Striped Miatas Online

Let's face - if someone has gone to the trouble of putting stripes on their car, they want to show it off. Well, here are all the striped Miatas that are currently online. If you know of any others or if any of the following links don't work, please contact me and let me know. A number of these cars are also found in Kevin Morrison's Miatas of the Net, along with a whole lot more.

Still can't decide what you like best? I think you need to visit The Stripe Machine. Java required.

If you want to stripe your Miata, you can either get it done by a auto trim shop, or do it yourself. Hyperstripes wants to help you out with a variety of colours and types, instructional videos, and expert knowledge. I don't sell stripes. I just like how they look. Paul Williamson has a series of photos of his 99 getting vinyl stripes, but they kind of skip over the hardest parts. Rides Restored has a series of photos of Robb Kemper's Emerald Green 99 getting painted stripes - very interesting!

New! Dan Pedroza (once of MRoad) has provided a very good description of how to stripe a Miata. All you'll ever need - but you do have to decide what toppings to put on those pizzas. A big thanks to Dan for this! TexasMiata took a series of photographs while striping his with vinyl, and they make a good set.

Group photos!

• Baby at Performance Buyers Club. Tommy Grimes' white with blue stripes, Pete's white 99 with red and silver, and Baby. This is on the way home from Texas. PBC was good enough to let us take over their shop for the morning doing everything from a header swap to brake work. Milling around from left to right are Tommy, Steffi Wonnenberg-Windmueller and Werner Cassel (red shirt).
  1. Front view
• Baby with Woody and Mimi. Three sharp cars, all sporting 16" wheels, roll bars, similar stripes, and good friends behind the wheel. The photos were taken on the way to the track in Texas.
  1. Front view
  2. Quarter view
  3. Side view
• Baby and blue with silver, by Dennis Swaney. It's no coincidence - Dennis did the best he could on matching stripes. Note the exhausts...
  1. Rear quarter
  2. Front quarter
  3. Rear
• Baby and Simunye - together at last!
  1. Front
• Baby and Petunia. This photo may also been seen in the inTENse retrospective book.
  1. Front
• Baby with Ken Tam's 1990. We both live in the same town, and there have been many cases of mistaken identity. An interesting study in two different treatments of the same idea. Ken's car has the front air dam and rear skirt painted red along with the side sills. His stripes are 6" against Baby's 8".
  1. Front
  2. Rear
  3. Front quarter

'99s!
Note: There seems to be a greater variety of styles being used on the 99s. Why? Who knows. They're almost all very creative jobs.

• Green with white, by Robb Kemper. There's a fantastic series of photos of the car getting painted with the stripes, done with utmost care by Rides Restored. I'm tempted to take my car down there for a paint job.
• Emerald Mica with gold, by Steve Schwing. Wow. The stripes are in a similar style to the factory ones, and look great with the tan interior. I've been waiting for someone to try this combination. He also did it right in Glassurit base/clear coat.
• Screamer, by Paul Williamson. Silver with blue stripes, similar to those in the 99 Stripe Machine. Paul included full photos of the car being striped with vinyl!
• Panther, by Sue Skinner. Two multi-coloured stripes down the car, "from bright red to orange to yellow, all with the 'Brunswick' bowling ball swirl pattern in the paint". Sue lives in North Pole, Alaska and drove down to the Gap for the meet there in 1999. Dramatic front and rear views, too.
• 10th Anniversary with white, by Eric Miller. 9" wide with a 1" gap in between.
• Belle, by Hank Harvey. Silver with blue stripes. No, they're "candy blue pearl with an underlying pattern done with silver 'irrides' and are twelve inches wide. There's a quarter inch accent stripe in solid black laid along each side separated by a quarter inch of body color. All body panels were given two coats of clear epoxy and rubbed out for a smooth finish". Wow. I wish I had more photos. Thanks to Hank, now I do!
• Silver with black, by Mike Sliger. With the sport body kit and stripes, this is obviously a sports car!
• Red with black, by Raul Erickson. Raul feels there should be more striped '99s. I concur.
• Simunye, by Dan Pedroza. Grace Green with an offset dark silver stripe.
• Emerald with yellow, by Tom Dukerich. This photo was taken on the way to Miata World 99, at one of the convoy stopovers. There's also a rear view.
• The Chameleon Miata made its debut in Texas. Jeff Holbrook had the most photographed Miata there - an incredible, colour-shifting paint job that would mesmerize you. More photos to follow....

