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Old Feb 9, 2008 | 10:02 PM
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Default Re: Slasher Stripes
Originally Posted by doublediz
Nice what did you use or where did you get them from?
In another thread SennaSpirit had linked to http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXHX83&P=7 which is a product called Top Flite Trim MonoKote Aluminum. I called several hobby shops locally but nobody had it so I ordered from Tower Hobbies. Yeah, the stuff was only a couple bucks but with shipping it came to $11.48 so shipping was like 3x the cost of the material!!

When I first got it I thought it seemed really flimsy and not terribly sticky. I made a quickie template of the angle of the door opening at the bottom then used that to determine the cut angle at the top of the sheet (flip the template around to cut the sheet for the other side). Since the sheet was 5" wide I just slit it down the middle to get two pieces, each 2.5" wide. Each piece needs to be roughly 7" long but I didn't measure that exactly as I just trimmed off the underside of the car when done. I did give the rocker panel area a good cleaning with a wax and grease remover, then used a body filler spatula to smooth out the stripes as I applied them. My initial fear of them not feeling very sticky proved unwarranted though as adhesion was excellent. I rolled the back of the car up on ramps for easier access and just eye balled the gap between the stripes, but the whole install took a whopping 15 minutes at most.

The finish is a metallic silver and only slightly darker than the other silver trim on the car. I'm normally very picky about this sort of thing but I'm very pleased with the final result.
 
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