Copperhead Stripes?

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Decided I wanna try stripes on my copperhead. I'm going to go with vinyl because I want to see if I like it before I do anything more permanent. Any recommendations on color? I'm leaning toward carbon fiber. What do you think? What about black or matte black?

Here's a place that appears to have tons of color choices if anyone is interested. - Dodge Viper Rally Stripe Graphic Kit 1
 

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Seems quite inexpensive, but NOT all vinyl is created equal. 70+ color options?!?
Cheap Experiment!

Pre-Cut is nice, too. CF costs more but will shout FAKE,,,, flat-black will coordinate perfectly with top, exhaust ports, tires, etc. Change logos to BLACK?

We have a vendor ready to release SNAKESKIN VINYL....but it wont be anwhere near $200 !!!
 
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Do you carry this stuff Jon? I would certainly come to you first but I thought you didn't have it from what I read elsewhere on the forum.

Good point on the carbon fibre. Yeah, I think black badges will look awesome as well.
 

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My car had matte black vinyl stripes when I bought it. They looked good but the install was cheesy to say the least. They were durable and looked good but after awhile I decided to go with painted stripes.

I had considered going with a matte black or gun metal painted stripes before settling on gloss black with red pearl in it. I am much happier with painted stripes and IMO it looks far better than vinyl.
 
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If I like the look I will have it painted.

Any copperhead owners here with stripes have some pix for me?
 

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when I saw the title of the thread I immediately thought CF.

matte black would be slick too.

or charcoal grey.

wow can't wait to see it
 

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My car had matte black vinyl stripes when I bought it. They looked good but the install was cheesy to say the least. They were durable and looked good but after awhile I decided to go with painted stripes.

I had considered going with a matte black or gun metal painted stripes before settling on gloss black with red pearl in it. I am much happier with painted stripes and IMO it looks far better than vinyl.


powder coat those dam chrome rims on that blacked out car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:dunno:
 
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Leaning toward the matte black now. As JonB said, would match other parts well. Is there concerns waxing?

I remember seeing a copperhead with stripes that turned at the windshield and then went down the side sills. Big viper emblem on the side sills too. Kind of military looking.
 

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I have been thinking of doing this for my car. There's a great vinyl shop I've worked with before on lettering for other projects. I'm going to see what they'll charge to whip something up and put it on for me. I don't mind putting vinyl on, but this is a bit more complicated!

That site looks pretty reasonable.
 

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satin black--black it all out----good quality vinyl should run you about $500-$600 installed with a long warranty.

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I'd like to see CF stripes before saying it look like rice but you can't go wrong with flat black.

Always do vinyl for a while to make sure you wanna live with stripes and the color before being painted.
 

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Obviously not a great photo but these are carbon fiber, vinyl stripes. I don't think they look cheesy at all. I actually get a lot of compliments on them. The previous owner had these put on by someone in Illinois. He wanted to dress up the car without making permanent mods. I think it's a great way to do just that.

I agree that painted stripes would be better if you don't mind the cost and the permanency and the limited options without airbrushing.

I have waxed them and it didn't cause any problems.

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Here's a pic that I stripped from Wedge500's post about the cruise we did in Iowa / Illinios this past weekend. I got a lot of compliments on these stripes and there was another copperhead owner there that was also considering doing this.
 

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Color is comparable. I went with custom-printed vinyl with a bit different shape in the front. I never did like the blunt look of running the stripes all the way under the car. These are color matched to the paint and have a snakeskin pattern in them.

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You can't really see the pattern until you get within five feet or so. I've had tons of compliments on them...
 

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