Stripes

[turbojack]

stripes look awesome

[drcook]

I depends on what car.

a gt? - yes.

anything else? - no.

why? - the same reason I shake my head at people who put M3 badges on a 318.

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[Phoon Hoon]

Are you talking GT? Typhoon? T?

Anyway, I'm with drcook.

[T007]

Only on a GT or GT-p

[cobrav8]

Why are stripes only for a GT? That one still baffles me.

Just because Ford only put them on a car - doesnt make them the only ones who can / should.

Lots of you put 19 inch wheels on a XR6T, GTs have 19s - doesnt mean you are trying to copy them. Quad pipes - on anthing, coloured parklights etc etc have no real use or need for any model - they just are there cause people like them.

I say if you want a strip over your bonnet - go for it, want a set of flames on your mirrors - do it. Do what you want - and dont worry what others think.

I havnt seen many Falcons/GTs/Typhoons with stripes that look good to me, I dont reckon they suit the car. Exceptions have been - Black GTs with silver stripes, and Toxic with stripes. In almost all other cases - I reckon they all look better without any stripes, big wings, flames, fluffy dice.

I see the only reason that we have "Tranny Hunters" is that they want their vehicles to be more exclusive. Would you abuse Ford if every XR6T came out with a bonnet bulge (due to a different intake system for example) and stripes on every car? Are they Trannies cause Ford did it?

[turbojack]

Are you talking GT? Typhoon? T?

Anyway, I'm with drcook.

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on a gt I mean

[drcook]

Why are stripes only for a GT?  That one still baffles me.

Lots of you put 19 inch wheels on a XR6T, GTs have 19s - doesnt mean you are trying to copy them.  Quad pipes - on anthing, coloured parklights etc etc have no real use or need for any model - they just are there cause people like them.

I see the only reason that we have "Tranny Hunters" is that they want their vehicles to be more exclusive.  Would you abuse Ford if every XR6T came out with a bonnet bulge (due to a different intake system for example) and stripes on every car?  Are they Trannies cause Ford did it?

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I understand your comments cobra, its just to me the stripes (as in a very close or identical design to the gt's) are instantly recognisable to a certain car, and if you dont have that car, your maybe trying too hard to be that car.

and my opinion is based more on asthetics. quad pipes have performance qualities, as would a bonnet bulge for an intake system.

19 inch rims, to me, would only be 'trying hard' if they were 'GT' 19 inch rims. 19 inch rims are not instantly recognisable to a certain car, because theres plenty of factory cars with 19inch rims, and most of the rims ive seen on the cars on this website are aftermarket rims which carry no identification to a certain car.

to me, its a bit like putting a GT, F6, M3, M5, AMG, EVO, STI badge on a non GT, F6, M3, M5, AMG, EVO, STI car.

[cobrav8]

yep - understand your comments too. But... are there people who call Falcon XAs and XBs with GT bonnets - Trannies?

Gees - they didnt make that many GTs back then - there seem to be more around now than when they were new (so many fake GTs).

PS - Just out of interest where do the quad exhausts seperate into the two pairs? Are there two rear mufflers?

Also - has anyone had a 'twin' system on an XR6T with two standard XR6T outlets (one left and one right side).

[drcook]

yep - understand your comments too.  But...  are there people who call Falcon XAs and XBs with GT bonnets - Trannies?

Gees - they didnt make that many GTs back then - there seem to be more around now than when they were new (so many fake GTs).

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exactly why, when I started my xy rebuild, I b*tch slapped anyone who suggested I do a fake gt.