seeking Insight on Stripe Design for my Barracuda

From the two pictures I think the top one looks better (the stripes seem to go together, the bottom picture looks like a mismatch between the stripes)

I would suggest "finishing" the stripes on the hood, or running them all the way across down the front

The way they look now, I get the impression the hood was swapped onto the car, and the striped belong to the donor car (if you catch my drift)