stripes on 458 spider or coupe

Photoshop a stripe?

 

A quick search turns up this: http://www.kistudios.com/ferrari-458-stripes.html

and this:
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The nice thing is they are removable. I thought stripes on my Black/White color scheme might look good when photo shoping but realized in person they looked "tacked on". You may have a better eye than I do, but for the money it seems to me worth it to try and see. Best

 

I'll give it a try for you.

 

Skip the stripes IMO. Takes away from the core lines of the car. Kinda of like putting a bumper sticker on a Bentley.....

 

I recently saw delivery of a triple yellow spider with a black stripe similar to what you are describing....I believe it was a $20K paint job (maybe more) and almost as much for the stripe from the factory.....no offense to the owner if he's on here but I did not like it.....the Scud stripes are another story....I think they will look great, on a Scud though, not the "regular" coupe or spider.....IMO skip the stripes....

 

+1

 

16m Stripe would be nice but I would do the Scud strip in a matte black color.
I have a black 360 and it looks amazing with matte.....

 

+2

 

I have unfortunately lost almost all of my photoshop skill, but here's what I could do. The image of the Scud was very low quality, thus the low quality stripe and I couldn't get the red to work.

I hope this works.
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Anyone else with photoshop skills?

 

I guess my efforts weren't good enough.

 

Valiant effort. Better than my PS skills.

 

Your skills are fine to prove a point I tried to make earlier. The stripes look like an "add on" and do not "fit". I tried to curve lines along the outer rim of the front bonnet, straight down the middle as in a Scuderia, as well as thicker or thinner lines outlined with a contrasting color. No matter what you do, it looks like an "after thought" imho. The lines of the 458 do not lend themselves to straight lines down the middle of the front. Best

 

Rod
I was at SEMA and I seen this on a spider.It may not be want you want for the coupe but it was interesting on the spider
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No worries.

Agreed, the lines are too sharp to have the stripe on it.

 

Your day job, don't quit it.

 

Here is a spider with Scud stripes and a matching grey top. Pics courtesy of Alejandro Mayor and Autogespot.
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Excellent it looks really good? Anyone could photoshop this 458 and add the stripe in red on the roof?

 

Here's another 458 with a stripe:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KInwL3g3u7k[/ame]

 

OK, maybe I'm getting stodgy, but IMO these stripes do nothing for a 458 but bring it down...same for the random bi-color on a Spider. It may work well on an Italia, but that's because it actually follows a design element...hello! Here we are the owners of one of the most beautiful cars on the planet, and we're putting plastic stickers on it! Really? Why don't we just pay homage to a 70's Trans Am and put a giant prancing horse on the hood. Stop the blinking nonsense!

I know it's just my opinion, but I'm happy to have it off my chest. Please resume.

 

Yes. Stripes are too boy racer for me. It's a beautiful car without.

I am just a geezer hopelessly out of step with bling and unnecessary ad-ons.

Rant over.

 

seriously, stripe don't look good on 458 to wit coupe or spider.