Exterior Pin Striping / Emblem Modification

[Lawrence]

Hello all,

Fairly new CR-Z owner, about 1 month. Nothing too serious changed (yet). K&N Typhoon installed, H&R springs (in hand, not installed). I felt the black needed a bit of color contrast, and so after being inspired by other owners and their creativity, I decided to put a twist of my own on the striping / emblem modification. I am a fan of black with high contrast colors, so you may see it change in the future, but for now... blue is the direction I went. Let me know what you think. Too much? More? Different location? Open to opinions here. Thanks.

- 1/4" "Intense Blue" pin stripe, vinyl
- Blue Carbon Fiber vinyl wrap under emblems
- Both DIY in about 2 hours worth of work

EDIT:
The pin striping is as follows:
1. Around the mouth in front
2. Over the passenger windows and extends back to the rear windows, stops at the glass.
3. Under rear window (borders the rubber separator)
4. Bordering the license plate indention
(if you see a little bit on the door handles, I took that off... too many negative votes from fiancé...)

[Scotty001]

Looks good to me.. I like it..

On the photos .. If you use a site like Flickr or PhotoBucket to upload the pictures to.. You can link them and give everyone full resolution photos = much better pictures..

And .. Seeing this is your first post.. Welcome to the forum... Great choice on the Typhoon..

[Lawrence]

Thank you, Scotty.
I'll start using an image host to make things easier.

[artkozak1]

Looking good. Join the pinstripe club:

[Lawrence]

ImageShack Test (yes I'm new to forums)


Shot at 2012-08-16


Shot at 2012-08-16


Shot at 2012-08-16

[Scotty001]

Out friggenstanding..

Edit: Looking forward to a drop and taking care of that rear wheel gap...

I'm teasing.. Great pics and looking forward to what you do next..

[Lawrence]

Teasing well taken. I am really looking forward to getting rid of the gap. H&R says the sports will drop it 1.5". Can't wait. Perhaps some of those TSW 18"s afterwards that I've been eyeballing...
...and rear spacers, of course.

[CR-Z Canadian]

Looking good!
I like your creative approach. Keep up the good work.

[ArtJDM]

Nice work. That blue behind the emblem looks pretty good. Don't know if you saw LadyCRZ's build thread, but she did some pretty wild things with pinstripe.

Lady_Crz All show no go ... (lol well someday) >.> Crz <3

[Lawrence]

I was reading her thread just now and laughed when I saw Bullet Bill...

I have plans in the future to go with a brighter theme... my only problem is my mild OCD will kick in and changing the color theme to anything besides blue will make me go crazy when I get in the car and see the blue dash lights >_>

EDIT:
Found a good place for the badge...
- Front shot

By jrlawrence at 2012-08-17

- Better side view of pin striping

By jrlawrence at 2012-08-17