Are flames dead?

with all of the flamed dump trucks, tow trucks and mini trucks in the last 5 years, i ask, are flames dead in hotrodding?

 

There are still some nice flame jobs out there, I think (feel free to disagree) it's a little bit cliche.. But if I ever get my hands on that A-bone I'm dreaming about, I have thought about doing a flamed paint job on it. I still think they're rad, if a little cliche.

 

on the right application , im all for them!

 

When done tastefully in the right application.

 

a traditional flame is always in, like striping, especially red on black
i think we get tired of them because they seem to show up on so many other vehicles and over done
oh, they also look good on dog scarfs

 

I like regular flames..... I can't stand that "real fire" crap.

 

In your head.

 

Flames are like the color "black" they are always in, they just have thier highs and lows, but believe me they will always be.

 

I don't think flames will ever die as long as they are done right.

 

No, but I wish they'd go away for a while. I knew I was tired of flames several years ago when I saw some purple ones on a silver VW Jetta.

 

PT Cruisers have a flame sticker package

 

No, but I hope somebody will kill "Ghost" flames.

 

heres one i did on my dads we still like flames....jones

 

Aren't flames 'traditional'? Doesn't this make the question, um, stupid?

Cheers -- Gary

 

if flames are dead, then my truck should be in the grave.

 

They are rediscovered by every generation and then are declared officially "traditional" and are renewed.
They have been around for approximately 60 years, do I don't think they are going away.
The fun is to do your own design on your special car and then stand back and say. "yeah, that's what I was talking about."

 

As long as the are traditional in style,,,meaning the right colors,,,pink and electric lime green flames suck even if the are paint in the old style traditional look. HRP

 

I'm hoping 'tribal' flames are dead.

 

They only work on certain cars and they need to look like these to not suck:

 

I'm with Muttley on this one. I am tired of sticker anythings unless they are the Thrush woodpecker or some hop up parts on your ride. Anything that is an initial is stupid unless it is STP! I'm sick of RT, SRT, RTS, SS, XLS, or whatever the ricers and faux mucle cars are puting on their rides these days.

Well. If you want to put HAMB on your car, I'm cool with that!

 

I can't find a descent set for my Cruiser...

 

It's not dead, it has been overdone lately, and people are getting tired of them. But if you get a really nice flame job on a really nice car it still looks good. The problem with popular thing is that everyone does them on everything.... if we just wait for a while, most of the people get tired of them, even the common crowd, and then we'll propably have a flame comeback! But it can take time.... I guess it is the same that happened with red wheels

 

Who dares speak of extinguishing hot rodding's eternal flame? Flames will NEVER die.

 

http://www.hotrodworks.net/decal/ptcruz.html

 

Flames are never dead. They are always in style provided they are done right!

Joel

 

Mine have been on there for 8 year's now and have load's of road rash but I love em'still, I like trad Rod Powell style flame's Cheer's. DAVE.

 

I think they may be overdone at the moment but they are still cool. Like everything else I suppose it goes in waves. I don't think flames will ever really go out of style though.

 

<~~ I like flames, I'm a little biased though

 

As a trend, they come and go.....if done right however, they always look good.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

Personally I'm burned out on flames