Pinstriping - Thoughts, Comments, Suggestions
02-01-2006, 12:13 PM
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My Ride: E61 535d sport, Silver Grey/grey/maple.
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I bet you guys are still on the missionary position.
I have also wondered what a pinstripe would do for the E60. If they are designed and implemented well they dont look tacky, some cars they suit, others they don't. They are only vinyl and if it doesn't look right it can be moved or changed.
Years ago I was a student in the motor industry and the stylists used to regularly borrow cars to try out graphics, stripes and sometimes much worse!
Dare to be different.
I have also wondered what a pinstripe would do for the E60. If they are designed and implemented well they dont look tacky, some cars they suit, others they don't. They are only vinyl and if it doesn't look right it can be moved or changed.
Years ago I was a student in the motor industry and the stylists used to regularly borrow cars to try out graphics, stripes and sometimes much worse!
Dare to be different.
02-01-2006, 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Bokke' post='233155' date='Feb 1 2006, 12:59 PM
Congrats on the car!
Would love to see the color in person. Please post some pics
Don't "pimp-stripe" it...... :thumbsdown:
Would love to see the color in person. Please post some pics
Don't "pimp-stripe" it...... :thumbsdown:
02-01-2006, 01:22 PM
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My Ride: E60 M5, F85 X5M
Love the pics in your gallery, especially the on next to the helicopter. 
In the late 80s, I had a Toyota FX-16 and I went wild on the pinstriping. Not just straight lines but I had those spikes up and down so my car looked like a moving EKG graph. I had it on the car body as well as on the windows. NOT KIDDING. I think everyone probably laughed when they saw my car. I thought it was COOL! I'm embarrassed now talking about it but oh well, it was a phase.
Anyway, like the others who've replied....I think pinstriping will deter from the sensual lines of the E60. Then again, pinstriping might make a comeback and we'll all look back one day thinking our bare cars are ugly. haha
In the late 80s, I had a Toyota FX-16 and I went wild on the pinstriping. Not just straight lines but I had those spikes up and down so my car looked like a moving EKG graph. I had it on the car body as well as on the windows. NOT KIDDING. I think everyone probably laughed when they saw my car. I thought it was COOL! I'm embarrassed now talking about it but oh well, it was a phase.
Anyway, like the others who've replied....I think pinstriping will deter from the sensual lines of the E60. Then again, pinstriping might make a comeback and we'll all look back one day thinking our bare cars are ugly. haha
02-01-2006, 02:02 PM
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I say go ahead and do it :'( and post some pics. Then we can tell you how we really feel. Then we will know what it really looks like.
02-01-2006, 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by tachyon' post='233214' date='Feb 1 2006, 02:56 PM
Monaco Blue with Beige (is that the color inside?) 
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Six speed manual. .
Pinstripes.
Great looking 550.
Congrats and enjoy it.
.Six speed manual.
.Pinstripes.
Great looking 550.
Congrats and enjoy it.
02-01-2006, 02:37 PM
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My Ride: 2005 525i Titanium Silver Metalic and 2003 325xi Jet Black with the Premium Package in both cars.
Pinstripes would not be the way to go with this beauty. Congrats on your new ride.
02-01-2006, 02:40 PM
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My Ride: Gone: 2004 525i Jet Black, Built 03/04, Premium Package, Black Dakota Leather, Halogen to Euro Spec Bi-Xenons Retrofit, Dark Poplar Wood Trim, Steptronic Breyton Spirit Reps 20x9F 20x10R - Nitto NT555 245/35/20F-275/30/20R, M5 Front Bumper, H&R Sport Springs, Chrome Grills, 20% Tint, Euro Reflectors, Debadged, Aux Input, CIP v19.x
The Alpina B5 has pinstripes 
It's not bad at all.
It's not bad at all. 
02-01-2006, 02:46 PM
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My Ride: '05 545i, silver gray, black leather with anthracite maple wood, sport package, premium sound, navigation, cold weather package, electric rear sunshade, folding rear seat, satellite radio prep, PIAA 4150K fogs, red rear reflectors, hardwired Valentine One
FWIW, I don't think pinstripes would go with the lines and flame surfacing of the E60.