Red

• Baby, by yours truly. Red with silver stripes - as if you didn't already know...
• Squirrel, by Ernie Scheidl. As Ernie put it, his car is "Classic Red with Titanium 'Baby' Cobra Stripes". He's also got a great looking interior. Inspired by Baby.
• The Mighty Whoosh, by Bill Cardell. I've driven this car, and that's about the noise it makes. Bill is the guy behind Flyin' Miata, my first choice in aftermarket Miata shops. This '90 was his first Miata, and I'm waiting for him to stripe the other three! Here's another view of the red and white car and Racing Beat nose, complete with Turbo the dog.
• Sweetness, by Matt Gould. Porsche Guards Red with black twin stripes about 6" wide flanked by pinstripes.
• Red with white, by TexasMiata . One wide stripe with twin flanking stripes and a big MAZDA on the hood. A whole series of photos on how to apply vinyl!
• Red with white, by Steve Rigley. Steve has a Bomex nose on the car as well as these 9" stripes. Very aggressive looking. Steve's also the MX5 Club coordinator for the Rep of Ireland.
• Red with white, by David Moore. 9.5" white and painted. David's not afraid to commit....
• Red with yellow, by Dick Bipes. Colours chosen with the Stripe Machine!
• Sweetness, by Matt Gould. Porsche Guards Red with two thick black stripes flanked by pinstripes. Tinted windows as well!
• Dino, by Bill Kellenberger.  Red with a black offset stripe - looks like about 8" wide with a flanking thinner one.  Nice job!
• Bis, by Ken Tooker.  Inspired by Baby again, Ken decided to go with the widest stripes he could find - a full 13" each.  The width is particularly apparant in the front view.
• Red with silver - or is it orange with silver?  I'm not sure, but Peter Baumann owns this one. He runs Baumann Swiss MX-5 Shop in Zurich, Switzerland.  The car's his racer. Warning - big files!
• Red with white, by Mischa Schmid.  Another big file, and another of the Swiss cars.
• Spider, by Kevin Morrison.  Red with white, and a big Miata.net sticker in the vent window.
• Red with silver, by Simon Knapton. Lots of chrome inside, and a very nice choice of colours outside. The stripes are 8" wide, with about a 3" gap.
• Red with white. A Swiss car, with wide white stripes.
• Red with white, by Bill and Wanda Bates. Actually, this is one of a matched set, along with the black with white stripes.
• Red with (narrow) white, by Bob Hengen
• Miataah!, red with "screaming yellow" by Ralph Alder.  One 11" center stripe, flanked by two 1" ones.  You can see how he sized the stripes by the rear view.  Very attractive.
• Incoming!, by Bruce Murphy. Red with one thick green stripe bordered by a thin white line.  Pretty neat, actually!
• Red with green and white, by Ei-Ichi Osawa. Very nicely done, and there are some great videos of the car on the racetrack.
• Red with white, by Charlie Tucker. Some very nice photos of a member of "Team Laundry List" - 2D Wind is extensively modified. White stripes, center one is 8" and the flanking ones are 2".
• Red with white, by Fletcher Blades. He's obviously having some fun in this photo.  The car is a 1990 with Jackson Racing sway bars, Tokico HP shocks, and  a Flying Miata strut brace.
• Speedie, by Merv Stauffer. Speedie is a red SCCA racer with factory white stripes with Shelby (found in the Blue section) as a stablemate. When will Sunny get stripes?
• Red and white, by Doc Wynne. Red with the factory white stripes.
• Mimi, by Tom Reynolds. Red car, factory white stripes.
• Red with yellow, by Reico. This colour combination was chosen using the Miata Stripe Machine. Here's another view.
• Red with offset black, with unknown owner. That's all I know, except that it's a German car.
• Sunburn, by Chad Sutton. Red with black stripes, bordered by two pinstripes.
• Petunia, by Bill Gusky. Red with one 8" wide white stripe bounded by two 2" silver stripes. She met Baby once.
• Trees, by Dan Pedroza. Red with black stripes.
• Stripe the Wondercar, by Dan Sandberg.  Red with 10" white stripes painted on.  Very aggressive, and it includes the hardtop.

