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Stripes

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Posted by: Kevin O'Connell

Anyone ever done any kind of racing stripes- like the old Cobra stripes on MK VIII's? If so, can you post pics so we can see what they look like?
How about any other graphics ideas- no junk stick on flames, just quality paint stuff.
Any one know sources of Lincoln racing emblems, stickers, graphics, etc for bench racing, sales at car shows or the like?
Other than Geno, is anybody got a pro racing team running Lincolns?:

Posted by: mespock

Hell No... Not into Rice $hit...

Posted by: poniesviii

There's a guy that did a nice two tone job at least 5 years ago, down the sides., divided just above the door handles. If I remember right it was silver/burgundy.

Racing stripes on these cars would be.... uh. .. .

Posted by: 96mark8

i think it would look cool to maybe. i would also like to see some pics. or a photo shop

Posted by: mespock

Please Please no!!! No Stripes... Let the car have some class...

Posted by: ONEBADMK8

Heres a customers car from about 5-6 years ago.

Posted by: whiplash15

HEY! That looks ok,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from the side...........

Posted by: devilchild

im thinking of doing a big ole' "01" on my doors and a confederate flag on the roof....

ok .. maybe not.. but it would still look better than stripes

Posted by: Scorpio1118_2000

Stripes are best left to the the t-bird guys, 2 tone would be nice but not much else. Most luxury cars will not have stripes but there is one guy that had a pretty wild paintjob on this site, do a search on it. He was thinking about selling it as is, and we told him to repaint it first.

Posted by: mespock

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Originally Posted by whiplash15

HEY! That looks ok,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, from the side...........

I'd have to agree... Those stripes just don't work.. Geno good pic to show why not to stripe a Mark VIII..... Do we have to post the Yellow Mark VIII again to show Modification go Bad...

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

please do not mention that hideous mark viii ever again...lol

Posted by: ONEBADMK8

Please don't mention stripes or that frekin' yellow "thing" again!! LMAO!

Posted by: mespock

Well you know.... there are cars you can strip and rice out and then there are cars that need to be respected...like the Mark VIII.

I'm not saying that people should bow down to the Mark VIII just saying that it's a disgrace to the Mark VIII to put flash on it .. in my opinion the stripes take away from the Mark VIII's respect and lowers it and the driver to the realm of what ricers do.

The Mark VIII isn't a fast car but can be made into a respectable car with work. Why shouw somone do the same thing to the Mark VIII that Ricers do when they bling the hell out of the car and make it look like it should be on the track sitting in the winner's circle when it can't. (granted there are nice foreign cars that can be easily modded to scream down the track, but they too need work not stickers or a stripe).

To me the Mark VIII is a 90's attempt on American Muscle in a Luxury car, not that it compares to those of the 60's or early 70's but... it's much more than many options from the 80's and 90's... The Mark VIII should not fit in the realm of those stupid 90's Dodge Avengers that I see so often with stripes an appeal to the HS and Ricer crowd...

Posted by: bbrase

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Originally Posted by ONEBADMK8

Please don't mention stripes or that frekin' yellow "thing" again!! LMAO!

....LINKS! I need to see this beast.

thanks.

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbrase

....LINKS! I need to see this beast.

thanks.

Beast? It is far from a beast. hahahaa

Posted by: XLRVIII

most people dont realize that the cobra stripes on the mustangs weren't STRAIGHT LINES.

The only portion that was straight lines is the middle seperator stripe, the outsides of the stripes had different dimensions from the front of the hood to the back of the hood and the front of the roof to the back of the roof and from the beginning of the trunk lid to the bottom of the car.

That is why "most stripes" on cars just "dont look right".. because.. THEY AREN'T RIGHT because they are "STRAIGHT STRIPES".

Geno's mark 8 picture posted above illustrates that perfectly...those straight stripes no way resemble "cobra stripes"..other than.. they are stripes.
The outer demensions are all wrong.

Posted by: 96mark8

ok maybe strips is a bad idea

Posted by: mespock

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Originally Posted by 96mark8

ok maybe strips is a bad idea

Now you are talking...

Posted by: kustomizingkid

Who was it that two toned their Mark this summer? I thought that car looked damn good.

Posted by: turborich

I just did my stripes with a spray can of krylon spray paint & lots of masking tape. It looks just like a street racer honda now! It even feels faster too!

Posted by: glanga

whats the yellow "thing"?

Posted by: turborich

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Originally Posted by glanga

whats the yellow "thing"?

I fear that others will kick me off the LVC website now.

Posted by: glanga

sorry i asked...

Posted by: 93' Blue on blue

O dear...

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

nooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!! my eyes!!!!!!!!

Posted by: mespock

Quote:

Originally Posted by turborich

I just did my stripes with a spray can of krylon spray paint & lots of masking tape. It looks just like a street racer honda now! It even feels faster too!

With that car picks posted I can rest my case against stripes.... I know everyone has their own taste but please please don't have a taste for $hit...

