getting a black st on wednesday no stripes tho, what do u reckon, should i get them?? anyone got any pics of them both with n without?? thanks

In my view for the black ST the side stripe suit the car but not keen on full stripe on black don't no why!

IMO the doesnt look different enough without the stripes, black with white stripes looks fab, really striking!! i like to stand out from the crowd so had to have full stripes.

Thats the dilemma im in with my blue one, although im just thinking of sides. A black ST with stripes is very rare but i think it would look good with just the side stripes in white. I think the OTT stripes are.....errrrm.....OTT

Will you ask your dealer to fit them if you decide to go for them?

i dunno tbh, i think i could get them done cheaper and at the same quality so dunno, just gonna wait til wednesday, but i defo want some stripes, could go for sides then OTT ones after if i feel maybe lol i do like my car to stand out, ill post a pic up of my current car n u can c that i do like to stand out lol

White side stripes look the dogs nits!

I agree, side white stripes is the dogs....

I was thinking about black but ended up going for the blue.

I have only seen one black with full stripes and thought it looked the biz.
But if i were to have a black one, i think i would find an after sales company to do 'Metalic Silver' stripes as i think silver suits black a lot more.
Only my opinion though.

My previous car was an '03 Mini Cooper and i had aftermarket silver stripes on that, looked the business.

Just for comparison for you here's three pics of black STs. One plain, one side stripes only, and one with full stripes. See what you think:

I actuqlly think the full stripes on the black looks really good. a good contrast of colours.

I went without the stripes on my st but have bought the genuine ford ones of a guy i know for £30 so if you are interested i'll find out if he has any white ones or not (know he has blue). As for your desicion your faced with i would say go for them as it seems to suit the car plus it is very rare to see a black st with full stripes i have only ever seen the one and that includes working for ford

hey,
i got a 56 plate panther black with side stripes i am getting the
up and over stripes done this week hopefully. my car is currently at
the dealers (another story). go for the full stripes you want to get
noticed dont you???.
iceman.

Will the dealer fit them for you iceman. I wasnt sure if they did that?

I think i have answered my own question today as i was looking on the ford website and it says under the options and accessories bit for the fiesta that the exterior styling pack is available as an option and accessory on the ST and an accessory on the zetec s. I have been really pondering over the stripes today at work, do i get side stripes or not. My car is at the dealers at the moment but i cant pick it up until dec 14th (tax free rules for us forces). Do i ask them to put side stripes on it or not?? and what do you think a realistic cost would be if anyones had it done?

yeh go for it mate

It is very tempting but i have just been looking on my dealers website and it says it does part and accessories but i cant find anywhere that they fit them. do they have to have rapid fit to be able to fit them for me? here is the addy dealer. what i dont want to happen is to ask them to do it and find that they either cock it u p or have to send it away causing me to get it late. im so indecisive arent i!

benji,
sorry for delay yep the dealer will fit them for you,i just had to wait
nearly 2 week for them as they had to order them from ford,not a stock
item.
iceman.

Cool, someone whos had it fitted by a dealer, im going to probe you now with questions if you dont mind! How much did they charge you in total for them (inc fitting) and are they covered by any sort of warranty, if you dont mind me asking?

Hi Benji,

They are only covered by warranty if they are factory fitted. Also I would get them fitted by a professional as I've just spoken to my mate who works for a Ford dealership and he says they never use a graphics company they just fit them themselves, not always with great results.

I do want them but and i wish i had ordered them from the factory. The only reason i wanted to go with ford is because i thought i would get a warranty with them and it would be really convenient to have them on the car when it arrived. also you would expect them to be fitted properly. i could just leave it and decide later on. i can always order the stripes from fordpartsuk and get them fitted over here in germany by a professional company.

Iceman - what did you think to the quality of the stripes you had fitted by ford?

deff full stripes mines currently in the bodyshop overnight having full stripes put on (werent on the car when i bought it but theyve been ordered from germany n being fitted at fords bodyshop) wots all this about warranty?

Tony

There was a thread a while back about warranty on the stripes and whether they were covered so its a bit of a grey area. so did you take your car into ford and they sort it from there. do ford have lots of bodyshops or is it in the dealers itself. and how much is it all costing? sorry for all the questions i just want lots of info before i decide anything!

benji,
sorry for delay again,firstly when i bought the car it did not have any
stripes on at all,i asked the dealer to fit the side stripes as an extra
whitch he did(£75 fitted).now i am getting the full over the top stripes
done(about£175 fitted).the chap who does it works for himself,a mobile
graphic chap, he is very good.it takes the best part of 4 to 5 hours to
fit as its not easy so i hear.warranty well am not too sure about that
i am afraid i shall ask when i get i done and let you know.
iceman.

benji,
i know it sounds like a lot of money and it is,thinking back i could have
had the full side and up and over stripes factory done for around £200
but what the hec.
iceman.