Yellow

• KLR-B, by a couple whose business card I have misplaced. Their passion for striping extends beyond the car, as you can see! There's also a rear shot. Nice attention to detail.
• Yellow with black, spotted in Texas. Note the details around the bottom of the car, also in the rear view. Then note the tan interior.....
• Yellow with black and red, by Bob Hotaling. One of a collection, inspired by the Belgian flag.
• Yellow with white, by Jonas Hedvall. Jonas is the Chairman of the Miata Club of Sweden.
• Yellow with silver checkers, by ....

Blue(s)

• Funny, by Axel Windmueller. Blue with silver stripes. Axel's a good friend of mine, and decided on the dimensions of his stripes after following Baby for 5000 miles while driving to and from Texas :) More to come - these photos were taken halfway through the job, so the front bumper isn't complete.
• Twilight Blue with silver tiretracks, by Stefan Behrendt. Stefan is a Swiss owner, and the Swiss always have interesting ideas. This car's seen some publicity!
• "The skunk", by Mark Freemal. Blue with white stripes, and a fantastic photo. The stripes are painted on.
• Mariner with white stripes, by Sean Archer. Sean's a member of the Canadian Rockies chapter in Calgary and runs Headroom Motorsports.
• Betty, by Harry Berzes. Laguna blue with an offset black and a Corvette-teasing red hash mark.
• Blue with white, by Jérôme Mendes de Leon. One of the contingent of radical Swiss cars.
• Haydn, by Anthony. Blue with white, as well as neon, a Monza exhaust, and a 300W stereo. This car lives in a very lush envirnoment!
• Blue with black, by Raul Erickson. This car was traded in (reluctantly) by the striped red '99 found above.
• Aimee, by KAT (sent to me by Sonja). Mariner Blue with dual silver stripes and a dual exhaust.
• Laguna blue with white, by Christian Brandstetter. This Swiss car has a beautiful interior, and who doesn't love that colour?
• Blue with white and a police bubble, unknown owner. It takes a lot of nerve to drive around France, imitating a police car....
• Blue with offset silver by Jörg Kortmann. Gorgeous! I saw this car in Europe, and it's sharp. I took another picture myself. One 6", one 1/2" stripe, both offset to the driver's side of the car.
• Shelby, by Rebecca Zook. Laguna with white custom stripes flanked by a pinstripe.
• Smurphy, by Bryan Jones. Twin 6" black stripes.  There's not much shiny stuff left on this car - check it out!
• Blue with black, by Monster Motorsports. Apparantly not a Monster V8, but a 1.6 with a Sebring supercharger.  Featured in SCC at some point.
• LILVPR by Percy. Blue with white. There's also a rear quarter and neat rear view available.

White

• Kero, by Makoto Nakamura. White with twin blue stripes. Makoto's a Japanese friend of mine who was inspired by a visit to the US. He's got a writeup about his decision and a number of photos. Highly recommended.
• White with reflective silver by Carl Hansen. One thick, one thin offset. I've been wanting to try this myself for some time.
• Cinderella, by Tina Csomo. White with a fading red stripe, 8" total with with a 3/4" gap. Unique and eyecatching! She's got lots of photos online. You have to see this one.
  
