Buckeye1

I'm thinking of adding scarlet and gray pinstripes to my white RX350...I've seen single pinstripes, either gold or silver but the dealership said they can do doubles...as I am a huge OSU Buckeye fan...I was thinking of adding the stripes to differenciate my RX from all the other white ones I have seen.

Need to know if anyone has added the pinstripes and what they think.

Thank you.

Lil4X

I had sort of milk chocolate and gold-(ish) stripes applied to my white RX 300 and they were gorgeous! I contacted a striper locally that did hand-striping, and is well known in the hotrod and motorcycle community, and has a shelf full of awards for his work. For under $200, he applied stripes to both sides with a freehand "arrowhead" on the front and a modest filigree to the rear, plus decorated the hatch handle with a little freehand work. It took him about 30 minutes, and the car could be driven almost immediately.

I am totally in awe of these artists - working freehand with only a line of masking tape about an inch below his work area as a guide, this guy laid down two parallel stripes slowly and deliberately, one after the other, then freehanded the ends. The control and concentration required for this are something to behold. Check around local car shows, hot rod cruises, and motorcycle tours to meet or get names of local artists in your area. A couple of simple pinstripes are relatively cheap in their line of work, and can really bring out the lines of your car. These people have a great deal of experience and can suggest both colors and placement of the stripes for best effect.

What's the difference between tape and hand-applied stripes? Tape stripes look cheap, they fade in sunlight, and they don't have the "personality" that a few tiny imperfections produce. I asked him to sign his work and he was proud to do so.

steiner

This sort of thing is strictly personal. And since you ask for personal opinion, I want to offer mine.

There is a reason you saw a lot of cars with pinstripes in the 80s and 90s but don't see it that often now: It makes the car looks cheap and so last century. My dealership offered to do it for free (hand-painted type) but I turned down. I remembered I had an Acura Integra in 1990, and the guy came over to my house and did a very beautiful job. I loved it back then, but decided to leave it in the past and not on my RX350 now.

Lil4X

The RX 300 - particularly in white, needed something to relieve the inverted bathtub shape - thus I had it striped. My Savanna RX 330 has a number of shadow lines, breaks, and creases in the sides that I could never find just the right place for stripes.

However, I am threatening to have the guy paint a set of ghost flames on my wife's van . . .

http://www.milburnscustompaint.com/Vehicles.html

Rollin'ES3

Cant picture it on an RX.

You'll be the first...Goodluck brave one

Orzel

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Our RX 330 is pinstriped with black and silver - looks quite good against the Thundercloud Metallic color. Our neighbor has a Silver RX 330 and his is pinstriped in black. Both vehicles have the stripping done to follow the contour line of the upper part of the doors. We've seen several RX's here that have similar pinstripes done. Would try to post a picture, but so far my picture posting skills have all been abysmal failures!

Buckeye1

I know...I'm pretty nervous, but the dealership said it wouldn't cost much to have them removed if I don't like.

Thanks for responding.

Buckeye1

tgdaman

I'm one of those who had pinstipes on my cars of the 80's.
I've had both tape and painted, and my advice is don't go with tape, for many reasons. Find a good artist with paint and look at examples of his/her work first.
I hadn't thought of doing it to my '08 crystal white, but now you've got me thinking about it...........

Buckeye1

Got it done today...it's looks great! The guy from the Lexus dealership is truly an artist. It's scarlet and gray with the block OSU in place of the (L) for Lexus emblem. Now my white RX is unique!

Buckeye1

mandyfig

Ok, now post pics!

lester123

I'm a Buckeye fan who used to live in Cincinnati, OH but now lives in south Florida. Just had OSU colors hand painted on my 2013 RX350 Friday for $150 . I didn't put the OSU on it for fear that a Miami U fan would remember losing in the bowl game several years ago. Pin striping looks great.
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Carver

Mine came with a single gray stripe with the Lexus logo on the front fender and I've always thought it looks good on the car. Now you've got me thinking about blue and silver with a little Cowboy star on there...nah, some insane Giants fan would give me a third stripe with her car key!

Henry2024

I'm thinking of doing the same thing.

RX330inFL

Of course, all the UF fans in the state will know and they will point and laugh...

kickin8

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the last respond was back in 2008....