Orange problemo

[samzhot240]

Hey i'm planning to paint my 240 some shade of orange and I really want to put racing stripes on it but I'm afraid it will look ridiculous if i do black stripes. If anyone has any pictures or tips for me please respond. If you have an idea of another color that would look good with the orange please respond.

[theianmonster]

How about orange with white stripes, then pinstripe the white black.

[Zak's Z]

I forget who, but another user recently used Photoshop and took a photo of his car and made some stripes on it. Try that if you have an image editor!

Zak

[LanceM]

I think either orange/black or orange/white would look good.

[Ksteve]

When I was looking for a 240 I wanted either black or white but I came across a 73 with the 918 orange paint and black "240Z" side stripes and had to have it. Cool combination IMO:D Sorry I haven't posted any pictures yet

(no digi-cam).

MSA has a kits availible to do the side stripes yourself in black or white for just $20 as long as you don't mind vinyl decals.

Steve

[sakijo]

I forget who' date=' but another user recently used Photoshop and took a photo of his car and made some stripes on it. Try that if you have an image editor!

Zak[/quote']

It was Tri-Star. Take a look at a few posts down. One is "stripe opinions" and the other is "off to paint"

I think orange with black stripes would look great.

[halz]

My 1969 Monaro GTS was Sebring Orange with black stripes...

[Panamared]

Hi samzhot240.

Why don´t You give a try using adhesive vinyl first.

If the car is not painted you gan get all colors in vinyl film so you can give a try this way.

hope it works for You. My idea is because I have a plotter cutter:).

my 2 Cents.

[THE73Z]

I think a darker tone of the orange you're using would be sweet. Especially if you're going with burnt orange, a darker burnt orange would look really nice. Have your paint shop show you a few tests. It'll be worth it.

If you're not into the darker orange idea, dark silver or dark to medium grey would be very complimentary. I would not do black or white myself. Make sure you're happy with the test. You don't want to spend all that money and have it look ridiculous.

Z