• White with red and blue, by Bob Lannin.
• White with metallic green and gold, spotted at an import drag show in Moroso.
• White with red, by Miq Millman. This scheme came about when Miq could only find a red nosecone to replace the damaged white one. A happy happenstance. Oh, and the car also puts out a huge amout of horsepower, normally aspirated.
• White with orange checkered stripes, by Dan Hill. Member 29 of RAGS, Dan came up an original look. Nice! There are two other views of this car available.
• White with blue and some matching interior work. This Swiss car was at the Paris event, and that's all I know.
• White with silver, and the Miata logo on the hood. Another car from the Paris event, the logo was actually cut out of the stripes! You can also see the "Miata" license plates that were velcroed on for the event. Compare two similar cars side by side to see the effect of different stripes.
• White with blue, by the parts DooD himself, Tommy Grimes. Tommy is the owner of Finish Line Performance, but they're not carrying stripes. Yet.
• White with silver and blue, by Kurt Selbert. A very interesting look, with a 2" silver in between the two 6" blue ones. There's also a rear view. Kurt works at Performance Buyers Club. But they don't sell stripes. Yet.
• Sympa, by Dewaine Glyda. White with one thick and flanking thing blue stripes. Dewaine said his car HAD to be striped, and used this site to decide. He's since painted the windshield frame satin black as well. You can see the windshield in these photos: front and back.
• Eunos, by Scott Loercher. A highly modified car, the photos show it white with an offset red and black stripe. Striking!
• Krikkit, by Cissy Brazil. Krikkit is a white car with one red and one blue stripe. You can see a Miata.net sticker on the brake light in the rear view.
• Zero-san, by Akira. White with offset silver stripes, and a silver hardtop. Neat.
• White with blue, by Eric Witherspoon. A number of shots of the factory stripes on a white car.
• Gina, white with blue by Andy Whitlow. 8" wide stripes, with a 3.25" gap in between. Very nice - and Andy has a Tamiya Miata to match as well.  Unfortunately, Gina is now deceased.  Andy is fine, and is working on Gina II.
• Woody, white with green by Scott Kirkham. 8" wide stripes, with a 1" gap. An unusual combination, and it's very nice with the tan interior.
• White with blue, by Rene Hägeli. Wider than usual blue stripes, this page includes a photo of Rene's car parked one of the originals: a 289 Cobra.
• White with blue, by Nathan Hornig.
• White Knight, by Larry Alster. White with one red and one blue stripe.
• Eunos, by Todd Barker. White with black stripes.
• White with purple, by Andy Poling.  Andy is a national level autocrosser, and this is his ride.  I really like the colours!  The stripes are 6" wide with a 6" gap, and it looks completely different from any others.
• White with purple, by Mark. It's not a Miata, but it's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Check out that grille! The door handles are purple, too. Yes, I did have a hand in this....
• White with blue, by Russ Silber. Side pipes, flames under the hood, a backup light where the exhaust should be - and you can't see the flashing lights under the hood. Great looking stripes, though.
• White with black. Seen at MMM.
• Another white and black, but with a very interesting treatment.

Silver

• Silver with black, by Jonathan McCormack. Jonathan went with 6" wide stripes on his car with flanking pinstripes. It's a good looking package, and he has a number of photos online.
• Silver with dark gray, by Steve Jacobson. This is a very sharp looking combination, and there are also views of the rear bumper, rear of the car and a long view. I like it! The stripes appear to be 8" wide.
• Silver with blue, by Dave Cristy. These colours are apparantly an almost perfect match for the Georgia State Patrol. That must cause some interesting reactions.

