Opinions Please

I'm very close to being ready to paint the black stripe Speedster outlaw, but I have a couple of decisions to make.

1. Should I stay with the current silver with black stripes?
2. Should I stay with silver and ditch the stripes?
3. Should I go with all black, since the interior is black.

By the way, I may still ditch the wide 5s and go with the chrome Fuchs replicas. I know, I know, a lot of you REALLY like the wide 5s, but I REALLY like the Fuchs more! But, the nerf bars will be gone, it will have a pair of Marschall fog lights and a passenger side GT mirror.

Here are the pictures again to help you decide. (linked from outside of the SOC)

What do you think?

Absolutely keep the stripes, same-same color combo..
Go with the Fuchs over the Wide 5s, but paint the recesses one of the body colors.
Are hood straps out of the question? You'd want to drill for the hardware before paint, I'd think. Black straps would look great, and that car would sell in a New York minute.

I agree with Cory.

I like the stripes, and my SAS turbo coupe will have them. However, I am only considering my personal taste. I don't care at all how the paint scheme affects resale.

You flip lots of cars. Thus,if you're flipping this one, your interest may be different. I have read lots of posts where a potential buyer wouldn't consider a certain car because he didn't like the paint scheme. For a certain market segment, cosmetics are much more important than engine, drivetrain, suspension, etc. How a car looks can be considered more important than how it performs. Go figure!

I say keep the stripes, but add a red pinstripe where the black meets the silver. Then add the detailed fuchs, make sure the center caps are the detailed one with the colored crest. Importain to bring the red and black into the wheel area. Maybe even red calipers.

Now about the engine..... Silver shroud with black stripes like the body (smaller scale) then pollished and crome accent, with red plug wires and breather hoses......

Interior: red piping for the seats.....

Troy, go with YOUR instincts!

I just want to see you mount a camera on that and run that Fresno road in less than 14 minutes!!

Why change......Looks good as it is....

Not real crazy about that third brake light....

I don't know, Mark, I kinda like the roll bar 3rd brake light combo.
Troy, I like the silver with the black racing stripes.
Is it worth switching to replica Fuchs wheels if you're going to sell the car?

Keep the stripes plus Kevin's red pinstripe detail, add the GT mirror, get drum skinz and ditch the nipples and add a Pegasus behind each front wheel.

I'm with Wild Bill. Keep it looking Old Skool.

I think Troy is just a shopaholic and likes to buy all these cool parts (and cars). As long as he gets his money back, go for it!

Whatcha gonna do with the wide fives?

I figured it's halfway there already with no side trim or bumpers.
Reminded me of Warrens ride.

~WB

I'm a big fan of drum skinz and wide fives. Black stripes, red pins and Pegasus! Yeah Baby! Look at Scott Sloan's IM on the IM web site. He has wide fives with skins and long studs. You have such a cool calssic racer look going already with the bee hives, carrera lid and the gt mirror, why spoil it with Fuchs?

I'm with Will on this one...except I'd get the larger nerf's

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I usually don't like painted on detailing, but, somehow, the stripes seem to work here, probably because there's no other trim. And another vote for bigger nerfs.

The light bar is a cool touch, though.

For resale: best to do the minimum as to get overly involved with your personal likes may not appeal to the masses.
IMHO the strips do limit the perspective buyer pool...always best to keep it simple allowing the buyer to do the personal upgrades. ~Alan

Listen to Alan.

All black or all silver with bumpers and fog/driving lamps.

All silver is easier for next owner to repaint/stripe as desired.

I like the stripes though, and the wide 5s, as previously mentioned.

Presumably, you made your money when you bought the car below market. You know what these are worth, and you're buying to sell. So why you want to get all fussy about it? The Fuchs swap is money the next guy can spend, if he's a Fuchs fan.

What Alan said. Plain vanilla, or silver in this case. Let the next guy/gal apply his/her imagination and taste.

Bob

Old School all the way on that one, Troy! Wide-5 with black drum-skins (sell the Nipple hubcaps with the car as a $100 option), passenger Aero mirror, Pegasus sticker, bigger nerfs (less costly than adding Fuchs). Cool car regardless!

Steve says paint it black.

Like you guys didn't see THAT coming - LOL!

angela

Gee, just when I thought I might have a line on some wide fives...

What the hell was I thinking when I asked this question? Of course the responses are going to be all over the board and it just makes it harder for me to decide.

I guess the problem I have with whether or not to keep the Wide 5s or go with Fuchs is that when I look at Wide 5s, it just looks like the hubcaps fell off!

The Wide 5 look, that so many of you listers appreciate, is just totally lost on me. So, I project my perspective to everybody who will be looking at the pictures when the car gets to eBay and my first thought, as a potential buyer, is "man that car would look great with Fuchs on it!"

I don't know what I'm going to do, but I know this. I'm sitting here with a grin on my face at the moment and that is what it's really all about....I'm having fun doing this! Sure, I need to make a little cash to be able to keep doing it, but that's not what it's all about for me. I'm having fun!

Don't give up yet Rich. You might still have a line on these Wide 5s. Actually, let me know what you think they are worth and that might help me make my decision. email me. vanatic99 at yahoo.com



There won't be any nerfs or bumpers on this car, that has already been decided and I already have the passenger side GT style mirror. I may also go with the hood straps, but haven't ordered them as yet.

I kinda wish I could buy that car as-is.

Troy, I know that answer.

The Wide-5 look is the machine stripped of decorations. In the same way as Ed's flamboyantly curved and chrome-festooned MGTD looks great with its very British wire wheels, these little German jobbers look smoking hot when they purvey the barest essentials needed to fly down the road.

Personally, I think anything more extravagant than unadorned baby moons on these cars is screaming for attention. The opposite of hubcaps would be solid wheels, like mine, or perhaps Fuchs.

Any idea what type of Wide 5's you have on there? I like the look of them (especially if you take off the hub caps), but my limited education tells me there are good ones and bad ones. First off, they are 15's right? 15's by what? They're just painted or possibly powder coated? Wait, let's back up. What type of Speedster is this? I have a Beck you may know. First I'll have to consult with the Wizard of Bremen to find out what fits what.

I'd think it wpould look better without the stripes, if you must paint it. I also love the wide 5's all naked looking. Lose the caps. You gether ready, and I'll have my jealous friends take a look.

Black, Fuchs...

Ed.
If you are serious about buying the car "as is", email me and we can talk. The car has been preped for paint, so I need to complete that, but I am open to almost anything, including customizing it for a new owner.
Troy vanatic99 at yahoo.com

I think I already mentioned that the decisions have been made and I'm staying with the Wide 5s with skinz and painting it solid silver with no stripes.

She just needs a little more block sanding and she will be ready for paint. Today, I finished drilling and mounting everything that is going on the front end, mirrors, hood handle (I went with perpendicular rather than horizontal), hood straps, and fog lights. Here are a couple of pictures to get an idea of what she is going to look like. I'm pretty excited about how she is going to turn out.

Wow Troy, homerun! The body of a Speedster is just too perfect to fancy it up with stripes IMO. Love those fog lights. I think I'm going to order new bumpers with no trim for the sandy, and get some of those round ones but driving lights.

Oopppps. Those were both the same picture. Here is the other one.

Troy, I suggest you get rid of the Porsche script. The handle badge is enough.

Troy, any chance you could get some more detailed shots of your driving/fog lights? Are they cut into the body? Lookin' good!

No, the fog lights are not cut into the body, just mounted to the body. I had to take them apart and modify the swivel mount to allow it to swivel to a horizontal position.