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Originally Posted by glanga

whats the yellow "thing"?

12th commandment Thou Shalt not Ask about the Yellow Thing

Quote:

Originally Posted by turborich

I fear that others will kick me off the LVC website now.

11th Commandment Thou Shalt not Post the Yellow Thing..

But You will not go to hell on this one as it was my fault for bringing the thought up.... You are forgiven but barely....

But even the retard who did the yello thing didn't put stripes on it...

Posted by: isaiah3g

ouch..thats one ugly car!

I did a single stripe on the hood of my car,at first it wasn't all that great but now i like it,its all in the eyes of the owner i guess.

I tried to load some pics but it said invalid post...ill try again when i get in from work today.

Posted by: bbrase

THAT my friends is CLASSY!

j/k, but thanks for posting... It is kind of like an "anti-drug" commercial.

Posted by: neodon

even ray charles didnt like it

Posted by: ONEBADMK8

My retina's are damaged, thanks Rich.

Posted by: mespock

Sorry.... but it gives everyone the idea on what not to do.. I guess that Yellow one is the extreme...

Please forgive me and please don't take me bling away..LOL..

Posted by: Battery

Oh my God that is hideous. I can still see it even with my eyes closed.

Posted by: isaiah3g

well i tried to load the pics of my car with the stripe but it wont load, it says somehting about invalid post..so i guess if ya take a look at my cardomain page you can see it. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2574769 theres the link so maybe it'll work now

Posted by: Kevin O'Connell

OK, I give on the Krylon and Mella-Yella piece of fecal matter!
I still say that there's a right way to do this.
If you guys are flowing Ford blue in yer veins, praying to the Ford Lord, don't blaspheme about anything Ol' Henry said for fear of being struck by a big ol' ford blue bolt of lightning, and think that Lincoln is the one true faith of the Luxo- hot-rod world, then you can't tell me that GT-40's, Shelby 'stangs, Cobra's and Cougar Eliminators don't look good with stripes.
So there! Hot rods are about individuality, performance, looks, new ideas, old ideas and not building belly-button or Assh**le cars- you know.. everybody's got one. Got nothing to do with "ricer" looks.
I, for one don't want to belong to a club that thinks that only certain wheels, motor mods, paint and body mods fit within a cookie cutter mold.
The true spirit of hot-rodding is individuality and creativity. Where would we be as a group without the hump-eliminator wing or the cowl induction hood- somebody had to take a chance and make the first ones?

Enuff ranting! Back to one of my other questions- anybody know of race teams running Lincolns and if so, how do you contact them?

Posted by: turborich

Come on guys! I didn't put any stripes on my car, You know that I edited that pic & did a bad job too! I would NEVER put stripes on the Mark VIII & I would never claim it to feel faster because of them.

Well let's see, Now Geno has burned up eyes & I'm sure that others of you have almost thrown up. I wonder if that yellow monster was done up like that in another country? I don't know who would actually pay for a Mark VIII thats looks to be crossed with a pontiac & a locomotive. Does anyone have any info on that car?

Posted by: Movie Muscle

Wow..........people's tastes are sooooooooooooooo different. From this day fourth thou shalt be known to the world as "The Great Lemon"

Posted by: mespock

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Originally Posted by turborich

Does anyone have any info on that car?

No No No No No.. no more talk about that hidious thing.. It was done in Europe but that's where it stops... Or I'm coming to Vegas and painting stripes on your car.. LOL...

Posted by: glanga

It looks like BumbleBee from the Transformers haha.

Posted by: MediumD

I think stripes would look nice, if done right, I have some ideas in my head but can't describe them... (I don't think I would ever actually do stripes on a Mark VIII, but I think it could be done well. I agree you can't just throw some loudly colored stripes on this kind of car.

Posted by: JoeyLincolnMK8

Quote:

Originally Posted by glanga

It looks like BumbleBee from the Transformers haha.

LOL I think BumbleBee would jump outta that Mark and enter a fricking Del Sol instead.

Posted by: jamie97lsc

that yellow mark isnt even worthy of having dynomite packed inside it. i hope to god that car doesnt still pollute this earth by being present on it.

Posted by: Scorpio1118_2000

I was not going to mention that bastard stepdog of a car, someone should buy it from the owner and return it to its former glory. And add some good mods of course.

Posted by: slickemhoundd

Quote:

Originally Posted by turborich

I fear that others will kick me off the LVC website now.

speechless

Posted by: papa bear

I think that a all black mark would look good with semi flat black stripes or the cobra r hood done in semi flat black in the center like the boss mustangs,i might even try this next year,i was thinking about the hood having lettering with the lincoln emblem popping threw the flat black in gloss black

Posted by: isaiah3g

i have a single black stripe off of a Mach 1 on the hood of my car,its funny cause people look at the car and go "Oh,it's a Mach 1 Lincoln" and i say.."yes it is"

if ya look a lil bit on this thread you'll see a link to my car domain page

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