I've been hooked on the Martini stripes for years. So I decided to make a set of hood and roof stripes out of Magnetic and vinyl and put them on my '89 930...and VIOLA! I have had them up to 130 mph and they stick! I can even use my sunroof. Let me know what you think. Dan

 

Car is hot..love the wheels....stripes? .....jury is still out...IMO it takes away from the classy looks....

 

i like it!

 

The stripes are great on a track car, not so sure on a street vehicle. Kind of distracting maybe, and they need to carry-through to the rear of the car IMHO. I'm also not sure about the "magnetic cling" thing. Right after application they may hold at 130, but what about after 6 months or more exposure to the sun and elements? Is shrinkage or fading an issue? How susceptable are they to stone damage or "sandblasting?"

 

I like the stripes, but not the turbo script on the side, and not the "arrow" part on the hood; rather just the stripe. My $.02!

 

The Martini stripes were always my favourite.... The Porsches and also the Lancia 037 rally car... They are super cool, and bring back lots of memories reading about these cars as a kid.... I like them!
LR

 

Looks pretty hot.

 

I sorta like it since I like all things Martini Racing related however, IMHO it is a bit busy with the Turbo script and the color keyed wheels. The cleaner look without the script is better, hot car though any how you cut it, just don't make it look like you are trying to hard to pull off the raced out look.

 

Here is an excerpt from my book "Original Porsche 911" by Peter Morgan....

Martini Turbo
A Martini Turbo was built for the British Motor Show in Oct 1976. The car was finished in Grand Prix White with racing sponsor Martini's well-known light blue, dark blue and red stripes applied. The show car had special 'Furhmann' seats that were claimed to be to an orthopaedic design with padded blocks of red, white and blue leather-but these were too expensive for production models. The British Motor Show car also had speical velour carpet and leather trimmed accessories.

The Martini Turbo, in fact, was never a series production model or even a special edition, but the stripes could be ordered as an option (M42) for Grand Prix White models, whetter mainstream 911SC's or Turbos. The suspension and engine were the same as on regular 1977 model year Turbos. Of approximately 200 Turbo's delivered worldwide with the stripes, half went to the US.

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So what I would duplicate the Factory scheme!!!

Cheers, LR

 

This may be heresy, but I'm not impressed with the Martini stripes Porsche offered on their street cars. They put the most incredibly beautiful stripes on their race cars and offered nothing similar to the "street" customer. That's why I designed my own.

 

I agree. I kept it on one side just to see if it grew on me.

 

for every day driving, I would remove them. When going to an event or something, sure throw them on.

 

Be careful with magnets if your cars paint is prestine. I used magnets on a car several years ago and they held fine at high speed but what I found was that dust would accumulate underneath the magnet and slowly chaffe the paint. Won't be as noticeable on white but over time it will.

Otherwise I think it's cool but I prefer without.

 

Excellent point. You cannot put a magnetic decal on your car and forget about it. They require cleaning, just like the finish of your car. You also don't want to let moisture get trapped underneath for long periods of time. I had a magnetic bra on my car for 10 yrs and had no issues. But I did have to clean it.

 

Think it looks fantastic. Don't let my wife see it, she would make me buy it.