No probs for the delay and thanks for the info. I presume you have had no dramas with the dealer fitted side stripes and it all went well. I always think the dealer will do a better job than a graphics company, i dont know why and i maybe wrong but oh well! the OTT ones i can imagine being a bit of a bitch to fit especially across the roof and the lining up down the boot. im going to email my sales woman and see if she can give me a quote on them doing it for me. at the end of the day if they go wrong i can always take it back to a ford garage and say they fitted it and theyve gone wrong. they might be a bit annoyed off with me cos i already changed the order half way through production and now im going to ask them to do this but i guess thats what they are there for.

yep the over the top stripes are difficult to fit i gather and i suppose at
least you can go back to the dealer if you have problems with them at any time.
all the best and good luck,i shall keep you posted with how i get on with mine
when i get them done.its at the dealers now as the engine management light is
on. .
iceman.

p.s. but thats another story.

I know, bloody electric nowadays are a pain, they seem to go wrong quite frequently for some reason. i will let you know how i get on and post us some pics up when you have yours fully striped. cheers for the advice and hope your cars better soon

There we are, I have emailed my sales person at the dealer so just have to wait on the reply now, if i get one which i would i hope i did! Im sure from now until the 14th of december is ample time to supply and fit some side stripes.

yep thats more than enough time to get your stripes fitted,14th december the day
after my birthday ho ho,keep us posted to see how you get on,good luck.
iceman

Had my side stripe done in my Ford dealer and they done a good job of it!! For warranty even factory fit they say is not working if anything go wrong!

I have just had an email back from my dealer saying that there are two types of stripes available, one with the ford logo (presumably made for the zetec s) and the ones with the ST logo on them, which i presume are the official ford stripes. They are quoting £95 for supplying at fitting them. Do i email back and ask them to go ahead?

yep go ahead thats a good price to be fair,just remember which way round they go
when it comes to fitting them,which is drivers side logo to the front of car
and passenger side logo to the rear of the car.
iceman.

I have gone for them. I emailed her back yesterday and cheekily I asked if they were the same stripes that would have been fitted had i opted for them to start with - with the ST logo at the front on the drivers side and the rear on the passengers side. I havent had a reply yet but I have told them to do it for me. Ill keep you all posted.

I still havent had a reply, I bet they are trying to find out about the stripes and whether i am right or not! If they havent replied by this time tomorrow i think i will phone them. They probably think im such a geek!!

Right I have had a reply from my dealer. They have confirmed they are the correct stripes and that they will get them fitted. It's 3 weeks today until I pick it up as well, I'm quite excited! Just hope I'm not disappointed with the side stripes. Thanks for everyone's advice on this and I will get pics up of it inside and out when I pick it up on the 14th. Cheers guys

Althought the Black St's look great with white stripes I do like them naked! If you're going to put stripes on it, maybe think of doing them another colour other than white......something different!!

nice to see my car pic with side stripes again...they were not straight enough so I took them back off and bought a new set......must get round to fitting them correctly next time

benji,
just thought to let you know i,ve got my ott stripes on now wow what
a differance it makes and its surprising how much more you get noticed
cool man.
iceman cool

I didnt fancy getting the OTT stripes on mine. I thought it might be a bit too much especially on the blue but then i havent really seen a blue one with full stripes in the flesh. Im glad youve got yours all sorted now though you must be really chuffed. I guess the did a good job of it then cos it was ford that did it wasnt it?

yep it was ford that fitted them at the dealers it has to be said they did a
very good job(suprise surprise)
iceman.

Good good im sure your well chuffed! Mine should have been fitted to mine by now I would have thought, at least they will be by two weeks today which is when i pick it up. Im really excited about it which is strange, cos i already have a facelift ST. Weird!

iceman how much did the dealer charge you!!!????

Yeah that would be interesting to know actually cos mine are charging me £95 to supply and fit my side stripes.

blimey side ones only thats quite expensive!

Yer i know, i really wish i had ordered them from the start cos i would have only paid £50.

oh dam i am looking into getting them done

i know iceman paid 75 though so u may be able to get them down. another way to do it is to buy the stripes off ebay from 1stickerboy at 15 and then take them to ford and ask them to fit them, thatll save u some money too.

yes thats what i think i will do i will try fiitting them myself with a bit of help first!!

Side stripes are easy enough to do if there are two of ya doing them

right i paid around £75 for the side stripes,i got them fitted at the dealer
whilst waiting for the st (pdi,prep,valet,ect.) then i decided to go for tha
ott stripes,i know i paid well over the odds £200 fitted at the dealers,doing
an excellent job.saying that i could have had both side and ott srtipes done
4 £200 when i put my order in 4 the st.oh well but it looks the dogs now
iceman.

think i will give the side stripes a go

My red one had dealer fitted side stripes (slightly larger than factory fit stripes) but I took them off.

Those who are going to be impressed that it's an already know it is without the stripes. Those who aren't going to be impressed aren't worth informing what it is .

Dealer fitted stripes are larger than factory fits are they? i thought they were the same template and thats where the dealers got their stripes from. i presume from your location you work in a ford dealer, am i correct in saying that?

Chandler's Ford is a place in Hampshire. Its in fact the place where the company that did my steering wheel are/were based (G&B Trimming). When dealerships fit stripes they tend to get outside graphics companies to do them and those companies dont have the "proper" templates. Some have a good go and some (I'm sensing Hendy Ford Lplus!!) have huuuuge wide side stripes with rather dubious ST symbols in them and weeny thin OTT stripes.

Well I specifically asked them in the email whether they were the same stripes i would have got had i ordered them from the start, the ones from the factory. they said yes and asked if i wanted the stripes with a ford logo or an st logo. with any luck i will have official ones.