Painting stripes on GP panels?
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 9:30 am
I’ve got to get my oche yellow side panels re-painted and was vaguely thinking about getting the stripes painted on, has anyone done this? Any pics of it done?
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Knowledge wrote:I haven't had the stripes painted on, but I did some research on stripes last year and learnt something interesting from people who had original GP stripes on their original paint Innocenti panels.
I got some stripes from a recommended supplier and they were 60mm wide. I had some old stripes on their backing paper in the workshop, and they were 55mm, so I asked on the forum for someone to measure the width of their stripes. It came back with a measurement between 55mm and 60mm. I contacted my supplier and asked for some 55mm stripes instead, which he kindly supplied FOC.
I started to apply the 55mm stripes behind the grill, but things weren't looking right. I realised something was wrong and I asked Storkfoot to measure his original panels, which was 60mm in front of the grill, and 55mm behind the grill. So I applied the 60mm stripe in front of the grill and the 55mm behind. It looks right.
I now wonder if the panel stripes actually tapers from 60mm at the front of the panel, to 55mm at the rear, but I am a bit fed-up of asking people to measure their stripes for me (though probably not as mush as they are fed up of me asking).
Over to you.