Dart Stripe?

I've installed 4 sets of the Phoenix Graphics stripes over 20 years - last one 2 years ago. No they are not and should not be cut out. Getting something like that to line up would be near impossible and you want the stripe material to go all the way to the edge of the side light opening so that when you put the light in, there is no body color showing. It is how the originals were made (no cut out). If they were cut out, you couldn't use them on a 72 with the different side lights.