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I will definitely put the stripes back on. I have a silver set from the club in stock. Any tips in how to apply them would be appreciated.
Hi Bish, I used to do custom decals, stripes, flames ect for a couple of years for various car dealerships during the eighties.
The way I did it was...one panel at a time, gently stick one end of the stripe to one end/side of the panel, then seperate the backing paper to about two feet at a time, but do not cut at all yet, keep on the spool. Then pull the stripe enough to take up the slack, but not to much where you can easily stretch it, and get as close as you can to the panel and look down it as you apply. Very gently, tap the end of your finger to stick it to the panel, about a foots length at a time (to eliminate a saggy looking line)..then if you make a mistake it comes unstuck easily. Only when you are happy with it and have looked down the panel several times at every angle for any wavy places in your stripe, use a clean soft cloth, not your finger, to run down the stripe, gently at first though, otherwise it could catch and drag the decal. Then using a very sharp blade, (must be sharp to get a nice clean cut) cut the decal to the desired length.
Stand back and admire your handywork..
Reg.