Quality of the 3M stripes (was Re: Thin Grey stripes)

[James Espey <james@xxxx>]

I think what Walt is overlooking is that the stripes are now about 20 years
old, and he mentions nothing about what kind of life the one DeLorean he saw
with these stripes had had.

The stripe material is made by 3M, and designed for automotive applications.
Walt doesn't say and I don't know how long those stripes had been on that
particular car, but I think 3M produced a good stripe in excellent material.
If the car had the stripes put on at the original selling dealer, they've
been on the car for about 20 years, and if the car was a daily driver and
has spent the better part of the last twenty years in the elements (rain,
sun, etc) - that would account for their condition.

For every car that I've seen at our shop or any show with
weathered/neglected stripe treatment (grey OR black), I have seen MORE with
good condition stripes. I think it is wrong to question the quality of the
material, based on the observation of one car where the history of stripe
installation (date and how it was applied) in unknown.

FWIW.

James

> From: "Walter" <Whalt@xxxx>
> Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 16:36:37 -0400
> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [DML] Thin Grey stripes (was: Wide Black Sidestripes)
> 
> I have seen the thin gray stripes on only one DeLorean. They were
> disproportionately badly weathered compared to the rest of the car, and what
> was left of them looked more like dotted lines than stripes. I got the
> impression that the material was not of a good quality

(SNIP)