Replace the stripes?

[Scott Forman]

My 82 FC wears its original brown color scheme. The painted areas are
in excellent condition, but the two stripes that run down the beltline
are faded and crcked, and they really drag down the overall
appearance. I am assuming these are some sort of vinyl "tape" rather
than paint. Has anyone ever tried replacing these without any other
paint work?

Thanks
Scott Forman
82 FC35RB
Memphis

[Scott]

Scott, Our coach is the classic brown,copper,cream color and we have
gold striping that is reflective. I have never attempted to remove the
original but we did match it when we put the name on the front. A
decent auto graphics/pinstripe shop could give you ideas as well.I
would imagine you could "carefully" take an exacto knife and gently cut
alont the stripe so as not to pull any paint that may have looened over
the years.

Scott B
86FC35
SC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> My 82 FC wears its original brown color scheme. The painted areas
are
> in excellent condition, but the two stripes that run down the
beltline
> are faded and crcked, and they really drag down the overall
> appearance. I am assuming these are some sort of vinyl "tape" rather
> than paint. Has anyone ever tried replacing these without any other
> paint work?
>
> Thanks
> Scott Forman
> 82 FC35RB
> Memphis
>

[Jack & Donna Smith]

On our older smaller SOB, we had the same problem. I did some light
scraping and sanding on the offending areas. Then I masked the areas
off, (well, almost enough), and touched up the stripe area with good
ole Krylon, from Ace. Didnt look too bad!! Wouldn't want to try a
big area, like on a Bird however...
Jack Smith
1973FC31
103³ SoCal


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> My 82 FC wears its original brown color scheme. The painted areas are
> in excellent condition, but the two stripes that run down the beltline
> are faded and crcked, and they really drag down the overall
> appearance. I am assuming these are some sort of vinyl "tape" rather
> than paint. Has anyone ever tried replacing these without any other
> paint work?
>
> Thanks
> Scott Forman
> 82 FC35RB
> Memphis
>

[Bob Lawrence]

Mine were in the same shape. Went to my local sign and decal shop. He
cleaned the old stripes and put on new reflectable tape over the old
ones. Looks like new.
Bob Lawrence
84PT36
Tacoma, Wa.
>
> My 82 FC wears its original brown color scheme. The painted areas
are
> in excellent condition, but the two stripes that run down the
beltline
> are faded and crcked, and they really drag down the overall
> appearance. I am assuming these are some sort of vinyl "tape"
rather
> than paint. Has anyone ever tried replacing these without any other
> paint work?
>
> Thanks
> Scott Forman
> 82 FC35RB
> Memphis
>