[PacificMustang01]

Morning everyone. As title says, I've got some questions about my baby's pinstripes...

So, I got her about a year ago from a little-old lady who really LOVED and cared for this car . She always kept in garage, all maintainance at regular times, washed/waxed/detailed about twice a month (by her live-in maid....she and husband were deff. well-off). Apparently she had always wanted a white mustang convert, so it really was her dream car.

Well she even went as far as having custom pinstripping done. I think its supper cool looking, and is unique. Whoever she had do it did a really good job with nice little details/touches to spice up; unlike the straight boring ones you usually see. Hell, she even has her initials on drivers side door, worked into the striping. It's very small and hard to see, however, so I figured I'd just leave that. Might be bad luck to change 'the car's name'...like with a boat.

But I don't have a garage, so she's always outside since I bought it. And, I don't have a place to wash her myself, so she is always forced to use mechanical carwashes.......I know, I know what you'd all say......

I cringe everytime I watch those destructive spinning spikes of death twirling and scraping along my car. And now it looks like my abusive behavior has lead to areas of the pinstriping to start chipping off, and kind of fading in some spots. Not too bad yet, but deff noticable in spots up close.

????? My questions ???????

1. Is it too hard to buy some gold auto touch-up paint, tape it all off and re-apply myself--just copying what is already there?

2. Any one have ballpark idea of the cost of having a pro fix/re-paint this type of thing?

3. Anyone else have painted stripes....and have tips to protect in the future? (Besides staying away from the harsh mechanical car wash)

Thank you all in advance. Pics posted arn't the best of the strips (all I had now), but I'll try to get some more close up of the stripes.

[6er_w/a_Vengance]

i duno about the pinstriping...but i know that you need to at least go to a do-it-yourself wash and hand clean it there...

[1rnkpny]

Pinstriping it hard to duplicate, especially when the original has sharted to fade. I do know that to get it done again would be more costly. It's quite an art though with a steady hand.

[mcqueen]

Stop using those damn mechanical washes. I live in an apartment with no garage and no hose so I simply take a few buckets of water (at least one clean and one with soap added) and scrub my baby down. It takes longer than washing with a hose but you'll feel so damn good when your baby is sparkly clean and you're the one who did it

[PacificMustang01]

Originally Posted by mcqueen Stop using those damn mechanical washes. .....)

I know, I know. its just the only do-it-yourself place nearby is crap. dirty as hell and way expensive.

Any of you go to the do it yourself w/ your own bucket and soap, just use the place for it's water to wet, then scrub car w/ your own stuff, then just rinse? Don't know if that would piss them off or anything. Just do it when no one around?

[1rnkpny]

I've done it. Nothing wrong with it IMO. Definitly cheaper.