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Old Mar 19, 2001 | 12:50 PM
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What do you guys think about pinstripes. I currently have pinstripes on my Max, but my friend thinks my Max would look better without pinstripes. What do you think?

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Old Mar 19, 2001 | 12:59 PM
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I personally don't much care for them...I had them removed on all other cars I had...I like the clean look like the Japanese cars, I haven't seen pinstripes on them, but I could be wrong. Although my maxima has pinstripes now, I am planning on removing them


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Old Mar 19, 2001 | 01:12 PM
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Good Luck getting them off. I did this one satuday and found out that the person how had the car before me had them painted on. I still have one side with pinstip and one side without, I think about this time next year I will have the oher side off!
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 01:24 PM
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a very good point...I THINK the body shop that worked on my car the last time painted my on as well..so no removal for me either
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 02:13 PM
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i had the same question about a week ago search for stripes you'll find your answer there.

BTW, the look better off then on. we're maximas not buicks...LOL
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 03:35 PM
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Originally posted by SMX
Good Luck getting them off. I did this one satuday and found out that the person how had the car before me had them painted on. I still have one side with pinstip and one side without, I think about this time next year I will have the oher side off!
Same here, I'm having the car sanded and painted.

No pin stripes for me. It looks dated.
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 03:48 PM
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I pulled mine off in the parking lot of the dealership.

I had ordered one without stripes so after I pulled off the dealer sticker (which I told them not to put on). i got the stripes off pretty easily. I guess they hadn't had the chance to really bake on yet.
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 04:21 PM
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Mine came w/ them on, but I like the look of them off. So one hot day, I just peeled them off.
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 05:00 PM
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i took mine off right when i got my car. try taking it off on a cold day with a blowdryer. took me about 2.5 hours.
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 06:31 PM
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Just did mine today

The stripe i had on my car was starting to peel off, it's 6 years old. So today i bought a new one and peeled the old one off. It only took me an hour to peel the old one off, using a hairdryer and put the new one on, and it was not too warm out. i guess i had good luck
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Old Mar 19, 2001 | 06:36 PM
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NO PINSTRIPES. I got my car serviced at Nissan today> My car was parked next to another starfire blue max that had pinstripes. Mine looked much better in my opinion.
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 09:16 PM
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Take em off man! cars with pin stipes remind me of old people
Old Mar 19, 2001 | 09:45 PM
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I have a silver one on mine.
I kinda like it.
BUT i have thought about taking off.....
Im not sure how long they've been on so i dont know if the paint underneath will match the rest.
Old Mar 20, 2001 | 01:32 AM
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I had a silver one, and it made a HUGE difference when I took it off. Much sportier. Remove it, and you will be pleased.
Old Mar 20, 2001 | 06:01 AM
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I been hearing the same thing for the last 2 years that my car would look much better

with the pinstripes off. So 2 weeks ago I decided to take it off and honestly I miss my pinstripes. The car looks plain to me like something is missing. Hopefully when I put back on my rims it would look better.


Originally posted by maxjoey
What do you guys think about pinstripes. I currently have pinstripes on my Max, but my friend thinks my Max would look better without pinstripes. What do you think?

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Old Mar 20, 2001 | 06:09 AM
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I did mine a while ago. At first there is remnance of the glue that held it on. Plus because my car is 5 years old it made it harder. But now you can barley tell.
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