jkru911 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 they had to replace my front bumper and the stripes on the bumper are two piece and they are over lapping a bit i would thinkthe y would be one not two piece thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjsaleen266 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 they had to replace my front bumper and the stripes on the bumperare two piece and they are over lapping a bit i would thinkthe y would be one not two piece thank you I was at a dealer yesterday and both the GT and the GT500 stripes were 2 piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingram4868 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 two piece here also, not sure why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilmor Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 They are all 2 piece; that's just the way its designed to be applied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMe Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Since I am so short, I see this overlapping every time I pass by the front of the car. I believe with the compound angle of the bumper it would be extremely hard to make that stripe one piece and be easy enough for someone to apply it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilman Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 Sometime ago it was explained that the reason for the (2) piece striping was to eliminate any creases, which if they ran it (1) piece would occur. All striped cars are (2) pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boombatz Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 You'll notice the same thing on the back of the car: The stripe on the trunk lid, under the 3rd break light & above the emblem ... where there is a little bump out in the lid .... there's an overlap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkru911 Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 thank you all for the replys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonW Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 When I had my '05 GT striped, the guy that did it is a very good, seasoned professional. He explained that using 2 pieces in the front and back is a necessity with all the various curves and angles going in different directions. It would be almost impossible to do it with 1 piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Slick737 Posted February 24, 2008 Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 If for some reason you have to have your bumer stripes or the rear spoiler stripes replaced, make sure you tell them to over lap them properly. The bottom stripe should be put on first, and the Top Stripe overlaps the Bottom stripe. <--- Correct Procedure Mine was re-done incorrectly and It made the overlap crease alot more noticable and didnt look good at all. See picture: Stripes Put on in the wrong order !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twobjshelbys Posted February 25, 2008 Report Share Posted February 25, 2008 I did both of my cars this weekend and went over them with a fine toothed comb. I did the wash and first coat of "wax" (Turtle Wax Ice, more in the finish topic). I also niticed that the transitions on both bumpers were seamed. Both front and rear. It's a difficult transition to do in one piece without a seam/crease. I honestly don't think I would notice if I weren't so anal retentive but it's definitely there. Black is a very difficult color to deal with, and I've got to give Ford credit where it's due: the paint job on both of my cars is better than the paint job I got on my Mercedes 300E [both black] (which was totally snow unfriendly, since replace with a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500, but I have to deal with snow). It would be interesting to see a black Challenger (which is developed with Daimler (Mercedes)-Chrysler techonolgy) but Challengers (by Congressional edict) should only be orange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtaylor Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 I know that the front bumper could of been one piece. I use to have name of company that made the stripe kits for ford. They sale to public and you can order however long you want it. I'll see if i can find # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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