tumamilhem

Hey guys! I'm thinking of adding positive side stripes or negative side stripes (leaning toward positive stripes in white) to my Guards Red 968 coupe. If you have a 968 with either in any color combo, please post pics so I can get an idea of what it'll look like. Thanks!

Here's mine. 😎

red44T

By side stripes do you mean the door ding guard strip?

tumamilhem

No, the PORSCHE positive and negative lettering side stripes (leaning towards the positive stripes).

Winter44

I agree, I like the positive stripes over the negative ones. The negative one is cool, but feels a bit incomplete imo.

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Here's a link to a site with a lot of cool graphics for Porsches
http://www.autografik.com.au/

tumamilhem

My limited edition 914 LE Can Am with the factory negative stripes.

mrgreenjeans

To many owners, if the car never came with them, they just don't look right.

I don't particularly care for either positive or negative stripes and in fact they seem to 'date' the car to an era it was not assembled in. I had them on a '74 - 914 - 2.0 litre and they were dealer installed options in either the positive or negative. When I totally restored the car in 1994 and it got a repaint, they were not put back on. I could always add them back, but feel the look is the way I wish to present it to the world at shows or just looking at it in my garage. It is a subjective viewpoint to those that have them on their rockers or door bottoms, and think they look good. The three or four 944 and 968s I've seen them on, to my eye, do not look as pure as the way the car was designed to look without them. JM2C. And it's your car, do what makes you happy .....

By the way, that is a really GREAT looking 968 and L.E. - 914. Any history you may wish to share on them ? ( mine is Sunflower and black; a 60,000 mile car from dry Montana )

944vaguy

Personally, I like mine!!!

tifosiman

Here's mine. Not a stripe, but the Club Sport logo.

MAGK944

I never liked any stripes until I saw Magnus Walkers 924 Al Holbert wide body.

tumamilhem

Hey, mrgreenjeans! So you have the Bumblebee LE? Mine was close to you. It was sold new at Centennial Imports in Eugene, OR and lived there its entire life until I bought it. While looking for a Centennial Imports license plate frame (still looking), I came across a postcard of the dealership in 1974 with 914s in the window. Pretty cool. 😎