Went to order the shaped vinyl backing for the front upper, and it was discontinued from LP and Parts Unlimited. Tried to fit a square piece on front and ended up with a mess. Do most of you guys paint or is there a shaped vinyl out there yet? TIA
Mine are painted.
I have gotten the sticky vinyl backing to work on compound curves using a hair dryer and patience. Painting is a better option.
Painted on. ;D
Used vinyl last year, painted on this year. Paint es muy better. ;)
you can always mount the vinyl better by cutting relief lines in the plate when going over curved surface. I would cut a horizontal line from both side and fold the lower half over the upper half, then trip the extra material that is overlapping. you can always heat up the vinyl, then try to stretch it to fit when it is warm and soft. But I found the cutting relief lines so much easier and less time consuming.
How do you paint the plates on, if the bodywork has already been painted in a single color? Just mask it off, sand it down and go? Or is there a trick to it to get a clean paint join line between the two colors?
QuoteHow do you paint the plates on, if the bodywork has already been painted in a single color? Just mask it off, sand it down and go? Or is there a trick to it to get a clean paint join line between the two colors?
Puttin' on the white plates eh Tom? ;)
Quote Puttin' on the white plates eh Tom? ;)
Yeah...and still feeling like a yellow-plater... :-/
QuoteHow do you paint the plates on, if the bodywork has already been painted in a single color? Just mask it off, sand it down and go? Or is there a trick to it to get a clean paint join line between the two colors?
Mask, sand and go. After it's dry and you've removed the masking, the trick to getting a nice edge is to get some pinstripe tape (available at most autoparts stores) and border the plate, covering the mask line. It takes a little practice to lay the pinstripe tape on, but it will form very tight curves.
-z.
QuoteMask, sand and go. After it's dry and you've removed the masking, the trick to getting a nice edge is to get some pinstripe tape (available at most autoparts stores) and border the plate, covering the mask line. It takes a little practice to lay the pinstripe tape on, but it will form very tight curves.
-z.
Thats what I did. Used chameleon pinstripe I got from work.:D
For two years...vinyl.
But I get it from Blast Graphics in the Hartland, WI area...And the do all of my decals. My colors, my sizes, etc.
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Stumpy's entire "paint" job is vinyl !!
Mine too, other than the base black....