How to add vinyl stripes in less than two hours, for less than $100

We have always liked how those classic Porsche stripes sit on the side of the car. Even though they have roots in the ’60s and ’70s, they still look good today and add a classic look to a newer Porsche

While Porsche sells these stripe kits, they cost hundreds of dollars. There are several sellers on eBay who claim to …

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I do dig those retro rocker stripes, even on the later bodywork. 

Sorta related, from our friends at Spinnywhoosh:

Technically, white is not a retro color, or any color at all. 

In reply to David S. Wallens :

yep, I'm getting that

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Huh... I wonder how that would look on the ND....

I ordered stripes from them and two tries to get it right. They failed. Mailed it all back to them. :0P Deleted them from my bookmarks.

j_tso said:

In reply to David S. Wallens :

yep, I'm getting that

I know, right? 

MyMiatas said:

I ordered stripes from them and two tries to get it right. They failed. Mailed it all back to them. :0P Deleted them from my bookmarks.

FWIW, they did my numbers. No issues, no problems. Price seemed fair. 

Hmmm keep it clean and simple, or try red or white?

I have a decent vinyl cutter I bought from someone on here, but trying to make stripes for a friend's Miata I realized that the tracking goes off slightly with the long back and forth of moving the vinyl.  Another friend that does large stuff said the cutters with sprockets work better for long items.

Maybe $79 is worth no hassle involved.

In reply to Jerry :

The stripes on our ND fleet were cut by hand with the exception of the lettering :) I came up with the original design for the turbo car when it was at SEMA, then did the other two later - you can see some differences in the small stripe on the supercharged car, for example. Now they've been knocked off so you can buy them on eBay and Etsy, but even without that you can do stripes for far less than $100 and to your own design.

In reply to Keith Tanner :

I'm pretty handy with a razor knife, and already have vinyl.  Maybe I'll give it a go.

I like the retro look too. A set of stripes really transformed my Cayman. When I look at the pictures of it without the stripe it looks naked to me.

Not sure how I feel about them.  I think I like the clean look of no stripes.  I admit to liking the Martini Livery on silver tho and sometimes think about getting it for my 996