[ QUOTE ]
Kurt,
Going with the most likely assumption that the extended stripes were added later could it be possible they were added at the factory after all? When painting the stripes at the factory how much longer would it take to extend them to the bottom of the tail panel?
[/ QUOTE ]
That first sentence didn't make a lot of sense.

It's not a time issue, it's a processing issue. They'd have to be shot in the repair booth and there would have to be instructions more involved than 'make them longer'. No way, it didn't happen. Remember, 900 cars a day.....
The Colorado blue car stripes were dealer added.