Opinion question: To pin stripe or not to pin stripe

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Caman96

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Lol, I don't think I've seen that, at least not in person. I was thinking of the curly Qs all over the place. I don't know how many times I've seen an older farm truck, or tow truck, or old guys 5th wheel hauler done up like that.
Yep the curly Q’s and a quite a few with names on doors. I never cared for it but always was amazed how with perfectly symmetrical patterns many were.
 

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On a single color vehicle, it is 100% necessary in my opinion, you need something to break the color up. On a two-tone rig, it helps accentuate the colors if the correct color/colors are chosen.

All of my rigs end up with a pinstripe. It's an art for sure, you have to have an eye for the body lines. I honestly don't know how many I've done at this point, but I've laid out a lot of vinyl tape!

Some examples:

My old '98 Z71 ECSB

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My Z28

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My old Vortec Max Sierra

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My Tundra

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And of course the stripes on my K2500 Suburban


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I've been debating this same thing for a while now. I bought a roll of both silver pinstriping and silver/black pinstriping (UGA look). Every truck/car up to this point had pinstripes or I've done it myself. With the chrome rocker trim, I'm thinking pinstriping might be too much now. Thoughts on mine as well?

PS: This was a happy me in the day I picked up my "94. Still that happy today!
 
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