To stripe or not to stripe????

[dltalfa]

I'd like everyone's opinion.

I have a white 1972 240z. It has slotted mags and black interior. I orderd the black "240Z" side stipes almost a year ago, (right after I had it painted). I keep planning on installing them,...but everytime I plan to start,..I look at the car in plain form and back out.

At other times, I feel the car looks too bland and I think the stripe would "jazz" it up a little.

I look at the gallery and see several of the Z's with the stripe and I really like it.

I may end up selling it in another year or two,..so i should factor sale-ability into the equation too.

I'd like to hear everyone's opinion. Should I install the stripe or not.

Edited March 30, 2013 by dltalfa

[psdenno]

You asked one of those questions that only you, as the owner, can answer. I suppose if you really can't decide and it totally bugs the snot out of you, you could stripe the driver's side and leave the passenger side plain.

Dennis

[dltalfa]

You asked one of those questions that only you, as the owner, can answer. I suppose if you really can't decide and it totally bugs the snot out of you, you could stripe the driver's side and leave the passenger side plain.

Dennis

Yea,...but I guess you could say I was polling the public opinion.

[Captain_Zeros]

I like the stripes that came on my Z, and the trim... and the chrome... and the more stripes... and the oh god so many little dealer option thingies....

[redzedsled]

One vote for "No Stripes" from the Great White North!

[FastWoman]

Another vote for "no stripes" from the stylish American South. :-) Such a lovely body needs no embellishments.

[siteunseen]

I like the original stripes on mine but the ones they sale now I do not like, the ones that have the open block style "240Z". So when I can afford to repaint it'll be stripe-less. No more Starsky & Hutch. :disappoin

[rcb280z]

Haha, Starsky & Hutch was a great show in the day. dltalfa, I feel your pain. Its the same as doing minor mods to the exterior of the Z like I did 20 years ago. Now I wish I had left it original. Take some painters tape and tape them on one side for the day. Maybe that will help you decide.

[dltalfa]

Haha, Starsky & Hutch was a great show in the day. dltalfa, I feel your pain. Its the same as doing minor mods to the exterior of the Z like I did 20 years ago. Now I wish I had left it original. Take some painters tape and tape them on one side for the day. Maybe that will help you decide.

I have gone to the web and saved several pictures of white casr with the black stripe. I have looked at them over and over. While I like the look myself,...I'm trying to verify the thoughts of other Z owners.

Let's face it,...every molested Z we see on eBay was done by someone who "thought it look good to them". We all wish they had gotten other peoples opinion before they made those mods.

I understand that it should be done however I like,...but as I posted earlier, I know that I will be selling it some day and I dont want to do anything to minimize the resale value.

[auzziez]

I like the stripes, but I'm with SiteUnSeen. I call the two types of stripes the 240Z-Positive and the 240Z-Negative (as in film negatives). I like the 240Z-Negative, where the 240Z are cut out of the stripe so the body color shows through. See the pics. First one is the 240Z-Negative. Second one is the 240Z-Positive.

[JLPurcell]

I believe that the stripes shorten the look of the body and I like that look. The original factory accessory stripe kit part # 99990-00105 was the stripe with the 240Z cut out of the middle stripe with the body color forming the "240Z" I had an original kit and had a vendor reproduce these for me.

[Darrel]

If you go with the stripe, your choice. My vote would be for the original stripe look. The newer one just has the unfinished look about it.