pinstripes? :confused:

[Abbie2007Beetle]

im a bit torn about getting pinstripes....part of me wants to get pinstripes but another part of me is telling me it's a bad idea..... what do you guys think should i?

p.s. if i get pinstripes im want to get either Lavender or hot pink

my beetle:

[oceanjoe89]

what do you mean by pinstripes? like up the hood and over the roof stripes, bold stripes along the base of the doors, or like a beltline, thin stripe just under the window? or something totally different lol...

hot pink might clash with the gecko green... lavender might even be a bit of stretch, but better... that is all IMHO though...

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by oceanjoe89

what do you mean by pinstripes? like up the hood and over the roof stripes, bold stripes along the base of the doors, or like a beltline, thin stripe just under the window? or something totally different lol...

hot pink might clash with the gecko green... lavender might even be a bit of stretch, but better... that is all IMHO though...

i want some sort of design under the window not just a plain line....what color would u suggest? i also want angel wings to come out from the vw symbol

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by oceanjoe89

what do you mean by pinstripes? like up the hood and over the roof stripes, bold stripes along the base of the doors, or like a beltline, thin stripe just under the window? or something totally different lol...

hot pink might clash with the gecko green... lavender might even be a bit of stretch, but better... that is all IMHO though...

up the hood would be racing stripes

[oceanjoe89]

lol i would call the hood ones racing stripes, too, but you never know who calls what, what

i'm not sure what color i would go for... we need one of our resident photoshop experts to do a little mock up for us...

In just doddling with the image in Preview on my mac and drawing simple lines on it to compare colors, I prefer the look of a more pastel color, either pastel pink or lavender, hot pink does clash...

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by oceanjoe89

lol i would call the hood ones racing stripes, too, but you never know who calls what, what

i'm not sure what color i would go for... we need one of our resident photoshop experts to do a little mock up for us...

In just doddling with the image in Preview on my mac and drawing simple lines on it to compare colors, I prefer the look of a more pastel color, either pastel pink or lavender, hot pink does clash...

how about one of these

[70autostick]

Ive got a plenty... It's all hand painted,took 2hrs or so...I got a ;ittle crazy,but i love it and compliments are a dime a dozen...















And under the hood

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

Ive got a plenty... It's all hand painted,took 2hrs or so...I got a ;ittle crazy,but i love it and compliments are a dime a dozen...















And under the hood

i like ur pin stripes....but for right now i just need some insight as to what color to get the pinstripes

[70autostick]

Oh,sorry...

I think the right shade of pink would look nice
Maybe two stripes using both colors,running along one another...That would be cool.

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

Oh,sorry...

I think the right shade of pink would look nice
Maybe two stripes using both colors,running along one another...That would be cool.

it's ok so with shade of pink do u sugest? the darker....i talked to an paint place yester day and they said that there pice starts at $45

[70autostick]

I may not be the most classy myself(lots and lots of stripes),but that's a great idea ,Cyber green is the best color for for your color choice(in my opinion),very tasteful,lovin' it

[Duffy]

Or something simple like this...

[70autostick]

Side note-highlighting front and rear emblems with some old school striping will make a huge impact

Its just soooo cool.

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

I may not be the most classy myself(lots and lots of stripes),but that's a great idea ,Cyber green is the best color for for your color choice(in my opinion),very tasteful,lovin' it

its actually its gecko green


the one on the left is cyber green....i don't blaim you for getting the color wrong...my sister use to get the color of my car mixed up with cyber green too

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

Side note-highlighting front and rear emblems with some old school striping will make a huge impact

Its just soooo cool.

i just might do that....what kind of emblems?

[70autostick]

Originally Posted by Abbie2007Beetle

i just might do that....what kind of emblems?

The Vw emblems on the hood and hatch,highlighting them with pinstripping makes 'em stick out

There's a white MK4 runnin' around town with some pinstripes around the emblems,different shades of red,its pretty stellar.

[Abbie2007Beetle]

Originally Posted by 70autostick

The Vw emblems on the hood and hatch,highlighting them with pinstripping makes 'em stick out

There's a white MK4 runnin' around town with some pinstripes around the emblems,different shades of red,its pretty stellar.

I was wanting to get Angel wing coming out from emblems on the back.... not sure what i want on the front

[missstarsineyes]

I just bought the stripes 02 in pink, they are gorgeous! Did some research online and found a free shipping coupon. I haven't put them on yet, but they seem like they would easily come off if I ever mature.

Racing Stripes Decals and Side Stripe Graphics

[Abbie2007Beetle]

funny story i just got back from the vw dealer ship...i was uo there picking up my car i had got the wind defelctor for my car i went in side to talk to someone about floor mats and i was showing the guy what happened....when we went out to my car there was a lady looking at my car...she was waiting for them to pull a beetle around and thought it was mine XD...she started apologising saying that she thought abbie was the beetle she was supose to be looking at I told her that it was alright....there's a pic of the car that she was looking at


looks exactly like Abbie except with pinstripes

[topless kitty]

personally i would not do pink on green, i would only do a "color" on a neutral, like white, silver, black. i would only do stylized pinstriping like pictured above. on gecko i would do something neutral, like silver and black perhaps. i don't think a standard pinstripe really lends itself well to the beetle. just my opinion.