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Old 22-02-2007, 05:00 PM
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my stripes have just arrived and was wondering if theres a easy wat of applying them because i dont want to put them on and off because there not straight,i seem to remember do a sun strip years ago and spraying slight soapywater on the windscreen and squeegeing it like tinted window stuff ,
would this work or will it knacker the stickers cheers
Old 22-02-2007, 05:49 PM
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You can put them on like you say with soapy water. Got the body shop to do mine though incase I went wrong.
Old 22-02-2007, 06:11 PM
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Maybe use a low adhiesive masking tape to run as a guide. Once you're happy with the masking tape line you could carefully follow the line with the stripes. Not sure whats the best way... got mine to do eventually
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I put mine on with loads of soapy water, sprayed it on...slid them about till I was happy...credit card wrapped in a cloth an squeezed the excess water out and they are fine, never came off/peeled or nothin
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nice one vroooom ill give it a bash tommorow thought id check b4 i fooked them up thanks
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Originally Posted by tim10_10
You can put them on like you say with soapy water. Got the body shop to do mine though incase I went wrong.
Thye best advice I can give you mate - and that's exactly what I did. Get someone who knows what they're doing to do it, you'll fuck it up otherwise.
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put the strip on in one hit dont split them into 3 pieces

as alreay said use soapy water, its very easy to do the side strips BUT get another pair of hand to help you other wise dont attempt it. plenty of soapy water.

and dont open the door until you cut them appart either i nearly did this lol.

the boot sticker was the hardest to do imo as the letters dont stick that great and float about on the soapy water,

put them on the correct position aswell they look crap if the boot sticker is in the wrong place or the rs stickers on the wing are out.
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If you use the soapy water and be careful you should be ok, use a hydra felxi blade to squeegee them though, soft so you dont mark anything




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