Later cars used a water-soluable, sprayed on clear mask. Early cars had the paper masking as shown in a photo earlier n this thread. This Top-Clear gives the ledge-like edgy border that snags your fingernail and collects wax.and makes you think it is not cleared. The clear-coat process was 'inferior' to GTS processes in that the SRT clear was masked onto the exact border of the stripes! No blended edge was feathered beyond the stripe border, as was the case with Gen 2. I toured Prefix twice and observed the process. There is an extensive "Traveler Pack" that tracks each major component of the car as and after it is installed.these "Travelers" are saved for 3 years !!!ġ00% of the stripe-orders for 2006 SRt10s, including the RARE snake-skin version, were clearcoated per Dodge SRt Specs. When you deliver me the 2008 I'll auction it off for charity.but ill probably have to road-test it a bit first. I can provide the testimony of SRT procurement, the CAAP plant manager, and the Prefix project manager as 'proof of process'. What PROOF do you require? I am sure I can prove otherwise, unless Prefix defrauded Dodge on YOUR specific car for some reason. It is funny because when you look at them close and feel them, it really does seem like a sticker at first! Unless someone else has proof of something different. ![]() ![]() If it wasn't for the curvy areas I would think they could be sticker that were cleared over, but in the end it's just thick paint on top of body color paint. You can even see this in photos of the late model cars, including photos of the VOI9. They sort of stop abruptly before the windsheild surround, and you can see the body color again for about a 1/4" before the windshield starts. The place they most look like sticker is on the roof at the front where they lead into the windshield. I think what happens is that they are painted OVER the regular paint, and probably in more than one coat, and then the clear is sprayed over all of that. If they weren't there'd be no way to get them around those curved surfaces in the hood cowl and in the front fascia. I can see it is a serious question, I spent a considerable amount of time checking this out on my car recently (06 coupe copperhead w/ black stripes) and yes they do appear slightly raised, and do alomst look like they could be peeled off!īut go ahead and try it and then you'll notice you can't peel them off, because they're paint. are the coupes different somehow? Or the stripes are an incredibly different paint that is so thick it makes it look like a sticker?Īctually at this stage I'm curious, a 100% white SRT has an appeal, so if removing the stripes doesn't leave a bad mark I might consider it. Happened to be in my garage tonight and checked it out again, I am sure that if I wanted to I could lift the blue strip either from the front (under the lip on the open hood) or the rear (just above the license plate). Only reason I remember so clearly is because at the time I wasn't sold on the stripe and wanted to see if they could be removed. Never really felt up anyone else's stripes, but while shopping the 2 VOI9 cars I looked at both had definite edges to the stripes, front to back. The stripes in my VOI9 really seem to be glued on! Seems like the definitive word is that they are painted on. ![]() ![]() I keep reading about whether factory stripes are painted on or not here and on the Alley.
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