Clear coat and strips

[BrettJ]

Can someone please confirm or not if Caterham spray clear coat lacquer over the strips on new cars?

Thanks

Brett

[Jim 123]

Solid non metallic colours do not have clear coat even if it is the main body colour. All metallics have clear coat as a finishing layer.  

If your car is metallic body with solid colour painted stripes / nose band, the stripes will be on top of the main body clear coat,

[BrettJ]

I didn't realise that the stripes were painted, thank you Jim.

 

[Jim 123]

Not all CC stripes are painted, the majority have the stick on vinyl decals.  With the vinyl, the finish tends to be more mat than the body, the surface has more micro structure due to the fixing adhesive, and scratch resistance is lower..  You can't put clear coat on top the vinyl to eliminate these points unfortunately.

[BrettJ]

So when selecting stripes on a new build you could get painted decals or vinyl? Or were only referring to old cars?

[Jim 123]

For a new build you can specify painted stripes for the bonnet alone. If you are looking at a painted nose band plus stripes, this would also be the standard.  With decal stripes on the bonnet alone you get matching lower side stripes.  The home page photo on the CC website shows examples.