What are stripes made of?

[DIESELDOG]

Are the stripes on Vipers made of a vinyl stick on product or are they actually paint? As they would come from factory . Thank you for your input.

 

[HyperViper]

Paint........

 

[08viperviolet]

factory are painted on. Aftermarket vinyl.

 

[BlknBlu]

on the gen3 and 4's they are painted on after that fact and leave an edge to the paint on the car. That is why it appears to be a sticker since the clear is not blended.

Bruce

 

[ViperCobra]

Good information

 

[PDCjonny]

Ah but there was a year when they were NOT painted on from the factory, they were decals under clearcoat.

 

[AZTVR]

Ah but there was a year when they were NOT painted on from the factory, they were decals under clearcoat.

What year? I had not heard of that before.

 

[SNIPERDOG]

they are made of unobtainium

 

[PDCjonny]

1996 RT/10's for that year only had vinyl stripes under clearcoat.
It was problematic and never done again.

 

[malcoll]

I don't know how it was problematic....I owned a 1996 RT that I drove daily for a number of years and never had any issues with the stripes..... a friend has it now and the stripes still look great......

 

[sun diego]

They crush Corvettes to get the pigment.

 

[Allan]

$3,000.00 worth of special paint that is developed for use at speeds up to 200 MPH.

 

[99 R/T 10]

They crush Corvettes to get the pigment.

 

[PDCjonny]

I don't know how it was problematic....I owned a 1996 RT that I drove daily for a number of years and never had any issues with the stripes..... a friend has it now and the stripes still look great......

One issue wa fading of the decal under the clear, they changed color.
It would certainly be cheaper than painting, so the fact they discontinued it there after tells you what?

 

[malcoll]

It tells me nothing..... I never heard of anyone experiencing fading.... me thinks you are making this up... quote your information source....

 

[Flexx91]

I don't know how it was problematic....I owned a 1996 RT that I drove daily for a number of years and never had any issues with the stripes..... a friend has it now and the stripes still look great......

Same here. Had a white/blue RT-10. Yes, the stripes were vinyl then clear coated but never heard of or experienced any issues.

 

[PDCjonny]

Pretty sure it was a post by Jon B in which he described the reason Dodge stopped doing stripes that way, but really don't give a **** enough to research it.
One thing is for sure, they did it once and never again so it was a failed attempt at doing stripes on the cheap.
Or Dodge would have continued it.

That's obvious.

 

[Flexx91]

Pretty sure it was a post by Jon B in which he described the reason Dodge stopped doing stripes that way, but really don't give a **** enough to research it.
One thing is for sure, they did it once and never again so it was a failed attempt at doing stripes on the cheap.
Or Dodge would have continued it.

That's obvious.

True but whether or not is was cost effective to Dodge was not the question (which the folks at Prefix had confirmed). The question was whether or not they were reliable and coming from an owner of one, I never had any issues.