  Black

• Blondie, by Paul Case. The orange stripes are painted on, 7" wide, and are 1.5" apart. The brake calipers are painted to match, and it all goes well with the tan cockpit. Extra front and rear shots are also available.
• Black with offset silver and orange. As you can see, this car got a lot of attention at the pre-Miata World picnic in Dallas. There's also a picture with Simunye and Baby.
• Black with silver, spotted in Texas. I'm sure this car is elsewhere in the collection, but darned if I can find it. Note the nod to the Corvette Grand Sport? The car may be starlight mica, I can't remember. Hey, it was hot in Texas, okay?
• Black with white, by Bill and Wanda Bates. Actually, this is one of a matched set along with the red with white stripes.
• Black with silver and LOTS of modifications. Peter Baumann runs Baumann Swiss MX-5 Shop in Zurich, Switzerland. Check out the fixed lights, Japanese nose, Catz lights behind the TSIs, and the hidden turbo. I took the first photo, and someone sent me this other one - or you can see the photos his site.
• Black with tan, by Bill Flanagan. A perfect match between the painted stripes and the interior, and a great looking car. 7" stripes with a 1.5" gap, a Style II bar, and a rear spoiler.
• Bibi, by Frank Brochoven. One of only a few black and tans in Belgium, this one is a bit of a chameleon. In these pictures, it's a yellow stripe. Now it's orange, and those photos are coming soon. The 16" wheels have been replaced with 17" ones now, as well. Another front view and one with a Cobra are also online.
• Black with yellow, by Erik 'PalmBoy' Raeymaekers.  They're 14 cm or 5.5" wide with a 1/2" gap or so.  Belgian black and tans are very rare, and we have two on this page! Erik's '99 will be arriving soon.
• PP LE PU, by Bill Wilner. In case you didn't catch the name, it's a black car with a thick white stripe :)

BRG

• BRG with silver, by Oliver Kaufmann. Canada's racing colours!
• BRG with silver, by David Michael. A single wide silver stripe, and a big silver Miata logo on the side. You can't see the cold air induction, headers or redone interior in these shots. Here are some more: 1 2 3 4
• BRG with yellow, by Marcelinno. A true nutcase, Marcelinno striped his hair to match. The car has been featured in "16S" magazine, and has a turbo hiding under the hood. Marcelinno himself has been pictured in Miata Magazine along with the car at least twice.

Micas

• 95M with dark silver stripes, by Sean Fletcher. A very classy and well executed look.
• Starlight Mica with... a teddy bear stripe? Spotted by Scott Kirkham at MADS. Here's a photo on the track. If you drive like this, you can paint pink daisies on your car if you want!
• The Vagabond, by Morris Friedman. A 96M with two thin lines of multiple pinstripes. Done for the high price of $3.99 US! They're 1 1/16"pre-aligned multiple stripes of gold vinyl, provided by Pep Boys.
• Merlot with fuscia, spotted at an import drag show at Moroso. This car has a few modifications! There's another shot from the rear.
• Marina with white, spotted in Texas.
• Merlot with yellow, by Bob Hotaling. This car spends most of its life on the track or the trailer.
• Montego with green, by Steven Ting. The first striped Montego that I've seen! Inspired by Bob Hotaling's car.
• Twilight with red and silver, by someone unknown. I saw this car at MMM, and I'm not sure if it's "Twilight" or "Starlight"...
• Starlight with silver, by someone unknown. Another MMM attendee, that's the owner autocrossing it. I think I recognise the car that's next in line. Check out the spoiler treatment!

Not Quite Stripes

• Black with FLAMES! Ooooh, I love flames. And this is a great job. Anonymous owner (you can see him in this photo), but he's part of the Niagara club. Why do I think of Hot Wheels when I look at this car?
• Red with checkers, by "lamiraj".
• White with stylized flames by John Neumann. A little more subtle than the one above, but John also powdercoated flames on his cam cover!
• Silver with pink!, by someone anonymous. Not quite stripes, but I couldn't resist.
• White with Union Jack! Hugo drives this car, and also maintains the U.K. based mailing list.
• Red with French Flag! Driven by Ronald van Kelst, organizer of the fantastic European tours. He puts the flag of that year's tour on the hood of his car....
• Le Mans Limited Edition (also a back view). Mazda won Le Mans in 1991, and built 24 very special cars to celebrate. They had a body kit and a BBR turbo, as well as the paint job that had been on the winning car. Only 22 were sold with the original livery, and the two others were painted black. Since that time, a number of them have been resprayed. This car is one of the few original ones left. That's the Chateau de Chantilly in the background, by the way. There are some other photos in the Gallery section of Peter Baumann's speed shop.
• Red with silver - sort of, by Ulf Magnusson. A very dynamic looking setup with silver and black graphics all over. Seven more photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.