Anyone a vinyl pinstripe installer/ has installed vinyl pinstripes on a vehicle?

[87gtVIC]

Going to install gold pinstripes on my Crown Victoria in the coming months. I got the vinyl pinstripes where there are two on a roll and one line is about double the thickness of the other. I am trying to replicate the stock finish the car had many moons ago. I am completely confident about applying the pinstriped to the side of the vehicle where there are no bends to navigate, what I am concerned about is the hood/header panel as well as the trunk.

On those areas the stripes takes two 90 degree turns. I am a bit puzzled on how the double lines vinyl will react to such a maneuver. What I am fearing is that to achieve the result I want I will have to purchase more pinstripe and do one line at a time hoping to achieve the same distance between the two lines to keep it looking professional.

I have looked on youtube but all I can find regarding vinyl pinstripping covers the sides of the vehicle without any bends such as the 90 degree turns I plan to do.

Opinions, experiences, advice?



EDIT: Hello people from the future...the job has been successfully completed: http://www.grandmarq.net/vb/showthre...l=1#post758175

[sxcpotatoes]

I watched my uncle do the pinstripes on my '91 slicktop (he didn't have enough black in the shop so we went with a really nice complimentary metallic graphite) and he followed the body line at the front fender, if you go slow and curve the line as you strip the backing/sticky part cover you can make turns, I don't know if you can keep both parallel or how tight the turn can be, but it was enough to curve them down to meet at a point on both sides on mine. Pics: 1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sexcpotatoes/9174666710/ 2. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sexcpotatoes/9172440869/ 3. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sexcpotatoes/8870900719/ 4. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sexcpotatoes/8870902669/ 5. And where they pinch together at the back, of course not the best photo and pretty simple/easy probably https://www.flickr.com/photos/sexcpotatoes/8871513982/

You can take a ruler and sort of guide your hand around keeping the same spacing between the lines or body line and first line first pass (slice in between the two to do the fat and skinny lines separately, one at a time) (not touching the paint with anything but your fingers and the pinstriping of course, or stick a felt pad on the back of the ruler so you can slide the ruler against the paint without worry). I'm probably explaining this really shitty, sorry. Best of luck mang.

[miamibob]

I've done them both on my '87 and '95. They came out looking like factory but the materials will determine how sharp of a bend you can make. 90 degree is going to be tough for ANY vinyl. That's why the best way is to paint them on (although that is much more expensive and takes greater skill).

[IPreferDIY]

The only thing I can think of is using pieces cut at 45 degree angles, and maybe using a magnifying glass to see the details that no one else will.

[gadget73]

Nick did mine, but he used some sort of special masking tape and used paint and a fancy looking brush to lay the stripes. No silly vinyl for me thanks. The vinyl tends to fade, peel, and flake after a while. The paint should hold up a lot better.

[87gtVIC]

I found what I was looking for! Turns out it can be done around corners.