racing stripe

[takaaco]

anyone have a pic of a e30 with a stripe

i was thinking about puttin one on my car put wanna get a visual first.

[spiff325is]

what i wanna know is where to get the Motorsport stripes..

[97alpineM3]

Get an idea.. and colors..and go to a decal shop... they can do it better and make it faster than shipping.. and probably cost less...

Just an idea for ya..

Les

[takaaco]

i allready bought the racing stripe , its the one with a 6in. and a 2in. stripe to go off center on the car

i just wanna see if any other bimmer has done the same so i can see what it looks like before i put it on

if its ugly i will just sell the stripe on ebay or something.

[schneider252]

its ugly

[motel_king]

I agree ...it isn't a good look...it doesn't do much for me either but then I'm a bit of a purist when it comes to decoration.

One thing I think needs to be considered is context - I always associate that type of stripe with mid 60s - early 70s pretend "sports" cars (like a Ford Escort or a Capri...remember the hood securing pins and the larged blacked out patches on the hood itself? Yeech!). There would be more merit in having it on a BMW of that era.

The E30 design may now be old but it ain't that old-looking (in my very biased opinion). And it's too classy a car to mess with to that extent.

Just my two cents....

[Oxbrain]

I think a racing stripe can look good, it's all about style. I personally like it to be centered or atleast symetrical. If you had a roll cage in there and stuff it would look a whole lot better. Don't make your car look like a race car and cops won't think you're a race car though...

I've always been more of a fan of sleeper cars anyway.

When I think of racing stripes I think of a white car with two mid-sized ones, like 3-4" side by side and centered. And not all shiney, has to look like a race car, not a show car.


Does anyone know where racing stripes come from? Who invented them?

[Aether]

First ones I can think of were on LeMans Jaguars.

[BMW Lover]

get the m3 flag man it goes on the front drivers side of the car, that looks sick

[gotKRAUT]

Originally posted by Slvr E30iS@Sep 13 2004, 12:48 AM
get the m3 flag man it goes on the front drivers side of the car, that looks sick

but then he'd be a biter....and another German Ricer...

[gotKRAUT]

Originally posted by takaaco@Sep 11 2004, 07:30 PM
i allready bought the racing stripe , its the one with a 6in. and a 2in. stripe to go off center on the car

i just wanna see if any other bimmer has done the same so i can see what it looks like before i put it on

if its ugly i will just sell the stripe on ebay or something.

actually with your car being they dark metallic silver that it is i think the black strip would look sick...one of the few cars it does look sick on i say go for it....if you dont like it take it off...simple as that...all you need is a hairdryer to remove it along with some Goo Gone...post pics if you do it im excited to see...

im not a huge stripe fan and would prolly never do it but if i see it and it looks good props to you

[///M Power]

I heard those strips add like 60 horsepower

[gotKRAUT]

Originally posted by ///M Power@Sep 13 2004, 02:40 AM
I heard those strips add like 60 horsepower

no its more like 58...you have to count in for wind resistance...

[BMW Lover]

really? i saw a dyno page for something else then..i thot it was racing stripes...well anyways it was 42hp and 40lbs torque...well anways that m3 already looks sick i wuldnt do it if i had it.

[e30devo]

m3? wtf are you talking about?