Stripes and/or paint jobs

Its not a sports car. But to each their own... feel free.

 

A carbon fiber hood would look better.

 

His paint job is so wild you may not notice he has stripes

http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-prius-main-forum/54412-zhang-heng-prius-class-shuttlecraft.html

This Prius started life plain white.

Prius Photos - a set on Flickr

 

I started this thread a little while ago but it did not go anywhere.

http://priuschat.com/forums/prius-owner-photos/94211-custom-paint-photograph-thread.html

 

Well, stripes is stripes, but once they are wider than about 3 inches,
they tend to suggest the much abused in the late 60's/early 70's
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_stripe"]"racing stripes." [/ame].

OK, they had a valid purpose and are a time-tested tradition on the
race track.

However, on a Prius a racing stripe or stripes would suggest a go-fast
ability that just isn't there. Thinking so would lie somewhere on a line
going through:

wishful thinking ----> "little white lie" ----> delusion ----> hallucination

What the heck, let's bring back the codpiece too.



Darn right!

 

I've thought about two-tone. I'd like to see a navy below the belt line of my silver, but I always find better things to do with my $$



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Sorry to say but that looks like a Prius that's been ran over by a dually.

 

Wo now, you gotta remember there are mostly old fuddy duddies on here. I think "most" of the mods just make it look bearable. Some mods are over the top (IMO).

 

Members here have done plenty with the paint jobs. bino's carbon fiber hood, drunkin master's blacked out lower bumper (as well as the cool graphics he had at one time for a car show), Rodney's new graphics and the blacked out rear end he used to have. However, unlike traditional stripes which are as silly as "Making the Prius fast," their mods are consistent with the style of their cars.

 

Custom paint job is always welcome but there are certain stripe jobs that just wont fit a Prius. Paint strips on the top of the Prius isn't one of them. Pin striping on the side of the car is OK because it adds styling, not turn it into a rice burner.

 

Got me to thinking about lighting bolts along the sides of my 2011.....nah.

 

Both these pictures are hosted by Priuschatters.

 

Yes.



In this old photo, you can see eight of the 18 changes I've made to my car;
inside, outside, under the hood, under the car.

Reread my earlier comment. It solely addresses my opinion on the
matter of go-faster stripes on a Prius.

Getting a little testy, aren't we?

I would say that wheel and suspension mods are substantive.
But that would be a matter best addressed in a different thread.

 

I saw a black Prius with gold pinstripes along the side. I thought it looked real nice. It drove by too fast to take a picture of it.

Obviously, it was nowhere near as drastic as some of the above pictures. But I thought it was tastefully done.

Mike

 

Oooo, oooh! Let me play!

1. 2004-2005 Taillights
2. Rear Bumper protector
3. Shark fin antenna
4. Side mouldings
5. Customized Touring rims and center caps
6. Hybrid sticker on rear porthole
7. Mudflaps
8. Removed rear "Toyota" emblem replaced with another emblem below the license plate (yes, I am that good)

 

macmaster05,

Nicely done. :rockon:

On a technicality, there are actually 9 mods visible.
There are two, one of a kind stickers on the quarter glass.
Above the reflective silver HYBRID, there is also a transparent
red "prius" in the OEM script and size on a black background.