHHHH SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ZX500 is back up!!!!!!!!

Hmmm, not sure if that is a shot at me or not? Or I am missing something...

shot at someone that got banned last year

If its tasteful and done right I am okay with it. Now if you were talking flames or some other funky printed graphic I'd have to say no, just my opinion but some things should be paint and applied by an artist vs mass produced and stuck on. GT type side stripes and even hood stripes are okay in my book.

B

I could look great. but it could look terrible. it's all about the planning.
get alot of PSing done and see what looks best.
I always liked the vinyl work on mustangs and the DOHC VTEC stuff on stock Civic SI's. so you could definitely make it work.

Well, I did it. Not overly happy with myself. Could someone tell/PM me how to post pics on the forums so I can show it?

Basically I decided to line up the stripes with the angle on the door moldings instead of the bottom of the car. I wanted to give the car a more agressive stance (by making the car look like like it was hunching forward more than it already is). At a glance I think it looks good, but then when you actually LOOK at the car, it just looks like stripes are crooked IMO. Very disappointed...

May have been a waste of money...After I get pics up I would really like honest opinions.

I wish I would have known someone that has/is good at photoshoping...

Easy way to upload pictures is to sign up for a free photobucket account, then upload your picture and copy the [img] tag that they create for you and paste it in your post.

I couldnt find a zx5 svt in red. But like this?




Looks OK

eleanor

Ataru did this acouple years ago with is SVT, but it did'nt last long...he took it off acouple weeks later...

I could'nt find pics, but if you really want them, I could dig and find them...

His is Sonic Blue and he did either a silver or Bronze stripe, and had a Sonic outline in the logo...