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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 10:52 AM
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I am going to say no, since it is not straight and does not brake up any color
I'm with him. The factory would not have put pinstripes on the a chrome bumper. Looks kinda odd to me.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 11:37 AM
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I am going to say no, since it is not straight and does not brake up any color
I take absolutely no offence in your opinion. I am curious about it not being straight. I followed the grove in the valance and thought it looked straight. Where is it crooked and I will fix it?
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 11:40 AM
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I'm with him. The factory would not have put pinstripes on the a chrome bumper. Looks kinda odd to me.
I don't understand since the pinstripe is under the bumper or are you just talking about the general bumper area?
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 06:44 PM
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I was looking at the picture on my phone. It looked like it was on the bumper above the license plate not on the lower valance. Now that I see it on a pigger screen....I'm still not a fan.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by My4Fordtrucks
I was looking at the picture on my phone. It looked like it was on the bumper above the license plate not on the lower valance. Now that I see it on a pigger screen....I'm still not a fan.
LOL Strike two.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 07:55 PM
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Bigger not pigger?

Originally Posted by My4Fordtrucks
I was looking at the picture on my phone. It looked like it was on the bumper above the license plate not on the lower valance. Now that I see it on a pigger screen....I'm still not a fan.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 08:49 PM
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Bigger not pigger?
I'm going with Bigger since Pigger is not a word. But Piggery is.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 09:14 PM
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Nice elegant touch.Perhaps not the manliest description lol but it's what it is.
It not appearing straight,is an optical illusion.You only need to follow the bottom of the valance,rather than the bottom of the bumper to have your eyes stop deceiving you.

Another vote;Keeper.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sandymane
I followed the grove in the valance and thought it looked straight. Where is it crooked and I will fix it?
You can't. The valance is not 100% true shape all across.

There are dips.

No big deal. It looks fine to most of us & is just a visual distinction that not being perfect for some draws the eye & is visually annoying.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 11:04 PM
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The valance is probably attached at several screw points along the bottom of the bumper. That makes it look less 'curved' as it bends, giving it the illusion of the curve being made up of several straight lines. The spots where it's attached are what is bending the valance to form that curve, but you can still see the sharp angles where the attaching points are.

It looks like you followed the valance top-to-bottom perfectly, but in that picture, it looks more "zig-zaggy" as it runs along a not-perfectly-curved surface. If it were perfectly curved from the factory, your pinstripe would look perfect. It does look perfect, but the picture makes it look bad. Try one straight on, of the front of the truck.

Sorry if that isn't the best description, but it's the best I can do!
 
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Old Aug 7, 2017 | 11:57 PM
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On the straight on picture anything that looks wavy is a shadow or light. Eyeball it is straight. The grove in valance made it very easy follow and to keep the tape straight. Any thing that might not look straight on the front angle picture also is shadow. It is right on the grove.





 
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Old Aug 8, 2017 | 12:31 AM
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How wide is the stripe tape? I need to get some about 7/8" wide.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2017 | 02:12 AM
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The stripe looks fine to me, certainly well applied. To be honest though, I'd never notice it, being under the bumper of a 2x4.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2017 | 06:11 AM
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Yes on bigger and not pigger.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2017 | 06:48 AM
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This is what I meant:
 
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