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I thought I had posted these to this thread, but it looks like I didn't.
I've got a question first though - I'm building up a new-to-me bike and am going to be rehabbing the paint with car wax and polish, but am also going to be covering much of it in reflective tape (just like the one below). Anyone know if the wax will interfere with the reflective tape sticking? Should I somehow strip the wax/polish off the areas I am going to put the tape on?
I ran out of the red before I got the forks done, then was considering using the leftover white I had on them, but ended up getting a nicer frame that will be replacing this set-up in the next month or two (once I have it built up) so have decided to not do any more upgrades on this frame. I've got Lightweights on some of the front wheels spokes. Should've cleaned up the reflective strip in the rear tire (Vittoria Rando Pro), but these were just my test shots to see what it looked like as I was putting it on. Of course, I haven't gotten around to taking proper glamour shots of it yet!
Rear view, including pedal reflectors and the built-in reflector of the Portland Design Works Fenderbot light:
My '93 GT Outpost's red DuPont Imron finish still looked new when I picked it up a couple of years ago. It's finally starting to fade a little after a year and a half of daily commuting duties, but at first the original paint was a very close match to the powerful red reflective of the red and white tape that goes on the side of semi trailers. This is where I got it and the exact set:
Peterson Manufacturing 465-4K Red/White Reflective Marking Tape
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
That last picture has my girlfriends 1996 GT Pantera next to my ride. Her bike is black, so I decided to try out some black reflective tape I found online. It is intended for motorcycles and appears either black or ghostly grey during the day. With no light on it at all it looks black, in sunlight it has a little bit of a greyish glow to it.
Motorcycle Reflective Safety Tape - Black Adhesive. RTK-03A
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
All the above photos were taken with my phones camera flash. Hopefully that is how it'd appear in a cars headlights.