The other day an .org member asked me if I am going to take off the pin stripe. Is this something that everyone does; I never thought about it, but it seems I'm the only one here that hasn't done it.
What's the deal?

 

I still have mine... I dunno if i'll take it off, but it looks fine for now.

 

Aww man you guys got pin stripes!
Dude I was soooooo jipped, I'm driving down to that dealer to give him a piece of my mind.
What a rip off?
I didn't know maximas came with pin stripes.

 

i hated my pin stripes but i didnt want to take it off since it was so expensive to put on.

 

I don't think that the maxima's came with pin stripes. I know neither of mine came with stripes. Is must have been a dealer installed add-on.

Anyway...If you like them...keep em on. Who cares what others think.

 

well I have a silver SE with a pinstripe. I think it adds 2 HP!

 

your right, they dont come with them.........its an expensive factory option

 

mine came with the pin stripes and im keeping mine on, i like the break in the color and how it stands out.

 

I didn't think dealers put pinstripes on cars anymore. Yikes! Where do you guys live, texas?

 

 

You actually paid extra for the pin stripes???



I thought the dealer did them.

 

I would remove them ASAP! Don't want people
thinkin' your BigDog or anything...


ADMAN

 

I asked the dealer if they could throw a pin strip on and they did it for free.
(How could it be expensive? You can buy a pinstrip at Pep Boys for $5 and just put it on yourself if need be).

I got a two tone grey and silver on my Sterling mist, it blends in nicely....

 

No pinstripes up here in Canada.....Idon't think I have ever seen them on a max,not that thats good or bad just never seen them around here

 

My Maxima didn't come with pinstripes, but when I got my Sentra SE-R, it already had pinstripes on it. It's a dealer installed item. That's how they gouge you in order to make more off a car.

I saw the list of dealer-installed options and went "$300 to $400 for pinstripes?!? Gotta be kidding." I mean, come on, it's really just two long thin sticker strips! But once it's on, you can't have the dealer take it off and knock the price off. I hate it when dealers do stuff like that to their cars as soon as it comes off the truck. Damn dealers.

 

I told my dealer that if the car had them on - I wanted them off, and would refuse to pay for them.

The dealer add on sticker is $999.95 for pinstriping, mudflaps and something else - I laughed in their faces for that! Hell - for $5 go to Walmart and pick up pinstriping and do it yourself if you want it. I don't like the way it detracts from the cars look (personally).

 

pin stripe sucks. just my 2 cents

 

If you like pinstripes keep 'me. When I got my car I made sure they weren't on there. I've seen a lot of GLE's with stripes at the dealership though.

 

Hey, what's wrong with Texas...

 

I live in Northern VA; I think the guy I bought my SE from got his car from a dealer in VA beach; my silver SE has black...very subtle. I'll keep 'em for now

 

I live in TX. I used to paint the pinstripes on. If the person who painted them on did it to last, the only way you can get them off is to sand them down and repaint. I have some on my 2k2, they look ok.

 

My wife's 2k1 5spd icelandic pearl has two thin gray and teal pinstripes nicely painted on. I did not pay extra for them. My 2k2 6spd Sterling Mist does not have them. The dealer definitely did this on my wife's car. ---FRank

 

2000 SE here and i have two light goldish colored pinstripes on my superblack maxima. i thought about taking them off... but didn't. now it's two years later and i really want to take them off... but im concerned that it's messed up the paint! oh well, i guess i'll just leave them on until i get a new paintjob someday.

 

Actually I heard from all the HONDA owners that you get 2HP from each sticker u have, this means that u have 4HP since there r two pin stripes on each side of your car.

 

damn I didnt know 5th gen maximas came w/ pinstrips anymore till I saw the other thread that BIDDOG had them....I dont have them & I like the way the car is flush w/ no pinstripes