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Donkey_Kong:
--- Quote from: Malenko on May 18, 2008, 10:49:04 am ---I didnt do anything as drastic as putting on a breather and cone filter......
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Are you being sarcastic? What trying to be funny, flexing your mod muscle? ;D
Nice work guys.
HaRuMaN:
I never said I was done...
That's just the start. Long term plans include new header / exhaust setup and a turbo install for the engine, rear sway bar / coilovers for the suspension...
NiN^_^NiN:
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--- Quote from: patrickl on May 19, 2008, 01:28:24 pm ---They really do that? Lol, that must look bad.
Luckily we hardly have any cars with racing stripes in Europe. It's only done on old American cars or on Mini's.
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Sadly yes. they see the European racing counterpart for the car with it on the right and assume that's where it goes. I don't understand why some people put a racing stripe on newer cars where you can't see the hood while you’re driving, but it’s still better than having it on the passenger’s side.
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As far as i know the standard euro racing stripes are very different they aren't ment to be in the middle of the car as the stripes aren't the same side its a big stripe and like a 1" gap then a smaller stripe they are designed for going over the car on the sides instead of the middle
of course most people who do these stripes usually use standard same sized stripes cause they are more common and easier to get
danny_galaga:
my car mod
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patrickl:
There really is no "euro" racing stripe tradition. European cars have traditionally raced in their national racing colors: Green for the UK, white/silver for the Germans, red for the Italians and blue for the French etc etc. If there are European cars sold with odd stripes on them, then it must have been the US marketing branch that had those stripes put there.
:edit: Tried to find examples of European cars with stripes, but I can really only find American cars and Mini's. The Mini (Cooper) tends to have stripes on the hood only (on the sides of the hood)
The only examples of off-center stripes I found were put there by Americans. It's on Miata's (Japanese car), on 1950's Henry J's and indeed an American puts off center racing stripes on his brand new mini
Here is the National Racing Colors for reference. Indeed it shows the US as "White, Blue lengthwise stripes" or "Blue, White lengthwise stripes". Besides the US, Only Canada (Red with white stripes) has full lenght stripes and Greece (Blue with white stripes) has the bonnet stripes like the Mini has.
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